The Dreaded 13th Tennessee Union Cavalry
The Dreaded 13th Tennessee Union Cavalry
by Melanie Storie
English | EPUB | 3.3 MB
by Melanie Storie
English | EPUB | 3.3 MB
Tennessee’s Thirteenth Union Cavalry was a unitcomposed mostly of amateur soldiers that eventually turned undisciplined boysinto seasoned fighters. At the outbreak of the Civil War, East Tennessee wastorn between its Unionist tendencies and the surrounding Confederacy. Theresult was the persecution of the “home Yankees” by Confederate sympathizers.Rather than quelling Unionist fervor, this oppression helped East Tennesseecontribute an estimated thirty thousand troops to the North. Some of those troopsjoined the “Loyal Thirteenth” in Stoneman’s raid and in pursuit of Confederatepresident Jefferson Davis. Join author Melanie Storie as she recounts theharrowing narrative of an often-overlooked piece of Civil War history.