Tennessee’s Thirteenth Union Cavalry was a unit composed mostly of amateur soldiers that eventually turned undisciplined boys into seasoned fighters. At the outbreak of the Civil War, East Tennessee was torn between its Unionist tendencies and the surrounding Confederacy. The result was the persecution of the home Yankees by Confederate sympathizers. Rather than quelling Unionist fervor, this oppression helped East Tennessee contribute an estimated thirty thousand troops to the North. Some of those troops joined the Loyal Thirteenth in Stoneman’s raid and in pursuit of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Join author Melanie Storie as she recounts the harrowing narrative of an often-overlooked piece of Civil War history.
Author: Melanie Storie
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/22/2013
Series: Civil War
Pages: 159
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781626191129
Language: English
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