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Cow Cavalry
In Memory
(Front face)1863 - 1865
Erected by
Plant City Chapter #1931
United Daughters of the Confederacy
November 17, 2007
By 1863 the Confederate Army was suffering severe food shortages. Capt. John T. Lesley was commissioned to recruit from Ichepucksassa (Cork area of Plant City) a ...
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The Cavalry (Dragoons) at Cowpens
The open forests proved well-suited for cavalry action. Fast-moving, hard-hitting mounted troops called Light Dragoons bolstered the 18th century infantry.
At least seventy South Carolina and Georgia mounted militiamen, armed with pistols and sabers issued for use in this campaign, augmented ...
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