Homegrown Yankees: Tennessee's Union Cavalry in the Civil War

Contents

CONTENTS List of Illustratrions ~ ix Preface ~ xi Abbreviations ~ xiii Introduction: Context and Circumstances ~ 1 Part 1: Beginnings 1. The First Year ~ 21 2. Regiments in the Making ~ 40 3. Unready for Battle ~ 56 4. Between the Battles ~ 69 Part 2: Middle Tennessee and Beyond 5. Out of Murfreesboro ~ 87 6. The Chattanooga Campaign ~ 103 7. Into East Tennessee ~ 120 8. The Cumberlands ~ 138 9. Mounted Infantry ~ 149 Part 3: West Tennessee and Beyond 10. West Tennessee during 1863 ~ 167 11. Okolona ~ 181 12. Union City ~ 196 13. Fort Pillow ~ 211 Part 4: The Atlanta Campaign 14. North of Atlanta ~ 231 15. Two Cavalry Raids ~ 245 viii Contents 16. Wheeler on the Railroads ~ 259 17. Forrest on the Railroads ~ 272 Part 5: The Nashville Campaign 18. North to Nashville ~ 289 19. The Battle of Nashville ~ 303 Part 6: East Tennessee and Beyond 20. Bulls Gap ~ 319 21. The Saltworks ~ 334 22. Stoneman’s Last Raid ~ 347 23. Final Months ~ 360 Conclusion ~ 374 Epilogue: Pride, Politics, and Pensions ~ 387 Appendix: Tennessee’s Union Cavalry Regiments, 1862–65 ~ 397 Bibliography ~ 407 Index ~ 425 ...