5th and 7th BATTALIONS NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY AND 6th NC CAVALRY

Description: THE 5th AND 7th BATTALIONS NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY AND THE 6th NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY (65th NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS) THE CONFEDERATE REGIMENTAL HISTORY SERIES BY JEFFREY C. WEAVER FIRST EDITION LIMITED EDITION - ONLY 1000 PUBLISHED MINT CONDITION Brand New, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Pristine-Condition Book Contains Illustrations, Photos and Maps Contains Unit Rosters for Each Unit Featured HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY H.E. HOWARD, INC., LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 1995 VALUED AT $150.00 - OUT-OF-PRINT This wonderful, limited edition, First Edition book constitutes an excellent history of the 5th and 7th Battalions North Carolina Cavalry and the 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment (65th North Carolina State Troops.). The book includes a complete, detailed and comprehensive history of each of these commands. It is supplemented with maps, photographs and illustrations. The book contains a unit roster of each unit featured with the details of Civil War service for each soldier in the units. The 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment was officially organized by the consolidation of the 5th and 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalions. The unit was also known as the 65th North Carolina Regiment-6th Cavalry and the 65th North Carolina State Troops. The 5th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion was organized at Jacksboro, Tennessee, during the fall of 1862. It contained five companies and skirmished the Federals in Tennessee and Kentucky. In August 1863 the unit consolidated with the 65th North Carolina Regiment-6th Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel John B. Palmer and Major Alfred H. Baird were in command. The 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1862 with six companies. The unit skirmished in Tennessee and Kentucky until August 1863 when it reorganized with the 65th North Carolina Regiment-6th Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel George N. Folk and Major Thaddeus P. Siler were in command. This consolidation transpired on August 3, 1863, under terms of special order 183, paragraph 16, from the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. The unit also conducted operations in Georgia, the Cumberland Gap, and throughout North Carolina. It fought at Ringgold and Chickamauga, Georgia; at Philadelphia, Tennessee; and at Plymouth and Kinston, North Carolina. The 6th Cavalry suffered its greatest loss at the Battle of Chickamauga. This limited edition, First Edition book is brand new, unread and in pristine-condition. It is as nice as the day it was printed. The book is handsomely bound in Confederate gray covers with bright, gold lettering on the cover and spine. The book is brand new and has no wear. The pages are clean, bright white, and don’t have a mark on them. The book is solidly bound throughout. It has no stamps, pasteboards, or other markings and it is not an ex-library book. This limited edition, first edition book is in pristine condition. We ship upon payment receipt (no waiting) and carefully wrap books to protect them during shipment. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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