Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Virginia 6th Cavalry Regiment

Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the Virginia 6th Cavalry Regiment written by John C. Rigdon and published by Virginia Regimental History. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1861, a Battle Cry of Freedom rang out across the hills and valleys of western Virginia. For the men of Virginia, there were definitely shades of gray, with some being strongly Confederate and others having family ties to the Union. While the men fought and died all across the battlefields of Virginia, Maryland and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, the Confederate Women remained unvanquished. Several firsthand accounts and collections of letters survive and have been published. We have included excerpts of several of these in this book. Virginia