Cracker cavaliers
Subtitle: the 2nd Georgia Cavalry under Wheeler and Forrest
By: John Randolph Poole.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906.; Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.; Confederate States of America. Army Georgia Cavalry Regiment, 2nd.; Soldiers -- Georgia -- Registers.; Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.; Georgia -- Genealogy.
Genres: Registers.; Genealogy.
Description: "This is the first regimental history of a Georgia Cavalry regiment ever published. The Second Georgia served under both Nathan Bedford Forrest and Joe Wheeler, and campaigned not only on home turf, but literally on the farm acreages of many of the unit's members.".

"Cracker Cavaliers: The 2nd Georgia Cavalry under Wheeler and Forrest documents the regiment's participation in major campaigns of the western theater, including the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea from an ordinary soldier's perspective on the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [277]-281) and index.
"Roster of the 2nd Georgia Volunteer Cav[a]lary regiment": p. [203]-276.