Kentucky Cavaliers In Dixie; Reminiscences Of A Confederate Cavalryman [Illustrated Edition]

George Dallas Mosgrove

• Publisher: Golden Springs Publishing
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781782898504
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 19th Century History
• Index: History

Includes more than 20 Illustrations of the author's unit and commanders.
"George Dallas Mosgrove was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1844, and enlisted in the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment as a private on September 10, 1862. Through service as a clerk and orderly in both regimental and brigade headquarters, he became familiar with the environment of officers and command. His eyewitness account illuminates the western theater of the Civil War in Kentucky, east Tennessee, and southwest Virginia.
Mosgrove admits to a romanticism influenced by Sir Walter Scott in his description of the superiority of the officers and "some of the boys" in his regiment. At the same time, his narrative includes unadorned passages that depict with stark honesty the sordidness of war and man's inhumanity. Mosgrove provides firsthand information about military actions at Blue Springs, Saltville, and elsewhere, and relates details of his participation in John Hunt Morgan's Last Kentucky Raid and the skirmish where Morgan was killed. Mosgrove's highly entertaining account is a perceptive and informative retelling of the truth as he saw it."-Print Ed.

Table of contents

• Title page
• INTRODUCTION
• DEDICATION.
• PREFACE.
• CHAPTER I.
• CHAPTER II.
• CHAPTER III. - GENERAL HUMPHREY MARSHALL.
• CHAPTER IV. - COLONEL HENRY LITER GILTNER.
• CHAPTER V. - ADJUTANT-GENERAL EDWARD O. GUERRANT.
• CHAPTER VI. - LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MOSES TANDY PRYOR.
• CHAPTER VII. - MAJOR NATHAN PARKER.
• CHAPTER VIII. - THE BUTTERMILK RANGER.
• CHAPTER IX. - EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN-EVENTS OF 1863-TELFORD’S-LIMESTONE-CAPTURE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH OHIO INFANTRY REGIMENT.
• CHAPTER X. - EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN (CONTINUED)-BATTLE OF BLUE SPRINGS.
• CHAPTER XI. - EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN (CONTINUED)-BATTLE OF HENDERSON’S MILL.
• CHAPTER XII. - EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN (CONTINUED)-BATTLE OF RHEATOWN-PUGHS HILL-BLOUNTVILLE-ZOLLICOFFER-ABINGDON-REVIEW-REORGANIZATION.
• CHAPTER XIII.
• CHAPTER XIV. - EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN (Continues)-BATTLE OF BIG CREEK, NOVEMBER 6, 1863.
• CHAPTER XV. - A LITERARY SYMPOSIUM.
• CHAPTER XVI. - STAMPEDING WOLFORD’S CAVALRY.
• CHAPTER XVII. - GENERAL LONGSTREET IN TENNESSEE-THE SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE-ASSAULT UPON FORT SANDERS-MINOR INFANTRY AND CAVALRY ENGAGEMENTS.
• CHAPTER XVIII. - SCHOOLFIELD’S BATTERY.
• CHAPTER XIX. - CAPTAIN BART W. JENKINS AND HIS TROOPERS.
• CHAPTER XX. - DOCTOR SAM S. SCOTT-ADJUTANT FREEMAN-SERGEANT-MAJOR HARRISON-CAPTAIN GEORGE T. ATKINS-CAPTAIN GEORGE T. CAMPBELL-CAPTAIN WARREN MONTFORT-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CLARENCE J. PRENTICE-DR. GEORGE S. WHIPPLE.
• CHAPTER XXI. - LIEUTENANT ARCHIE W. SMITH-RECRUITING IN KENTUCKY-GENERAL ORDER NO. 38-EXECUTION OF CORBIN AND MCGRAW-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE M. JESSEE-GENERAL S. B. BUCKNER.
• CHAPTER XXII. - GENERAL JOHN H. MORGAN - HIS ESCAPE FROM THE OHIO PENITENTIARY.
• CHAPTER XXIII. - GENERAL MORGAN DEFEATS AVERILL - MAJOR PARKER KILLED, MAY 10, 1864.
• CHAPTER XXIV. - MORGAN’S LAST RIDE INTO KENTUCKY, JUNK, 1864-PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRIP-ORGANIZATION-THE MARCH TO MT. STERLING-THE FIRST BATTLE THERE.
• CHAPTER XXV. - THE SECOND BATTLE AT MT. STERLING.
• CHAPTER XXVI. - WINCHESTER-LEXINGTON-FORT CLAY-BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES FOR AMBULANCES-OBTAINING HORSES-A GENEROUS AND HOSPITABLE BLUEGRASS FAMILY.
• CHAPTER XXVII. - GEORGETOWN-DEMONSTRATION TOWARD FRANKFORT-THE MARCH TO CYNTHIANA.
• CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE FIRST BATTLE AT CYNTHIANA-THE FEDERAL COMMANDER KILLED-DEFEAT AND CAPTURE OF THE ENEMY-THE BURNING OF THE TOWN.
• CHAPTER XXIX. - THE SECOND BATTLE AT CYNTHIANA - A DESPERATE COMBAT- THE CAPTURE OF GENERAL HOBSON-THE FATAL ENCAMPMENT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF LICKING RIVER.
• CHAPTER XXX. - THE THIRD BATTLE AT CYNTHIANA-THE CONFEDERATES DEFEATED AND STAMPEDED-MANY CAPTURED-DEATH IN THE LICKING RIVER-NARROW ESCAPE OF GENERAL MORGAN AND A REMNANT OF HIS COMMAND-THE CONFEDERATE FORCE, CUT IN TWAIN, RETREATS FROM THE STATE BY TWORESULTS OF THE RAID.
• CHAPTER XXXI. - GENERAL MORGAN’S MARCH TO GREENVILLE, TENN.
• CHAPTER XXXII. - MORGAN BETRAYED-THE WOMAN-GENERAL GILLEM’S MARCH.
• CHAPTER XXXIII. - GENERAL MORGAN SURPRISED-CONFUSION IN THE CAMPS-THE GENERAL MISSING - UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HIS FATE-RETREAT ON THE JONESBORO ROAD-CAPTAIN MCAFEE, UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE, FINDS THE GENERAL’S DEAD BODY IN GREENVILLE.
• CHAPTER XXXIV. - THE DEATH OF MORGAN-THE GARDEN SCENE-MURDER IN THE VINEYARD-ARRIVAL OF GENERAL BASIL W. DUKE AND COLONEL DICK MORGAN-BURIAL OF THE DEAD CHIEFTAIN AT ABINGDON-SOME REFLECTIONS.
• CHAPTER XXXV. - MISCELLANY.- GENERAL MARSHALL AND TOM HAYDEN.
• CHAPTER XXXVI. - THE BATTLE OF SALTVILLE.
• CHAPTER XXXVII. - THE BATTLE OF SALTVILLE (Continued)-DEATH OF COLONEL TRIMBLE-DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS.
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. - BATTLE OF SALTVILLE - (Continued) - CAPTAIN JENKINS IN THE FEDERAL REAR - ARRIVAL OF GENERALS BRECKINRIDGE AND ECHOLS-DUKE’S, COSBY’S AND VAUGHN’S BRIGADES-KILLING THE NEGROES.
• CHAPTER XXXIX. - THE BATTLE OF SALTVILLE (Continued) - THE RETREAT AND PURSUIT-GENERAL BASIL W. DUKE-COLONEL CHARLES HANSON-FEDERAL DEPREDATIONS-ESCAPE OF THE FEDERALS.
• CHAPTER XL. - IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY-GENERAL COSBY-NATURAL BRIDGE - LEXINGTON - WASHINGTON COLLEGE - VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE-STONEWALL JACKSON’S GRAVE-GENERAL EARLY- GENERAL LOMAX-CAPTAIN MCAFEE-ROSSER’S MEN.
• CHAPTER XLI. - IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (Continued) - LURAY VALLEY - GENERAL IMBODEN-LIEUTENANT CRIT IRELAND-“MOONSHINE STILLS”-COLUMBIA BRIDGE-FRONT ROYAL-DESOLATION AND GRAVES.
• CHAPTER XLII. - IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (Continued)-GENERAL EARLY MAKES A RECONNOISSANCE IN FORCE-THE INFANTRY EXCHANGES PLEASANTRIES WITH THE CAVALRY-LOST ON A BLEAK PLATEAU -A FRAGRANT BREATH AND TWO CANTEENS-A WEIRD SCENE.
• CHAPTER XLIII. - FAREWELL TO THE VALLEY-GENERAL EARLY’S OPINION OF THE CAVALRY-GOOD NEWS FROM ROSSER-NEW CLOTHING-FAMOUS VIRGINIA SPRINGS-THE RETURN MARCH-GRAVE OF CAPTAIN CLEBURNE-MRS. JOHN B. FLOYD.
• CHAPTER XLIV. - THE “BOYS” ENTERTAIN THEIR COMRADES WITH STORIES OF VALLEY EXPERIENCE-STONEMAN ON A RAID-BURBRIDGE AFTER MORE SALT-GENERAL DUKE IS CAPTURED BUT ESCAPES-GENERAL DUKE DEFEATED AT KINGSPORT AND COLONEL DICK MORGAN CAPTURED-CAPTAIN BART JENKINS CAPTURED AT ABINGDON BUT KILLS TWO SOLDIERS AND ESCAPES.
• CHAPTER XLV. - THE BATTLE OF MARION-GENERAL JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE-WITCHER AND HIS NIGHTHAWKS-THE KENTUCKIANS WIN CHOICE OF POSITION-INCIDENTS.
• CHAPTER XLVI. - BATTLE OF MARION (Continued)-NO SUNDAY IN THE ARMY-A DESPERATE COMBAT-STONEMAN REPULSED-DUKE AND WITCHER DEMORALIZE THE “SMOKED YANKEES.”
• CHAPTER XLVII. - THE BATTLE OF MARION (Continued)-ENIGMATICAL STRATEGETICS-A WIDE OPEN DOOR FOR GENERAL STONEMAN TO ENTER SALTVILLE.
• CHAPTER XLVIII. - THE CAPTAINS OF THE FOURTH KENTUCKY CAVALRY.
• CHAPTER XLIX. - SOME OF THE “BOYS.”
• CHAPTER L. - THE LAST DAYS-THE HOMEWARD MARCH - THE SURRENDER TO GENERAL HOBSON AT MT. STERLING.