. A cavalryman's reminiscences of the Civil War [electronic resource] . actors in a great drama are about to havethe last curtain rung down, they strain every nerve toso reach the climax that the audience may go awaywith the scene forever stamped upon their minds, and,thus it is in this case; thirty^five years have passedaway and the dust and cobwebs have so accumulatedthat even the names of the actors are almost obliterated,but with a supreme effort we have brushed and sweptuntil the walls have whitened and the names of mostof the members of Scott s Famous Cavalry, as theFederals called them,
. A cavalryman's reminiscences of the Civil War [electronic resource] . actors in a great drama are about to havethe last curtain rung down, they strain every nerve toso reach the climax that the audience may go awaywith the scene forever stamped upon their minds, and,thus it is in this case; thirty^five years have passedaway and the dust and cobwebs have so accumulatedthat even the names of the actors are almost obliterated,but with a supreme effort we have brushed and sweptuntil the walls have whitened and the names of mostof the members of Scott s Famous Cavalry, as theFederals called them, are written herein, and, if itmeans for preservation, then the author, when the cur-tain is about to be rung down, will say this is a far,far better thing that I do than I have ever done. With the fervent prayer that the remnant of thisgrand old body of troopers will spend their remainingdays in peace, plenty and happiness, these pages aresent out to act as sentinels, with the hope that theywill guard well their camp against the attacks ofoblivions relentless THE AUTHOR IN 1900. CHAPTER I. Organization of the First Louisiana Cavalry—Roll of the Original Officers—Extractsfrom V arious Papers Giving Accounts ofJohn Scott s Services as a Scout in \ irginia. A complete history of the First Louisiana Cavalrywould be like outlining the history of the Army ofTennessee, for in 1861 the regiment joined that armyand followed its fortunes until 1864. At differentperiods it fought under Albert Sydney Johnston, Beau-regard, Bragg, Jos. E. Johnston, Hood, Breckinridge,Kirby Smith, Polk, Buckner, Taylor, Wheeler, Forrest,Stephen D. Lee, Cheatham, Pegram and others. Inthis sketch, though, no attempt will be made towarddescribing places or locations—it will be reminiscential(aided by notes taken at the time) and will containonly facts concerning the command, interspersed withthe facetiae of its camps. The writer apologizes in advance for the free use hewill be compelled to make o
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