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Shirley CARTER m. Lucy Hite
Lavinia Turner CARTER b: 1835 in Fauquier Co., Virginia
Elisa CARTER
Caroline CARTER
Loughborough CARTER b: in Falkland Farm, Buckland, VA
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"Former Orlando Sentinel reporter Rick Tonyan's Cracker Western
novel Guns of the Palmetto Plains (Pineapple Press, 1994) tells
an authentic story using a fictional character, Tree Hooker, a
Confederate soldier assigned to the cow cavalry.
Theodore Lesley, in a 1940 presentation for the Florida
Historical Society, described his father and grandfather's
real-life cattle drive from Fort Meade, east of Tampa, to
Savannah.
Officially named the lst Battalion Florida Special Cavalry, the
800 cattlemen-soldiers more often were called the Cow Cavalry.
Their commander was Maj. Charles J. Munnerlyn, of Decatur
County, Ga., who had lost his seat in the Confederate Congress
after voting in favor of the highly unpopular Conscript Law,
America's first draft.
Despite losing his re-election campaign, Munnerlyn had the
political connections to advance from private to major.
He set up his headquarters in Brooksville and stationed his
troops "where they might meet any Union invading party and at
the same time bring confidence to the surrounding countryside,"
Russell writes in CRACKER, The Story of Florida's Confederate
Cow Cavalry.
Promoted to lieutenant colonel for his efforts, Munnerlyn
surrendered the cow cavalry to the Union on June 5, 1865.
Russell notes that Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox
nearly two months earlier.
But the cow cavalry had one more mission. In June 1865, in what
Russell describes as "a final act of Confederate patriotism,"
Leroy and John Lesley and the McKay family aided the escape of
Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin, who slipped
past Union forces to Cuba and on to England.
"In general, the Cow Cavalry was successful in its attempt to
feed the South, and although it was active for only about a
year, it drove a number of beef north (the total number is not
known) and succeeded in keeping at least central and south
Florida free of Yankee occupation," Russell writes.
The cow cavalry and Florida cattle heritage is covered in Joe A.
Akerman Jr.'s Florida Cowman, A History of Florida Cattle
Raising (Florida Cattlemen's Association, 1976.)
Find more about the Florida cow cavalry at Kyle S. VanLandingham
and David Bamford's Web site at
http://www.geocities.com/yes_album/Special_Cavalry.html."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/osceola/orl-ocojim03020
302feb03.story?coll=orl%2Dnews%2Dheadlines%2Dosceola
Jim Robison can be reached at [email protected] or
407-420-5137.
Copyright © 2002, Orlando Sentinel
1st Battalion Florida Special Cavalry
Staff Officers: Major Charles J. Munnerlyn (promoted Lt. Colonel
12-64), Captain William Footman (promoted Major 12-64),
Captain/Quartermaster James McKay, Jr.
Organized: Authorized by the War Department, March 28, 1864,
with authority granted to C. J. Munnerlyn, July 7, 1864, to
organize the Battalion
Surrendered: Several companies surrendered in May 1865; the
battalion was formally surrendered on June 5, 1865
Official Name: 1st Battalion Florida Special Cavalry
Confederate Nicknames: Cattle Battalion, Cow Cavalry,
Commissary Battalion, or Munnerlyn's Battalion
Yankee Nicknames for Battalion: Guerillas, Rebels, Rebs and
Cowboys
Companies: 9 Companies
Strength: Approximately 800 men
Duties: Protection of Florida cattle herds from the roving bands
of deserters and Union sympathizers; driving beef cattle north
to the commissary depots to feed the Confederate Army; rounding
up deserters; checking the nuisance raids conducted by Union
troops garrisoned at Fort Myers; assisting with scouting and
picket duty; assisting the blockade running operations,
protection of the Salt Works
Battles and skirmishes: Bowlegs Creek, April 7, 1864; Fort Meade
area, May 1864; Brooksville area, July 1864; Fort Myers area,
August 1864; Rocky Point near Tampa, December 3, 1864; Cedar
Keys, February 13, 1865; Fort Myers, February 20, 1865
Final Act of Confederate Patriotism: In June 1865, Lt. Col.
Munnerlyn, Capt. Leroy G. Lesley, Capt. John T. Lesley, Capt.
James McKay, Sr., and Major John A. McKay assisted C.S.A.
Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin in his escape from Florida
OVERVIEW March 1864-June 1865
http://www.geocities.com/yes_album/Special_Cavalry.html
Munnerlyn, Charles James (1822-1898) Born in Georgetown,
Georgetown County, S.C., February 14, 1822. Delegate to Georgia
secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the
Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Died May 17, 1898. Interment in
private or family graveyard.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muncell-murdoch.html
The confederate War Department:
http://www.csawardept.com/genealogy/ancestry/index.html
__ | __| | | | |__ | _(RESEARCH QUERY) MUNNERLYN _| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Charles J. MUNNERLYN C.S.A. | (1822 - 1898) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
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