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Confed erate Choctaws detailed in 1900 letter
A letter from S. G. Spann of Sumter South Carolina recounts Confederate cavalry units, the 18th Battalion and 1st Choctaw Indians battalion, their formation under Gen. Pillow and Gen. Forrest, actions in Alabama and Mississippi, and notable rescues and engagements along the Gulf coast with reflections on history and veteran memory.
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Nevear
Persida
G. Spann
Sumter
8. C
Alabama
Dallas County
Selma
William Boyles
Mobile Dragoons
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Boyles
J. HB. Marshall
Connecticut
War Department
57Th
Alabama Cavalry
Marshall
Coast Service
J. W. Hardee
Bragg
Tennessee
Kentucky
Hardee
Meridian
Geo. Hardee
Als
Tennesee
Louisiana
Johnson
Georgia
Richmond
Cleasmate
A. H. Garland
Arkansas
Harder
Tuscaloosa
Ala
G. Spaon
Tuscalooss
Confederate States Military Academy
Black Warrior River
Ths Point
G. J. Pillow
Montgomery
Maury
Forrest
Pillow
Spoon
Independent Scouta
18Th Confederate Cavalry
Gooper
Spain
18Th
Confederate Cavalry
Griernon
Adjt
Newton County
Mississippi
Meridian and
Jackson
Lake Ponohartrain
New Orleans
B. Duckworth
Calvin Doolittle
Tt. Welsh
W. Cunningham
Wires
G. Ainsworth
Thowaox Pearse
Mobly
Furlow
John Harrison
William Robinson
Lake Ponchaortrain
Mubly
Pearse
New York
North
Percy Walker
Vance
Vicksburg
Confedarate
Miss
Chunky River