Confederate Cow Cavalry - Fort Ogden, Florida, USA
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Historical marker located in Fort Ogden Cemetery, Fort Ogden, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM127ZM
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2020
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Marker text:
In Memory of
Confederate Cow Cavalry
Co. A, 1st Battalion, Florida Special Cavalry C.S.A.
1863-1865
Erected in 2014
By
11th Brigade Cmdr. Leon Arthur and his Wife Evelyn Arthur
FLORIDA DIVISION
S.C.V. #2181-Mech. Cav. 3rd Batt.Co. D - O.C.R. #24 - U.D.C. #2501
By 1863 the Confederate Army was suffering severe food shortages.
As part of the Commissary Department, Capt. F.A. Hendry organized a Cavalry
Company in 1863, and recruited men from the southern part of Florida to
roundup and drive wild cattle north. In 1864 they are attached to Col. C.J.
Munnerlyn. There were 9 units in this Battalion; they drove cattle to train
depots in Georgia and other destinations. Those men also fought in battles to
defend their homeland. This Monument and Cross of Honor is dedicated to honor
all of those Confederate Soldiers, buried in marked and also unmarked graves
in what was "Old" DeSoto County, Florida.
A VIRTUAL CEMETERY CREATED BY FLORIDA CRACKER
1st Battalion, Company A, Florida Special Cavalry, "Cow Cavalry"
This site has been setup to honor the members of this special cavalry company that helped in our Southern cause. (
visit link)