Some Things You Might Not Know About the Civil War-- Part 3: "Cow Cavalry"

**  Mounted Confederate units called "Cow Cavalry" rounded up and guarded wild "scrub" cattle in southern Florida.  They helped herd them to the Confederate armies and skirmished with Union landing parties that frequently came ashore.

**  Confederate forces kept a small Union fleet from capturing Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1862 by setting up cannons in earthworks built by the U.S. Army at the beginning of the Mexican War in 1845.

**  Confederates under Adam Johnson got troops guarding the federal arsenal at Newburgh, Ind., to surrender in July 1862 by threatening to bombard them with artillery fire.  But, his "cannon" was only a length of black stovepipe ;aid across a wagon carriage.

**  The Battle of Memphis in June 1862 was an entirely naval battle while residents watched from the shore.  All but one of the Confederate riverboats were sunk or captured.  This left only Vicksburg remaining as a Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.

Interesting Stuff, Maynard.  --Old Secesh