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The First Florida Cavalry Regiment C.S.A

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This is a great book for anyone interested in Florida genealogy, or super for anyone who is descended from one of the Florida 1st Cavalry veterans. The book covers the history of the regiment in chronological order, from organization to its surrender in 1865 as part of the Fla First Consolidated infantry regiment. In many, many, cases, the author has managed to reconstruct the actual events that lead to the deaths or wounding, of many of the regiments men. There are a few pages of photographs and drawings, but most of the book is text. The book has the most complete muster roll of the regiment that I have ever seen as a Florida genealogist. In addition, there is a name index in the back listing all the names of soldiers that can be found within this books history. There is also a bibliography of references. Basically, without this book there would be no recorded history of this regiment. I would imagine that anyone who had a great grandfather in the Fla First Cavalry will find him in this book. While it is not a big book, only around 90 pages or so, it does have some valuable research and interesting reading. I would recommend it to anybody who likes Florida history, civil war buffs, reenactors, historians, and especially genealogist. If your anscestor served in this regiment, then it is a "must-have" book.