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The Partisan Ranger Act drew many Southern men who were reluctant to serve in a regular army. but were eager to enroll in a partisan corps with the same pay as conventional soldiers. [6] The unintended consequences of the Partisan Ranger Act were beliefs all forms of unconventional warfare were approved, including violence toward civilians. [7]
The 56th Alabama Cavalry was a Confederate Partisan Ranger cavalry regiment from Alabama.Initially organized as 2 separate Partisan Ranger battalions, the 56th Regiment was created in the summer of 1863 and took part in several campaigns of the Western Theater of the American Civil War before surrendering in the spring of 1865.
The concept of partisan warfare would later form the basis of the "Partisan Rangers" of the American Civil War of 1861–1865. In that war, Confederate States Army Partisan leaders , such as John S. Mosby , Jesse James , William Quantrill , or Bloody Bill Anderson , operated along the lines described by von Ewald (and later by both Jomini (1779 ...
The 53rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, also known as the 53rd Alabama Partisan Rangers, was a cavalry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was instrumental in the raid to capture a train load of cattle destined for General Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign .
The 6th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment (also called Dixie Rangers, Aiken's Partisan Rangers and 1st Partisan Rangers) was a regiment of cavalry in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. They were from the state of South Carolina and served at various times in both the Eastern and Western theaters.
1st (Gunter's) Battalion, Partisan Rangers (Gibson's / 18th Infantry Battalion) 13th Battalion, Partisan Rangers 14th Alabama Cavalry Battalion, Partisan Rangers; Malone's Brigade (Consolidated with the 19th Cavalry Battalion, folded into the 7th, then 9th, Alabama Cavalry, fought under Gen. Wheeler the entire war)
The 1st Texas Partisan Rangers was a unit of mounted volunteers from Texas that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. History
He was acting under the authority of General Robert E. Lee, who had granted him permission to raise a company in January 1863 under the Partisan Ranger Act of 1862 in which the Confederate Congress authorized the formation of such units. By the summer of 1864, Mosby's battalion had grown to six cavalry companies and one artillery company ...