Confederate States Army, Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Cobb's Legion) vouchers 1862

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Confederate States Army, Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Cobb's Legion) vouchers 1862

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Vouchers issued to soldiers of the Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment by the Confederate States Army for pay, etc.

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University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

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Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion. Cavalry Battalion

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Cobb's Legion (also known as the Georgia Legion) was a Confederate States Army military unit raised in Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. A "legion" consisted of a single integrated command, with individual components from the infantry, cavalry, and artillery. When it was originally raised, the Georgia Legion comprised seven infantry companies, four cavalry companies, and a single battery. The concept of a multiple-branch unit was fine in theory, but neve...