Cavalry Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

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The Cavalry Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana was a Confederate Civil War military command in the Western Theater, noted for its operations under General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military unit ⓘ
Confederate military department ⓘ
allegiance Confederacy ⓘ
associatedPerson Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
branch cavalry ⓘ
category Cavalry units and formations of the American Civil War ⓘ
Confederate States Army departments ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
militaryRole mobile operations ⓘ
raiding operations ⓘ
screening and reconnaissance ⓘ
notableCommander Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
notedFor cavalry operations under Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
operationalArea Alabama ⓘ
East Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: eastern Louisiana

Mississippi ⓘ
partOf Confederate States Army ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
side Confederate ⓘ
subordinateTo Confederate Western Theater command structure ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
type field command ⓘ

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Nathan Bedford Forrest → commanded → Cavalry Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana ⓘ
Army of the Gulf → opposedBy → Confederate forces in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Cavalry Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana