Civil+Warness+is+my+pageyness

C-C-C-Civil W-W-W-War E-E-E-E-E-ESSAYre09 Horses are outdated, there are expensive and look like they can be beaten by a lot of untrained men and giant guns. Why do you think they are so great? [] [] []
 * __Thesis:__**
 * Cavarly may look cumbersome but is the forerunner of special forces exspecially southern cavarly.**

Every source you use is to be listed Every source you use is to be listed in your [|bibliography]. Every source you quote is to be cited in your paper or presentation. Tag your sources in [] with Civilwar, your name, and the topic Example tag= civilwar, paulb, africanamericansoldiers, soldiers, images Light Cavarly and their parrallels to modern special forces. Why cav. was a fore runner to special forces.
 * Topic:**
 * Focus:**

I consider special forces to be troops that have superior equipment, training, uses, and tactics and other capabilities that seperate them from the rest of the armed forces. They also have a sort of "mystique" that surronds them.
 * Note:**


 * eason for choice: People think that big guns and more men can beat anything. I want to prove that an elite of lesser odds can still beat heavy firepower and masses of troops.**

Need some "starters" to help you brainstorm a thesis? Give your thesis the thesis test
 * What's your point? ([|thesis]):**

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What are two primary sources you have found to help your research?


 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

1 Cavarly had special uses other than front line fighting

2 Better Gear and Superior weapons.

3 Better Training

4. Greater speed and Tactics then other branches

Cavarly had better uses than other branches.** -Early Uses consisted of Recon and CombatSupport for federal -Soon changes to a primary weapon - Later on, first in confederates then union, began to use them to take out behind enemy lines to destroy supplies. -Units known as dragoons would fight both on horses and on foot for greater flexbility. - Confederate units such as Mosby's Rangers would raid on enemies and use guerilla tactics. -Mosby's rangers would raid and leave undected. -'Eyes and Ears of Army"' -Went behind enemy lines and would destroy telegraph lines -Quote by Col. John C. Mosby of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavarly. (Mosby's Raiders)
 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?

"My purpose was to weaken the armies invading Virginia, by harassing their rear... to destroy supply trains, to break up the means of conveying intelligence, and thus isolating an army from its base, as well as its different corps from each other, to confuse their plans by capturing their dispatches, are the objects of partisan war. It is just as legitimate to fight an enemy in the rear as in the front. The only difference is in the danger ..." – Col. John S. Mosby, CSA

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What can you conclude from these facts? Special Forces were flexible and could switch from reconnassence to sabotage to front-line combat. Much how cavarly could be the eyes and wars of the army, while being the sword of the army and ruining everything else for the other army.

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 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?**

//Cavarly had superior gear and weapons compared to infantry.// -early cavarly shoulder fired weapons in Civil War were usually carbines, they could be mussle loaders or breechloaders or fire metal cartridges. -Range about 200 yards (Inf. Musket: 125yds.Rifle-500yds) -Sharps Carbine (B.1850) strong and reliable and fired about 5 .52 bullets a minute.(Inf.3rpm) -Spencer(1860) 14 aimed round a minute -Or Henry which fired 16 rounds a minute. -Tens of thousands of each were produced by union. less of the copies were produced by confederates. issued to most troopers -6 shot colt revolvers were also issued to troopers. -Occasionaly troopers would use shotguns, mostly sawed off ones.

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Had better training than other branches -Could take 2 years to train a cav. trooper, mostly in Union -May take less time, however, in south as southerners knew how to and have been riding since young ages. -More discipline required as they also had to maintain there horses.
 * What is your 3rd reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts? Special Forces members require more training than the normal soldiers,cavarly troopers had 2 years of training or habe had the military lifestyle rooted in their lives, rather than the conscripts who only had a few months of training. Sources

Had better speed and logistics -Could cover 35 miles in 8 hours on march -marches could also be 80-miles in 27 hours or 300 miles in 10 days. -Walking speed of 4 mph, slow trot of 6, faster trot at 8, moderate gallop of 12. and top speed of 16 - Some Troopers lived off the land rather than having to wait for supplies to come.
 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts? -Cavarly troopers could cover ground quickly and live independantly from supplies. Similar to special forces on long-range reconnasince and be seperate from supply for weeks. Infantryn on the other hand had only their feet and would have to be followed by supply lines.

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Cavarly had many similarities to Modern Special Forces. They both had superior training, weapons, speed, tactics and uses than the average joe conscript.
 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**

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