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