UCV Ladder Badge Company H 21st Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Item #: WR356
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This is a United Confederate Veterans ladder badge that was worn to reunions from the late 1800's through the mid 1900's. This ladder badge is for a member of Company H, 21st Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. There is no maker mark on the badge. The badge consists of a four bar ladder with a round medallion attached to the bottom bar sitting on a yellow ribbon. The yellow color of the ribbon denotes the color of the Cavalry branch. The medallion at the bottom of the badge has a Confederate battle flag in the center, with the letters C.S.A. above it and the years 1861-1865 below it. There is no name on the badge to indicate which veteran it belonged to. The 21st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment was organized on 4 February, 1864 as a consolidation of various units. It consisted of 11 companies, A through L. The commanding officer of the 21st Tennessee was Colonel Andrew Wilson, resulting in the 21st sometimes being called "Wilson's Cavalry". The second in command was Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Forrest, brother of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The men of Company H were commanded by Captain John W. Carroll, and were mostly from Chester County of west Tennessee. The 21st Tennessee Cavalry fought in numerous engagements, including the Battle of Okolona, Ms. on February 20-22, 1864. During this engagement on 22 February, the youngest Forrest brother Jeffrey, was killed while leading the brigade he commanded in an assault on Union lines. On 7 March, 1864 the 21st Tennessee Cavalry was made part of the brigade commanded by soon to be Brigadier General Tyree Bell, of Brigadier General Buford's Division. The 21st was involved in the battle of Fort Pillow on 11 April, 1864, and fought as dismounted skirmishers at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads on 10 June, 1864. It also saw action at the battle of Harrisburg, the capture of Athens, Alabama, the middle Tennessee raid of 1864, the Battles of Franklin, Nashville, and Spring Hill to name a few. On 3 May, 1865 the 21st reported 31 officers and 317 men present for duty. Brigadier General Bell's brigade on that date consisted of the 9th Tennessee Regiment, 10th and 11th Tennessee Consolidated Regiments, 10th and 20th Tennessee Consolidated Regiments and the 2nd and 21st Tennessee Consolidated Regiments. The brigade was paroled in Gainesville, Alabama in may, 1865. This ladder badge represents a hard fought Tennessee Cavalry Regiment that made up a part of Lieutenant General Forrest's Cavalry Corps during the last year of the Civil War. These are very rare, and seldom seen on the market. It will make a nice center piece for any FORREST UCV collection!
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