Black Powder Epic Battles - American Civil War Rebel Cavalry & Zouaves Division 0924-week-2 and only a tiny fraction

and only a tiny fraction forms any kind of standing army

enabling the following panzers to overrun Europe

and finally to charge home to glorious victory – these brave troopers are ready to ride

Their primary military arm was their cavalry

Thundering across the field of battle

Black Powder Epic Battles - American Civil War Rebel Cavalry & Zouaves Division 0924-week-2 and only a tiny fractionResplendent in their stylish coloured uniforms the zouave light infantry were involved in all major battles of the American Civil War. Arguably the most renowned of Confederate zouave regiment being the Louisiana Tigers. Fighting on horseback and armed with pistol, sabre and carbine, the role of cavalry during the civil war was more as mounted infantry, reconnaissance and patrol units rather than the shock cavalry of previous eras. Skirmishers were an