"Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business."
~ Union General Ulysses S. Grant
Declining to attend a White House party in his honor
in order to return to the front
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson's infantry was sometimes called "Foot Cavalry" because of their ability to endure forced marches. They once achieved a marching speed of almost six miles an hour, a remarkable speed for infantry.
The Union cavalry saw its greatest victory in the eastern theater on October 9, 1864. They captured 350 men, eleven artillery pieces and all of the southern cavalry's wagons and ambulances at the Battle of Tom's Brook, Virginia. The Union also pursues the retreating Confederates for over twenty miles, a fight called the Woodstock Races.
The Confederacy completed seven different issues of paper currency between 1861 and 1864 to finance the war effort. The face value was approximately one billion dollars. However, the currency was not backed by gold or silver, which, accompanied by increasing consumer goods shortages, led to some of the worst inflation in the history of the United States.