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Frank M. Myers
A former Confederate cavalry captain turned regimental historian, he wrote a firsthand account of White's Battalion that preserves the voices, campaigns, and hardships of the 35th Virginia Cavalry. His book remains a useful window into how veterans of that unit remembered the Civil War after it ended.
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The Comanches: A History of White's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
by Frank M. Myers
About the author
Frank M. Myers is best known for The Comanches: A History of White's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, first published in Baltimore in 1871. Library of Congress records identify him as the author, and the book itself presents him as the late captain of Company A, 35th Virginia Cavalry.
In the preface, Myers explains that he prepared the history under difficult circumstances and dedicated it to the members of the battalion. That gives the book its distinctive character: it is not a distant academic study, but a veteran's effort to record the campaigns and reputation of a unit he had served in himself.
Because so little widely documented biographical information about him is easy to confirm from reliable public sources, most of what can be said with confidence comes through that work and its historical record. Even so, his writing has lasting value for readers interested in Civil War memory, cavalry history, and the way former soldiers tried to shape the story of their service.