Share This Article 1. During the Civil War Southern officers took the tactical offensive this percent of the time in major battles. 50 percent 60 percent 40 percent 70 percent 2. This 1959 film was based on the story of the 1863 Grierson cavalry raid. The Horse Soldiers Target: Vicksburg Ride Hard and Fast The Dog Soldiers 3. The “Lost Cause” myth of the Civil War was started by this 1866 book. Birth of a Nation The Last War Ghosts of the Confederacy The Lost Cause Loading …