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