Park’s Brigade

Parks Brigade was a well known calvary company during the Civil War. Led by Bertram Parks and riding out of the Pennsylvania Blue Ridge Mountains, Parks and his men were well suited for the hard life in the saddle. Parks Brigade saw action all over the battlefield map and had a well deserved reputation for being willing and able to cover great distances quickly and yet stay ready for battle. The brigade suffered minimal casualties throughout the war due to Parks expertise in tactical movement. There was one battle however that decimated the brigade and that was Gettysburg. At Gettysburg Parks men had the added incentive of fighting for their home state and caused many of the men to act overly heroiclly. All in all Parks Brigade was one of the most efficient and successful calvary units in Union Army history.