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Glory at a gallop : tales of the Confederate cavalry / William R. Brooksher, David K. Snider.
- Title
- Glory at a gallop : tales of the Confederate cavalry / William R. Brooksher, David K. Snider.
- Author
- Brooksher, William R.
- Publication
- Washington : Brassey's (US), c1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E546.5 .B75 1993 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Snider, David K.
- Description
- xix, 259 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: The Best Cavalry in the World -- Cast of Leading Characters -- I.A Noble Band of Circuit Riders: Jeb Stuart's Famous First Ride Around McClellan -- II. A Stampede in Kentucky: John Morgan's First Kentucky Raid -- III. Storm in the Morning: Nathan Bedford Forrest's Capture of Murfreesboro, Tennessee -- IV. Three Times 'Round: Stuart's Second Circuit Around McClellan -- V. Fightin' Means Killin': Forrest's Long Midwinter Raid Against the Union's Western Tennessee Supply Line -- VI. A visit to Holly Springs: Earl Van Dorn's Destruction of the Huge Union Supply Depot at Holly Springs, Mississippi -- VII. Lay Your Wires to Kill Him: Morgan's Second Raid into Kentucky's Bluegrass Country -- VIII. The "War Child" Rides: Joseph Wheeler's Remarkable Cavalry Operations at Stone's River -- IX. To Steal a General: John Mosby's Kidnapping of Union General Edwin H. Stoughton -- X. Too Late to Gettysburg: Stuart's Long Ride and Late Arrival at Gettysburg -- XI. Long Ride to Oblivion: Morgan's Marathon Raid into Indiana and Ohio -- XII. Ride Down the Valley: Wheeler's Sequatchie Valley Raid to Isolate Chattanooga, Tennessee -- XIII. Until Forrest Is Dead: Forrest's Crushing Defeat of Samuel D. Sturgis at Brice's Crossroads -- XIV. Take No Prisoners: Mosby's Guerrilla Cavalry Raid on Philip H. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley -- XV. A Perfect Piece of Rascality: Wade Hampton's Daring Raid to Steal the Union Army's Herd of Beef -- XVI. Devil on the River: Forrest's "Rebel Navy" Raid on Johnsonville, Tennessee -- Epilogue: Glory at a Gallop.
- ISBN
- 0028810813
- LCCN
- ^^^93013242^
- OCLC
- 27937641
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library