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Lincoln's cavalrymen : a history of the mounted forces of The Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865 / Edward G. Longacre.
- Title
- Lincoln's cavalrymen : a history of the mounted forces of The Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865 / Edward G. Longacre.
- Author
- Longacre, Edward G., 1946-
- Publication
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2000.
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| Text | Request in advance | E470 .L818 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 470 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This modern study focuses solely on the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and includes all major battles and commanders. Drawing heavily on primary sources, the author has consulted 50 manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of 200 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the Potomac.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- An uncertain heritage -- The right hand of active warfare -- No work in the trenches! -- All sorts of ways except the right way -- False start -- First blood -- Advance and retreat -- On the heels of the invader -- Cold, idle, and anxious -- Winter of gloom, springtime of hope -- Good for the first lick -- Epic encounter -- Advancing at Armageddon -- Much service at Gettysburg -- Thrust and parry -- The race to the Potomac -- Regular bull dog fighting -- War for extermination -- Whip them so they will stay whipped -- To Richmond and beyond -- Heated clashes -- Emptying the breadbasket -- God bless you, boys!
- ISBN
- 0811710491
- LCCN
- ^^^99086635^
- OCLC
- 43245887
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library