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New Jersey butterfly boys in the Civil War : the Hussars of the Union Army

Title: New Jersey butterfly boys in the Civil War : the Hussars of the Union Army / Peter T. Lubrecht.
Author: Lubrecht, Peter T.
Publication: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.

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Description

190 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In the last year of the Civil War, the Union formed a traditional European cavalry unit known as the New Jersey Butterflies. They enticed men to join a galloping, dashing, romantic cavalry unit that would charge its enemy armed only with sabers. Officially named the Third New Jersey Cavalry and also called the First American Hussars, the unit fought in decisive battles with General George Armstrong Custer and General Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, forcing and following Lee's retreat. Many of them German and Irish immigrants, these 'Jersey' men lie buried in their native soil from one end of the state to the other"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The cavalier colonel -- The birth of the Butterflies or "mister where's your mule?" -- Marching from Trenton -- A long sloppy journey -- Into battle -- Into the major battles : 1st Winchester -- Cedar Creek -- The trail to Appomattox and the end of the war -- Mustering out and picking up the pieces.

ISBN

9781609491321
1609491327

LCCN

2011003220

OCLC

ocn696100241
696100241
SCSB-1596981

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library