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A companion to his previous work, Lincoln's Cavalrymen, this volume focuses on the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia its leadership, the military life of its officers and men as revealed in their diaries and letters, the development of its tactics as the war evolved, and the influence of government policies on its operational abilities. All the major players and battles are involved, including Joseph E. Johnston, P. G. T Beauregard, and J. E. B. Stuart. As evidenced in his previous books, Longacre's painstakingly thorough research will make this volume as indispensable a reference as its predecessor..
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830 b/w photos
* 6 maps
* 6 x 9
* First modern study to focus solely on the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
* Includes all major battles and commanders

In this first of a two-volume survey of the Union and Confederate cavalries, primary sources abound. Historian Edward G. Longacre has consulted 50 manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of 200 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the Potomac. Well known for interrogating "conventional wisdom," he also contributes some provocative analyses regarding the mounted army's organization, leadership, and tactics. This is an exhaustive study that no Civil War enthusiast will want to miss.

Edward G. Longacre is the author of numerous articles and books on the Civil War, including Army of Amateurs, Grant's Cavalryman, Pickett: Leader of the Charge and the Fletcher Pratt Prizewinning The Cavalry at Gettysburg. He currently resides in Newport News, Virginia..
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This is a true accounting of the day-to-day and night-to-night operations, the patrolling, the major battles, the insects and the total exhaustion of a hand full of combat troopers .
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