Lincolns Cavalrymen

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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Edward G Longacre has consulted 50 manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of 200 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the Potomac Well known for interrogating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. New Read Kindle ePUB Lincolns Cavalrymen by Edward G. Longacre – kino-fada.fr While the cavalry has been studied at length in Civil War studies, Edward G Longacre s Lincoln s Cavalrymen stands as one of the major analyses in the history of the mounted forces Many histories of the cavalry deal with the strict adherence to battle plans and scouting movements which made the cavalry famous but Longacre takes a different approach In the flowing narrative style which he has made himself known for, Longacre takes the reader through the complete process and life of what it mea While the cavalry has been studied at length in Civil War studies, Edward G Longacre s Lincoln s Cavalrymen stands as one of the major analyses in the history of the mounted forces Many histories of the cavalry deal with the strict adherence to battle plans and scouting movements which made the cavalry famous but Longacre takes a different approach In the flowing narrative style which he has made himself known for, Longacre takes the reader through the complete process and life of what it meant to be a cavalryman during the Civil War Thr...A good study of the Army of the Potomac s cavalry Longacre argues that the union cavalry s leadership army commanders who didn t know how to use cavalry held them back until they started coming into their own at the Battles of Kelly s Ford Brandy Station in 1...

Lincolns Cavalrymen
  • English
  • 23 November 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 480 pages
  • 0811710491
  • Edward G. Longacre
  • Lincolns Cavalrymen