The Union Cavalry in the Civil War

by Starr, Stephen Z.

• ISBN13: 9780807132913
• ISBN10: 0807132918
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, Stephen Z. Starr covers in three volumes the dramatic story of the Union cavalry. In this first volume he presents briefly the story of the United States cavalry prior to the Civil War, describing how the Union cavalry was raised, organized, equipped, and trained and offering detailed descriptions of the campaigns and battles in which the cavalry engaged?the Peninsula, Shenandoah Valley/Second Bull Run, Lee's invasion of Maryland, Kelly's Ford, Stoneman's May 1863 Raid, Brandy Station (Fleetwood); Aldie-Middleburg-Upperville; and Gettysburg. Starr focuses on the officers and men of the Union cavalry?who they were; how they lived, fought, behaved; what they thought. Starr tells their story, drawn from regimental records and histories, memoirs, letters, diaries, and reminiscences whenever possible in the words of the troopers themselves.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction: Climax in Alabama	p. 3
Prelude to War	p. 47
The Noise of the Captains	p. 62
Assume the Port of Mars	p. 87
Arms and the Man	p. 114
Officers and Gentlemen	p. 144
Gone for a Soldier	p. 166
To the Tented Field	p. 189
Jine the Cavalry	p. 209
Prepare to Mount	p. 234
Who Ever Saw a Dead Cavalryman?	p. 260
A Noise of Horses	p. 288
The Edge of the Sword	p. 323
The Divide	p. 351
Their Arms Flash in the Sun	p. 366
Cold Steel	p. 396
Solstice	p. 414
A River to Cross	p. 442
Appendix	p. 463
Bibliography	p. 467
Index	p. 493
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