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9781574882766

Under Custer's Command : The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery

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  • ISBN13:

    9781574882766

  • ISBN10:

    1574882767

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-11-01
  • Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

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Summary

George Armstrong Custer's fabled Fifth Regiment fought with great distinction throughout the American Civil War and suffered the third highest total of men in the Union cavalry who were either killed in action or died of their wounds. James Henry Avery, a twenty-four-year-old farmer and new father from Hopkins, Michigan, was one of Custer's feared "Wolverines". Besides eloquently recording his personal experiences, Sergeant Avery's wartime journals and postwar reminiscences provide uniquely detailed descriptions of Civil War cavalry movements and the only known account that addresses the escape of elements of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry on the first day of the Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Compiler's Acknowledgments xvii
Editor's Notes and Acknowledgements xix
Introduction 1(6)
A Soldier Goes to War
7(14)
Chasing Mosby's Guerrillas
21(8)
The Gettysburg Campaign
29(16)
The Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns
45(12)
Winter Encampment and the Reorganization of the Cavalry Corps
57(8)
Campaigning with Sheridan
65(18)
The June 1864 Trevilian Raid and an Ordeal to Remember
83(14)
A Temporary and Very Reluctant Infantryman
97(12)
Fighting with Little Phil
109(12)
The Fall and Winter of 1864--65
121(12)
Illness Forces Avery to Miss the End of the Civil War
133(16)
A Soldier Returns Home
149(12)
Appendix: The Campaigns of the 5th Michigan Cavalry 161(6)
Bibliography 167(10)
Index 177

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