The Union Cavalry in the Civil War

by Starr, Stephen Z.

• ISBN13: 9780807132937
• ISBN10: 0807132934
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

With this volume Starr brings to a triumphant conclusion his prize-winning trilogy on the history of the Union cavalry. The War in the West provides accounts of the cavalry's role in the Vicksburg campaign, the conquest of central Tennessee, Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, and the campaign of the Carolinas. Starr never neglects the numerous difficulties the cavalry faced: equipment shortages; inadequate weapons; unsuitable organization; and inept use of the cavalry by many members of the Union high command. And he never ignores the cavalry's own contributions to its failures. He convincingly demonstrates that in the end, in the battle of Nashville and in the Selma Campaign, the Union cavalry proved enormously effective. With this final volume Starr's objective remains "the portrayal of the life and campaigns of the Union cavalry as they were experienced and fought by its troopers and officers."

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Come in Your War Array	p. 1
Let Slip the Dogs of War	p. 27
Fire Answers Fire	p. 50
To War and Arms I Fly	p. 73
Steed Threatens Steed	p. 102
The Weapons of War Perished	p. 125
Waving Banners and Glittering Steel	p. 153
'Twas a Famous Victory	p. 180
Be Ye Men of Valour	p. 205
Feats of Broil and Battle	p. 227
Clouds of Dust...in All Directions	p. 250
The Battle to the Strong	p. 275
All the Business of War	p. 306
Amidst the Ranks of War	p. 332
The Flinty and Steel Couch of War	p. 358
War Is Cruelty	p. 391
Tipped with a Line of Steel	p. 415
And Charge with All Thy Chivalry	p. 447
The Valley of the Shadow	p. 474
Once More unto the Breach	p. 503
Swifter than Eagles, Stronger than Lions	p. 527
All Thy Banners Wave	p. 556
Now the Battle Day Is Past	p. 569
Epilogue	p. 589
The Mutiny of the 15th Pennsylvania	p. 595
Addenda to Bibliography	p. 603
Index	p. 607
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