Brackett's Battalion
Subtitle: Minnesota cavalry in the Civil War and Dakota War
By: Kurt D. Bergemann.
Contributors: Bergemann, Kurt D.
Publisher: Borealis Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: United States. Army. Brackett's Battalion (1861-1866) -- History.; Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865.; Minnesota -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.; Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations.
Description: "Brackett's Battalion, as the men became known, took part in the Northwestern Indian Expedition of 1864 and rode northwest into Dakota Territory to seek out and engage Indians in response to attacks on settlers in Minnesota. On July 28, 1864, during the decisive battle against a large Dakota contingent at Killdeer Mountain, Brackett's men conducted a remarkable three-mile-long saber charge that resulted in vicious hand-to-hand combat and eventually turned the tide of the battle." "Told through the journals, diaries, and letters of the troopers themselves, Brackett's Battalion brings to light a long-neglected aspect of Minnesota's role in the Civil War and reveals a side of the conflict rarely portrayed in the war's literature."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, 1861-1866. 1996.