From Everglade to Canyon with the Second United States Cavalry
Subtitle: an authentic account of service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and the Indian country : including the personal recollections of prominent officers : with an appendix containing orders, reports and correspondence, military records ... 1836-1875
By: compiled by Theo. F. Rodenbough ; foreword by Edward G. Longacre.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
Subjects: United States. Army. Cavalry, 2nd -- History.; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875.; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories -- United States.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Description: "Theophilus F. Rodenbough served as an officer with the Second Dragoons (still in operation today as the Second Armored Cavalry). Supplementing his account with personal recollections of other officers, he relates the history of the unit, beginning with operations in the Everglades against the Seminoles. He then follows Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott during the Mexican War, recounting engagements at Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, and Molino del Rey, as well as the siege of Mexico City. Returning from expeditions to California and Utah, Rodenbough and his fellow officers next plunged into the Civil War, with the unit redesignated as the second Cavalry. They fought at Bull Run, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern, Trevilian Station, Winchester, and Cedar Creek. In the post-Civil War period on the western frontier, the Second Cavalry accompanied expeditions against the Sioux, Piegan, and Arapaho Indians, suffering its most grievous losses in the Fetterman Massacre of 1866"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1875.
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