The Union Cavalry Comes of Age
Subtitle: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: January 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781574886504
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; United States.; History; Cavalry; History - U.S.; United States - Civil War; History: American; USA; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Army.; Army; Cavalry operations; Civil War, 1861-1865; United States
First sentence: In September 1862, just before the Battle of Antietam, Brig. Gen. John Buford, a thirty-six-year-old West Pointer, received orders to report to the Army of the Potomac's headquarters at Rockville, Maryland.