Confederate Cavalryman 1861-65 (Warrior)
Contributors: Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: June 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781841763811
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; Military life & institutions; Weapons & equipment; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - Civil War; History: American; History; History - Military / War; USA; Military - General; History / Military / United States
First sentence: "The Confederacy had from the beginning attached greater importance to the cavalry arm of the service than had the North," recalled Private Luther Hopkins, 6th Virginia Cavalry, after the war, "and many had been the daring raids that [Army of Northern Virginia cavalry commander J.E.B.] Stnart made within the enemy's lines, capturing thousands of wagons laden with military stores, and many thousand prisoners."