In the first line of battle
Subtitle: the 12th Illinois Cavalry in the Civil War
By: Samuel M. Blackwell, Jr.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 12th (1862-1866); Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Description: "In the First Line of Battle tells the story of how the 12th Illinois Cavalry came through the war with its colors intact. Tracking the regiment from its first muster early in 1862 through its service in Texas during Reconstruction, Blackwell shows readers the war as it was lived by men who fought across the length and breadth of the Confederacy. Tracing the path of the 12th Illinois, he sheds new light on the role of the Union cavalry in the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Maps ix; title: Acknowledgments xi; title: Introduction 3; title: 1 "Rally 'round the Flag" 6; title: 2 "Drop Carbines!Draw Sabres!Charge!" 15; title: 3 "Picket and Reconnaissance Duty" 38; title: 4 Raids 64; title: 5 Forcing the Rebels to Deploy 84; title: 6 "Fighting the Rebs for Seven Days" 109; title: 7 Search and Destroy 128; title: 8 From Tennessee to Texas 150; title: 9 Reconstruction in a Conquered Land 158; title: Epilogue-Sound Taps 173; title: Appendix-12th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry 181; title: Notes 185; title: Bibliography 205; title: Index 213.