Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions Farnsworth Charge, South Cavalry Field, and th Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863

Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions Farnsworth Charge, South Cavalry Field, and th Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863 by Wittenberg,Eric J. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781611211085.

Gettysburgs Forgotten Cavalry Actions examines in detail three of the campaigns central cavalry episodes: the heroic but doomed legendary charge of Brig. Gen. Elon J. Farnsworths cavalry brigade against Confederate infantry and artillery; Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritts tenacious fight on South Cavalry Field (including a fresh look at the opportunity to roll up the Army of Northern Virginias flank on the afternoon of July 3); and the short but especially brutal cavalry fight on July 3 at Fairfield Pennsylvania, a strategic Confederate victory that kept the Hagerstown Road open for General Lees retreat to Virginia. This fully revised and expanded edition includes extensive new research interpretations, and conclusions including a new appendix that resolves an ongoing dispute about where Farnsworths Charge and Merritts fight occurred; a walking and driving tour complete with GPS coordinates, and updated photographs to reflect the modern appearance of the Gettysburg battlefield.