The Union Cavalry in the Civil War: From Fort Sumter to Gettysburg 18611863

About this book

In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject Stephen Z. Starr covers in three volumes the dramatic story of the Union cavalry. In this first volume he presents briefly the story of the United States cavalry prior to the Civil War describing how the Union cavalry was raised organized equipped and trained and offering detailed descriptions of the campaigns and battles in which the cavalry engaged -- the Peninsula Shenandoah Valley/Second Bull Run Lees invasion of Maryland Kellys Ford Stonemans May 1863 Raid Brandy Station (Fleetwood) Aldie-Middleburg-Upperville and Gettysburg. Starr focuses on the officers and men of the Union cavalry -- who they were; how they lived fought behaved; what they thought. Starr tells their story -- drawn from regimental records and histories memoirs letters diaries and reminiscences -- whenever possible in the words of the troopers themselves.