This is the story of the American Civil War cavalry battle that took place at Trevilian Station, Virginia in June 1864, as well as the ordeal of Sheridan's second cavalry raid. After the ferocious fighting at Cold Harbor, Virginia, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ordered his cavalry, commanded by Major General Philip H. Sheridan, to distract the Confederate forces opposing the Army of the Potomac. Eric Wittenberg chronicles the battle that resulted when Confederate cavalry pursued and caught their Federal foes at Trevilian Station, which was, perhaps, the only truly decisive cavalry battle of the Civil War. Wittenberg tells the stories of the men who fought there, including eight Union Medal of Honour winners and one Confederate whose death at Trevilian Station made him the third of three brothers to die in the service of Company A of the 4th Virginia Cavalry. The book also addresses the little-known but critical cavalry battle at Samaria (St Mary's) Church on June 24th 1864, where Union Brig Gen David M. Gregg's division was nearly destroyed. The study features appendices that outline the order of battle, strengths and losses on both sides. As a modern strategic analysis of the battle, it challenges prevailing interpretations of the Union cavalry and of General Sheridan. Eric Wittenberg shows that the outcome of Trevilian Station ultimately prolonged Grant's efforts to end the Civil War.
ERIC J. WITTENBERG is the editor of Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery and the author of Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions and We Have It Damn Hard Out Here: The Civil War Letters of Sergeant Thomas W. Smith, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. This work described the Civil War battle that resulted when the Confederate cavalry under Major General Wade Hampton pursued and caught their Federal foes at Trevilian Station, Virginia. The author demonstrates how the outcome of Trevilian Station ultimately prolonged Grant's efforts to end the Civil War. The book contains photographs, maps, appendices, bibliography, and an index. This copy is clean and solid. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 013089
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Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. "The largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War" which occurred at Trevilian Station, Virginia in 1864. Gen. George Armstron Custer was among the combatants. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings; there are no spine or cover creases or tears. This book was probably never read. This is the first paperback printing issued one year after the hardcover edition.; B&W Photographs, Map; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 391 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 19943
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