Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery
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Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery
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Overview
Avery fought in the legendary Michigan Cavalry Brigade, commanded by George Armstrong Custer * Avery's battles included Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, Haws Shop, Tom's Brook, Cedar Creek, and Trevilian Station George Armstrong Custer's fabled Fifth Regiment fought with great distinction throughout the war and suffered the third highest total of men killed in the entire Union cavalry. A twenty-four-year-old farmer and new father from Hopkins, Michigan, named James Henry Avery was one of Custer's feared Wolverines. Besides eloquently describing his personal experiences, Sergeant Avery's wartime journals and postwar reminiscences provide uniquely detailed descriptions of Civil War cavalry movements and the only known account that addresses the escape of elements of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry on the first day of the Battle of Trevilian Station.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781574884081 |
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| Publisher: | Potomac Books |
| Publication date: | 12/06/2001 |
| Pages: | 186 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.04(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.56(d) |
About the Author
Eric J. Wittenberg is the author of Protecting the Flanks, Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions (winner of the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award as 1998’s best new work interpreting the Battle of Gettysburg), and We Have it Damn Hard Out Here. In addition, he is the editor of With Sheridan in the Final Campaign Against Lee, Under Custer's Command (Brassey’s, Inc., 2000), and One of Custer's Wolverines. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Table of Contents
| List of Maps | xi | |
| Foreword | xiii | |
| Preface | xv | |
| Compiler's Acknowledgments | xvii | |
| Editor's Notes and Acknowledgements | xix | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1. | A Soldier Goes to War | 7 |
| 2. | Chasing Mosby's Guerrillas | 21 |
| 3. | The Gettysburg Campaign | 29 |
| 4. | The Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns | 45 |
| 5. | Winter Encampment and the Reorganization of the Cavalry Corps | 57 |
| 6. | Campaigning with Sheridan | 65 |
| 7. | The June 1864 Trevilian Raid and an Ordeal to Remember | 83 |
| 8. | A Temporary and Very Reluctant Infantryman | 97 |
| 9. | Fighting with Little Phil | 109 |
| 10. | The Fall and Winter of 1864-65 | 121 |
| 11. | Illness Forces Avery to Miss the End of the Civil War | 133 |
| 12. | A Soldier Returns Home | 149 |
| Appendix | The Campaigns of the 5th Michigan Cavalry | 161 |
| Bibliography | 167 | |
| Index | 177 |