Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac (Expanded, Annotated)

It seems incredible to us today but at the opening of the American Civil War it was not believed that cavalry would be of any use whatever. Edward Tobie was one of the first to enlist and in this highly entertaining account of his time in the First Maine Cavalry, he retraces the evolution of the use of "the cav" during the war.

The image on the cover of this ebook is the monument to the First Maine on the battlefield at Gettysburg. By the end of the war, the efficiency of mobile warfare was ...