Forgotten Cavalryman: Brigadier~General Andrew Jonathan Alexander

More than two million men served in the Union forces during the American Civil War. Of them, most are forgotten but Andrew Alexander should not be.

Alexander's four years of unbroken service during the Rebellion, and twenty-two years of life on the frontier earned him a place that should be more notable. His friends remembered him as a man of great courage, integrity, and physical perfection. He fought at Gettysburg and other great battles of the war.

One of those friends tried to make sure h...