Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863

In 2014, Eric J. Wittenberg published “The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour, an award—winning study of Union cavalry delaying actions at Gettysburg. Fast—forward four years to 2018 and Wittenberg’s latest release, a companion Western Theater study entitled Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863.

This volume focuses on the two important delaying actions conducted by mounted Union soldiers at Reed’s ...