The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863

by Eric J Wittenberg

Overview

A noted authority on cavalry challenges a Civil War myth

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540214058
Publisher:	History Press Library Editions
Publication date:	01/09/2017
Pages:	482
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Eric J. Wittenberg has spent much of his adult life studying Union cavalry operations in the Civil War. A practicing lawyer, Mr. Wittenberg is a graduate of Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He has authored several books on the Civil War, edited two and contributed numerous articles to national Civil War magazines. Mr. Wittenberg is the winner of the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award for 1998's best new work interpreting the Battle of Gettysburg. He and his wife, Susan, live in Columbus, Ohio.

Table of Contents

	List of Maps	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xiii
1.	Formation of the Cavalry Corps: Army of the Potomac, February 1863	1
2.	A Restless Winter: The Battle of Hartwood Church	40
3.	St. Patrick's Day Melee: The Battle of Kelly's Ford	71
4.	Stuck in the Mud: Prelude to Chancellorsville	111
5.	Two Costly Charges: The Cavalry at Chancellorsville	143
6.	The Element of Surprise Is Lost: A False Start for Stoneman's Raid	177
7.	The Bursting Shell: Stoneman's Raid Finally Begins	202
8.	Brandy Station: Buford's Morning Fight for the Guns at St. James Church	245
9.	Brandy Station: Climax on Fleetwood Hill	278
	Conclusion	318
Appendix 1	The Army of the Potomac's Cavalry Forces under Command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside	346
Appendix 2	Order of Battle: The Battle of Kelly's Ford	348
Appendix 3	Order of Battle: Stoneman's Raid	350
Appendix 4	Order of Battle: The Fight in Alsop's Field	353
Appendix 5	Order of Battle: The Battle of Brandy Station	354
	Glossary	359
	Bibliography	360
	Index	381
	About the Author	390