During the intense, sprawling conflict that was the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces fielded substantial numbers of cavalry, which carried out the crucial tasks of reconnaissance, raiding, and conveying messages. The perception was that cavalry’s effectiveness on the battlefield would be drastically reduced in this age of improved infantry firearms. This title, however, demonstrates how cavalry’s lethal combination of mobility and dismounted firepower meant it was still very much a force to be reckoned with in battle, and charts the swing in the qualitative difference of the cavalry forces fielded by the two sides as the war progressed. In this book, three fierce cavalry actions of the American Civil War are assessed, including the battles of Second Bull Run/Manassas (1862), Buckland Mills (1863) and Tom’s Brook (1864).
By:
Ron Field
Illustrated by:
Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 12
Dimensions:
Height: 248mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 8mm
Weight: 262g
ISBN: 9781472807311
ISBN 10: 1472807316
Series: Combat
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 20 May 2012
Audience:
General/trade
,
Professional and scholarly
,
ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction /The opposing sides /Lewis Ford: August 30, 1862 /Buckland Mills: October 19, 1863 /Tom’s Brook: October 9, 1864 /Analysis /Conclusion /Orders of Battle /Select Bibliography /Index
Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on U.S. military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983, and was then Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013. The author lives in Gloucestershire, UK.
