CONFEDERATE WIZARDS OF THE SADDLE - BY CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN - 1958

Description: CONFEDERATE WIZARDS OF THE SADDLE BEING REMINISCENCES AND OBSERVATIONS OF ONE WHO RODE WITH MORGAN BY BENNETT H. YOUNG Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans Association MINT CONDITION Exceptionally Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Excellent Confederate Cavalry History Contains Illustrations, Maps and Photos; Fully Indexed ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1914, THIS IS A 1958 REPRINT BY THE CONTINENTAL BOOK COMPANY No image symbolizes the valiantly fought "lost cause" of the Old South so well as that of the Confederate warrior on horseback. These cavalrymen, with their chivalric manners and death-defying exploits, were the last of their kind to take part in a large-scale military conflict. This book is a veritable "greatest hits" of the exploits of the Confederate cavalry, including chapters on twelve different commanders and their mounted men. It features such cavaliers as JEB Stuart, John Hunt Morgan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, John S Mosby, Wade Hampton, Joe Wheeler, and more. Bennett H. Young was a Kentuckian who joined the cavalry command of John Hunt Morgan at the age of eighteen. He was captured and sent to Canada as a prisoner, where he escaped and led twenty-five Confederates on a raid against St. Alban's, Vermont - the northernmost land action of the war. Forrest at Bryce's Cross Roads, Hampton's Cattle Raid, Kentucky Cavalry at Dug Creek Gap, Wheeler's Raid into Tennessee, Morgan's Raid into Kentucky, Forrest's Raids into Tennessee, Cluke's Kentucky Raid, Shelby's Missouri Raid, Morgan's Battle of Hartsville, Forrest Marine Experiences, Cavalry expeditions into Mexico and New Mexico, J.E.B. Stuart's ride around McClellan's Army, Trevillian Station, Morgan's Ride around Cincinnati, Mosby's Men, Morgan's Christmas Raid, Forrest Pursuit of Streight, Turner Ashby's battles, the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid, Marmaduke's Raid, Forrest's Memphis Raid and many more are all here. Each chapter deals with an independent, cavalry operation. The author gives the reader the general military situation and then proceeds to describe in detail the movement and action of the particular Confederate leader in question. The great majority of these operations are raids. The author pulled significant valuable material from numerous participants whose aid he acknowledges. With a clear Southern lean, the book makes a positive contribution to Civil War history by providing not only an appreciation for the significant exploits of these Confederate cavalrymen, but also of the Southern view in the war. The unfailing courage, intense devotion to the stars and bears, uncomplaining endurance of privation and want, belittling of their enemies, and the bitterness over the hopelessness of their cause, are all shown through these Confederate warriors. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This wonderful book is in mint condition. You won't find a nicer copy of this antique book. It is exceptionally sharp, bright and clean. The book is bound in red-colored oil cloth, with bright, embossed lettering on the spine and cover. The book is solidly bound throughout. The interior is clean and the pages are bright white and in excellent condition. There isn't a mark in the book. The book features an attractive frontispiece of the author as well as numerous illustrations, portraits, and maps. 633 pages. This is an exceptionally sharp, excellent copy of this wonderful, collectible book on Confederate cavalry. Don't let this one get away. You won't find a nicer copy. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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