Lincoln's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865

830 b/w photos
* 6 maps
* 6 x 9
* First modern study to focus solely on the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
* Includes all major battles and commanders

In this first of a two-volume survey of the Union and Confederate cavalries, primary sources abound. Historian Edward G. Longacre has consulted 50 manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of 200 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the Potomac. Well known for interrogating "conventional wisdom," he also contributes some provocative analyses regarding the mounted army's organization, leadership, and tactics. This is an exhaustive study that no Civil War enthusiast will want to miss.

Edward G. Longacre is the author of numerous articles and books on the Civil War, including Army of Amateurs, Grant's Cavalryman, Pickett: Leader of the Charge and the Fletcher Pratt Prizewinning The Cavalry at Gettysburg. He currently resides in Newport News, Virginia.