Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign ( Daniel Murphy-GC) DVD As the century comes to

As the century comes to a close

n June of 1861

these men also embraced a virulent

the Secret Service and Mosby’s Rangers planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln in order to maintain the South’s independence

if they established a separate republic

Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign ( Daniel Murphy-GC) DVD As the century comes toby Daniel Murphy Cavalry operations during the Gettysburg campaign have been well covered, but never like this. Most cavalry treatments of the campaign and battle have focused on strategy, operations, and tactics and zoomed in on particular episodes: the Battle of Brandy Station in June 1863 (the largest cavalry engagement on American soil), Jeb Stuarts controversial ride for glory that deprived Lee of important intelligence for days, Union cavalry