Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Heartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863 (Eric J. Wittenberg - UA) Amos Humiston and noted journalist and George

and noted journalist and George Spangler Farm expert Ronald D

these stories of authentic leadership in times of apprehension and fracture take on a singular urgency

Two-time Lincoln Prize winner Allen C

Fredericksburg

Rounding out the volume are a chronology of national and international events during 1865

Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Heartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863 (Eric J. Wittenberg - UA) Amos Humiston and noted journalist and GeorgeThe Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863 by Eric Wittenberg The Army of the Potomac's mounted units suffered early in the Civil War at the hands of the horsemen of the South. However, by 1863, the Federal cavalry had evolved into a fighting machine. Despite the numerous challenges occupying officers and politicians, as well as the harrowing existence of troopers in the field, the Northern cavalry helped turn the tide of