Description
| Product ID: | 9781472807311 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Series: | Combat |
| Title: | Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman |
| Subtitle: | Eastern Theater 1861–65 |
| Authors: | Author: Ron Field, Peter Dennis |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | True war and combat stories, True war & combat stories, History, Civil wars, Warfare and defence, Battles and campaigns, History, American Civil War, Warfare & defence, Battles & campaigns |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating During the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces fielded substantial numbers of cavalry, which carried out the tasks of reconnaissance, raiding, and conveying messages. In this book, three cavalry actions of the American Civil War are assessed, including the battles of Second Bull Run/Manassas, Buckland Mills and Toms Brook. 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). |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-06-20 |
