Based on the diaries and memoirs of the men who made the legend, on newspapers and official records, and illustrated with contemporary photographs, this story of a famous regiment in action creates a feeling of actual participation in the entire Civil War, from Shiloh to the fall of the Confederacy.
After all, Grierson's cavalrymen had been able to ride across Mississippi successfully; why couldn't Morgan's men do the same in Indiana and Ohio? Morgan had recruited men from Kentucky who had grown up around fast horses and who were ...
Basil Duke, St. Leger Grenfell, Lightning Ellsworth, and the beautiful Martha Ready all receive their due, as does the truly remarkable story of the Raiders' newspaper.
This is the legend of Morgan's Raiders--as it's never been told before.
With twenty-five maps and more than forty illustrations, Morgan's Raid historian David L. Mowery takes a new look at this unprecedented event in American history, one historians rank among the world's greatest land-based raids since ...
The Bold Cavaliers is as engrossing in its historical detail as in its rich adventure. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
... of the Federal's mounted charge, the Confederates had advanced too far from where their horses were being kept to pursue the retreating forces. The Second Kentucky moved slowly at first as Morgan was “hoping his brother, Charlton, ...
Throughout the day of July 1, 1863, and into the following afternoon, Morgan's division crossed the rain-swollen Cumberland River. Using multiple fords located several miles above and below Burkesville, the raiders ferried their wagons, ...
D., 188 Brown,Jack, 101 Brown, John II., 21 Bruce, Benjamin Gratz, 30 Bruce, Eli M., 230, 240 Bruce, Henry, ... 104, 113, 116, 1 17 Buena Vista, Mexico, 24-27, 266 n.29 Buffington Island, O., 175, 176, 177-78, 179, 180 Bullit, William, ...
The Longest Raid of the Civil War: Little-Known & Untold Stories of Morgan's Raid Into Kentucky, Indiana & Ohio
Visit from a Copperhead: A Narrative of the Civil War Morgan's Raiders