Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America

The Civil War produced the largest cavalry force ever raised in American history. In Civil War Cavalry,...
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Author: Earl J. Hess
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Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America by Hess, Earl J.

Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America

$74.43

Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America

$74.43
Author: Earl J. Hess
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The Civil War produced the largest cavalry force ever raised in American history. In Civil War Cavalry, Earl J. Hess examines that force comprehensively and from new perspectives, challenging standard views of the war's mounted arm. Hess surveys the organization, training, administration, arming, and mounting of cavalry units and examines mounted troops' tactical formations and maneuvers. He addresses the nature of cavalry operations, discussing the mounted charge, dismounted fighting, long-distance raids, the varied types of weapons used by troopers, and the difficulty of supplying horses. Hess also brings concepts from the burgeoning field of animal history to argue that cavalry mounts exercised a degree of agency in shaping their role in the large military machine. Civil War Cavalry is a sweeping and innovative history, establishing a new criterion for understanding how Americans waged mounted warfare in the mid-nineteenth century.

Author: Earl J. Hess
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 08/13/2025
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.42w x 1.52d
ISBN: 9780807184448

About the Author
Earl J. Hess is professor emeritus of history at Lincoln Memorial University and the author or editor of twenty-nine books on the American Civil War, including Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness.

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