Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman - Eastern Theater 1861-65

Informationen zum Autor Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983, and was then Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013. Klappentext 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).This latest title in the hit Combat series is a gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. It presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfire and gives close attention to the qualitative differences between the two sides. Augmented, as usual, with stunning Osprey artwork. Zusammenfassung A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. This book presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfire and is augmented, as usual, with stunning Osprey artwork. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The opposing sides Lewis Ford: August 30, 1862 Buckland Mills: October 19, 1863 Tom's Brook: October 9, 1864 Analysis Conclusion Orders of Battle Select Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Ron Field, Field Ron
• Assisted by: Peter Dennis (Illustration), Peter (Illustrator) Dennis (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2015
• EAN: 9781472807311
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0731-1
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Combat; Combat
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; True war & combat stories, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Battles & campaigns, True war and combat stories, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Battles and campaigns, Civil wars, American Civil War