Confederate Wizards of the Saddle

The Confederate cavalrymen, with their chivalric manners and death-defying exploits, were the last of their kind to take part in large-scale military conflict. Included are chapters on J. E. B. Stuart, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Wade Hampton, John Mosby, John Hunt Morgan, and many more.

About the author

Bennett Young was a Kentuckian who joined the cavalry command of John Hunt Morgan at the age of eighteen. He was captured and sent to Canada as a prisoner, where he escaped and led twenty-five Confederates on a raid against St. Albans, Vermont.

Summary

The Confederate cavalrymen, with their chivalric manners and death-defying exploits, were the last of their kind to take part in large-scale military conflict. Included are chapters on J. E. B. Stuart, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Wade Hampton, John Mosby, John Hunt Morgan, and many more.

Product details

• Authors: Bennett Young, Bennett H Young, Bennett H. Young
• Publisher: J.S. Sanders Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781879941489
• ISBN: 978-1-879941-48-9
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 890 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)