Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby: The Union Cavalry in Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to GettysburgThis book is an operational and tactical study of cavalry operations in Northern Virginia from September 1862 to July 1863. It examines in detail John Mosby's first six months as a partisan, within the context of the larger threat to the Union capital posed by Jeb Stuart. Previous studies of Mosby's career are largely based on postwar memoirs. This narrative balances those accounts with previously unpublished official contemporary records left by the Union soldiers assigned to the defense of Washington, D.C. The formation of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade is fully documented, along with the exploits of the brigade in the months before George Custer took command. Largely forgotten events, such as Jeb Stuart's Christmas Raid, the fight at Fairfax Station during Stuart's ride to Gettysburg, as well as the vital role played by Union general Julius Stahel's cavalry division in the critical month of June 1863, are examined at length. |
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2 For special service in mountainous districts infested by bushwhackers | 18 |
3 December 1December 20 1862 | 27 |
4 December 21December 30 1862 | 35 |
5 December 29December 31 1862 | 51 |
6 December 31 1862January 13 1863 | 57 |
16 May 1May 9 1863 | 164 |
17 May 10May 13 1863 | 174 |
18 May 14May 27 1863 | 183 |
19 May 28May 30 1863 | 193 |
20 May 31June 12 1863 | 203 |
21 June 12June 21 1863 | 216 |
22 June 21June 24 1863 | 229 |
23 June 22June 25 1863 | 235 |
7 January 14January 31 1863 | 69 |
8 February 1February 19 1863 | 80 |
9 February 16March 8 1863 | 93 |
10 March 9 1863 | 109 |
11 March 10March 17 1863 | 115 |
12 March 17March 31 1863 | 124 |
13 April 1 1863 | 136 |
14 April 2April 23 1863 | 147 |
15 April 24April 30 1863 | 155 |
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Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby: The Union Cavalry in Northern Virginia ... Robert F. O’Neill No preview available - 2012 |