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The volume adds an important perspective to one's understanding of this critical military operation." (Military Images). No Civil War Library should be without it. "Edward Longacre's study is a much-needed, long overdue piece of the complex mosaic which makes up the Gettysburg story. Generals and privates share the pages, as the mounted opponents parry and thrust across hundreds of miles of territory from June 9 to July 14, 1863." (Civil War Times Illustrated). For those who enjoy the thunder of hoofbeats, the clang of sabers, and the crack of pistols and carbines, this book has all of it. The author's graphic recountings of the Virginia fights at Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, the Pennsylvania encounters at Hanover, Hunterstown, Gettysburg, and Fairfield, and finally the retreat to Virginia, are the finest this reviewer has read under a single cover. The mounted operations of the campaign from organizational, strategic, and tactical viewpoints are examined thoroughly. bristles with analysis, details, judgements, personality profiles, and evaluations and combat descriptions, even down to the squadron and company levels. "For cavalry and/or Gettysburg enthusiasts, this book is a must for other Civil War buffs, it possesses the qualities sought by students of the conflict.
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