CIVIL WAR CAVALRY : waging mounted warfare in nineteenth-century america.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Earl J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horsemanship--United States--History--19th century.

Horsemanship.

War horses--Training--History--19th century.

War horses.

Strategy--Decision making--History--19th century.

Strategy.

United States. Army. Cavalry--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

United States. Army. Cavalry--Drill and tactics--History--19th century.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.

Physical Description:

ix, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : LOUISIANA STATE UNIV PR, 2025.

Summary:

"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 standardviews 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 addressesthe 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 arguethat 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The cavalry heritage

Organizing the cavalry

Books, doctrine, and training

Formations and maneuvers

Mounted operations

Mounted charges and personal combat

Dismounted fighting

Raiding

Weapons and equipment

Mounting the cavalry

Cavalry horses

Cavalrymen

From dispersion to concentration

Working toward effectiveness

After the war.

ISBN:

0807184446

9780807184448

OCLC:

1514886804

Publisher Number:

90102338787