Mounted Warriors: From Alexander the Great and Cromwell to Stuart, Sheridan, and Custer

Acclaimed historian Gene Smith brings the romance and drama of the cavalry to life in this vivid and impeccably researched account of mounted warfare through the centuries. Filled with colorful characters, pageantry, and dramatic confrontations such as the great Civil War cavalry clash between Jeb Stuart and Philip Sheridan, Mounted Warriors is destined to be a classic. Gene Smith is an acclaimed popular historian and longtime contributor to American Heritage and American Legacy. He is the New York Times bestselling author of When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson, the Civil War dual biography Lee and Grant (978-0-07-058473-0), and the General John G. Pershing biography Until the Last Trumpet Sounds (978-0-471-24693-0).