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Edward G Longacre
Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the last biography of Jeb Stuart. Several appeared during the last century lauding his contributions to Confederate fortunes in the Eastern Theater…
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Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg explores the honorable but neglected thirty-three-year old Commander of the Potomac Army David McMurtrie Gregg during Gettysburg, the…
Edward G. Longacre
Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. Edward G…
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Describes the organisational, administrative, and operational history of the mounted arm of ‘Mr. Lincoln’s Army’. Historian Edward G. Longacre consulted at least fifty manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of…
An in-depth look at the earliest campaigns of one of the nation’s legendary generals, George Armstrong Custer.
Since the first histories of the Civil War appeared, the cavalry has received intermittent, uneven, and even romanticized coverage. Historian Edward Longacre corrects this oversight, detailing the organisational and operational…
Tells the parallel stories of Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston and Union general William Tecumseh Sherman. Their armies clashed repeatedly, so it was only natural for these two commanding offers…
Maj Gen Joseph Wheeler served in two armies, playing a major role in the development of Confederate cavalry and commanding US troops in the Spanish-American War. This book discusses his…
A magisterial work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Run - its…
General Henry Jackson Hunt, the highest-ranking artillery officer in the Union army, was the man behind the guns - the military genius who transformed a disorganized artillery corps into the…
As the grandson of Henry Light-Horse Harry Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee nicknamed Fitz was born into one of Virginia’s most distinguished families. Civil War…
Suitable for cavalry and/or Gettysburg enthusiasts, this book bristles with analysis, details, judgements, personality profiles, and evaluations and combat descriptions, even down to the squadron and company levels. It examines…
Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Gentleman and Soldier is the first biography in more than fifty years of Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), a Confederate general whose life…
The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action from late 1863 to mid-1865. Citing recently discovered and previously unpublished accounts, author Edward G. Longacre goes beyond the…
At the start of the Civil War, the cavalry of the Union army seemed to lag behind its Confederate opponents. Once Union authorities applied some system to their service, telling…
This biography of General John Buford - the Union’s most important cavalry officer - covers his entire military career, from his West Point days through his quartermaster duties, his field…
Became the ‘hero of Gettysburg’ when his regiment held Little Round Top against a determined Rebel assault. His reputation as a celebrated soldier is only part of his remarkable life…
Takes a fresh look at General Grant’s great battlefield successes, before and during the American Civil War, and the effect that his conflicted personality had on his military career. This…
Rod Gragg,Edward G. Longacre
The only comprehensive account of the Battle of Fort Fisher and the basis for the television documentary Confederate Goliath, Rod Gragg’s award-winning book chronicles in detail one of the most…
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Robert L Willett
To pit the legendary Confederate cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his veteran cavalry regiments against a rookie Union Infantry colonel and his four infantry regiments mounted on mules might…
