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Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Theophilus F. Rodenbough served as an officer with the Second Dragoons (still in operation today as the Second Armored Cavalry). Supplementing his account with personal recollections of other officers, he relates the history of the unit, beginning with operations in the Everglades against the Seminoles. He then follows Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott during the Mexican War, recounting engagements at Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, and Molino del Rey, as well as the siege of Mexico City. Returning from expeditions to California and Utah, Rodenbough and his fellow officers next plunged into the Civil War, with the unit redesignated as the second Cavalry. They fought at Bull Run, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern, Trevilian Station, Winchester, and Cedar Creek. In the post-Civil War period on the western frontier, the Second Cavalry accompanied expeditions against the Sioux, Piegan, and Arapaho Indians, suffering its most grievous losses in the Fetterman Massacre of 1866.
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Category : Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 561
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Author: Theo. F. Rodenbough
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385242509
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author: Theophilus Francis Rodenbough
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385370558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author: Theophilus F. Rodenbough
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789354488955
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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From Everglade To Cañon With The Second Dragoons, (Second United States Cavalry): An Authentic Account Of Service In Florida, Mexico, Virginia, And The Indian Country, Including The Personal Recollections Of Prominent Officers; With An Appendix Containing Orders, Reports And Correspondence, Military Records, Etc., Etc., 1836-1875 has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author: Theophilus Francis Rodenbough
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ISBN: 9781333629144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Author: Selden Jennings Coffin
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Category : Easton (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Author: William Y. Chalfant
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806135007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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In July 1857, the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the Cheyenne Indians took place in present-day northwest Kansas. The Cheyennes had formed a grand line of battle such as was never again seen in Plains Indians wars. But they had not seen sabres before, and when the cavalry charged, sabres drawn, they panicked. William Y. Chalfant re-creates the human dimensions of a battle that was as much a clash of cultures as it was a clash of the U.S. cavalry and Cheyenne warriors.
Author: Eric J. Wittenberg
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803259676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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After the ferocious fighting at Cold Harbor, Virginia, in June 1864, Union Lt. Gen.øUlysses S. Grant ordered his cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, to distract the Confederate forces opposing the Army of the Potomac. Glory Enough for All chronicles the battle that resulted when Confederate cavalry pursued and caught their Federal foes at Trevilian Station, Virginia, perhaps the only truly decisive cavalry battle of the American Civil War. ø Eric J. Wittenberg tells the stories of the men who fought there, including eight Medal of Honor winners and one Confederate whose death at Trevilian Station made him the third of three brothers to die in the service of Company A of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry. He also addresses the little-known but critical cavalry battle at Samaria (Saint Mary's) Church on June 24, 1864, where Union Brig. Gen. David N. Gregg's division was nearly destroyed. ø The only modern strategic analysis of the battle, Glory Enough for All challenges prevailing interpretations of General Sheridan and of the Union cavalry. Wittenberg shows that the outcome of Trevilian Station ultimately prolonged Grant's efforts to end the Civil War.
