Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer's Michigan... by James Harvey Kidd

In one of the best-written memoirs of the Civil War, Kidd has presented a picture of the Michigan Cavalry and its unforgettable leader that helps complete the image of Custer as a soldier. Custer served for a time as an officer in the Michigan 5th Cavalry before taking charge of. Buy the eBook Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custers Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War (Expanded, Annotated) by James Harvey Kidd.

Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer

Kidd also provides wonderful details about the movement of large cavalry units, especially when they must be turned in battle. JEB Stuart was fatally wounded in the fight.Īt Gettysburg, Brandy Station, the Trevillian Raid, Kilpatrick's Richmond raid, and the Shenandoah Valley, the Wolverines played a crucial role in the Union victory. In writing this book, the author's intention was to contribute toward giving Custer's Michigan cavalrymen the place in the history of their country which they so richly earned on many fields.

The battle was Yellow Tavern, part of the Spottslyvania fight, and Phil Sheridan later said he believed it was the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War. 'Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman' is a story of the personal recollections of one of the troopers who rode with Custer, and played a part in the tragedy of the civil war. The popular image of General Custer, James Kidd wrote in 1908, is incorrect. In one of the most thrilling and detailed accounts of one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, James Kidd tells this story and much more of the Michigan Wolverine Cavalry under the command of George Armstrong Custer. Lee's right flank, taunting JEB Stuart to come out and fight. Envision 10,000 mounted men of one of the best cavalries the world has ever produced strung out along 13 miles, marching around Robert E.

Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer's Michigan... by James Harvey Kidd