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The Union Cavalry and the Chickamauga Campaign (Paperback)
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The Union Cavalry and the Chickamauga Campaign (Paperback)
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During the Chickamauga Campaign, General David Stanley's two Union
cavalry divisions battled Nathan Bedford Forrest's and Joseph
Wheeler's two cavalry corps in some of the most difficult terrain
for mounted operations in the Civil War. The Federal cavalry
divisions, commanded by George Crook and Edward McCook, secured the
flanks on the Union advance on Chattanooga, secured the crossing of
the Tennessee River, and then pushed into enemy-held territory.
Cavalry fights at Alpine and La Fayette marked the early part of
the campaign, but the battle exploded on September 18 as Col.
Robert Minty and Col. John Wilder held back a determined attack by
Confederate infantry, reminiscent of Buford's actions at
Gettysburg. Due to Stanley's illness, Robert Mitchell assumed
command of the cavalry during the battle along Chickamauga Creek,
with notable cavalry actions at Glass Mill, Cooper's Gap, and
securing the flanks after the battle. Soon thereafter, the Union
cavalry fought Wheeler's mounted forces raiding through Tennessee
before the battle at Farmington sent the Confederate horsemen back
across the Tennessee River. The contributions of the Union cavalry
during this campaign are often overlooked, but the troopers fought
through conditions so dusty they could hardly see the horse in
front of them while boldly leading the infantry in the second
costliest battle in the Civil War.
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