Sabres And Spurs: The First Regiment Rhode Island Cavalry In The Civil War, 1861-1865. (2Nd Ri Cavalry Regimental History) Denison, Rev. Frederic Military,Military History,Unit Histories

SUBTITLED: Its Origin, Marches, Scouts, Skirmishes, Raids, Battles, Sufferings, Victories, and Appropriate Official Papers; with The Roll Of Honor and Roll of the Regiment. Illustrated with Portraits of Cavalry Generals and A Map of the Regiment’s War-Path by Rev. Frederic Denison, Chaplain. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 600 pgs, frontis portraits, one additional portrait plate, folding map in rear. Unit Roster 478-597. Original embossed, green cloth with gilt titled spine and gilt decoration on front cover. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Spine ends worn, edges, corners, and covers rubbed; gilt bright. Interior pages are clean and tight. With clear mylar envelope. CONTENT DESCRIPTION: The author wrote two well regarded books on Rhode Island regiments; the other being Shot and Shell (history of the 3rd R.I. heavy artillery). In each, the author uses numerous regimental papers, state archives, journals and diaries of officers and men, field reports and other special papers prepared by unit members to tell the regiment’s experiences. REFERENCES: DORN RI 62; NEVINS I pg 80: “A first-rate composite of diaries and letter excerpts; both reliable and useful for cavalry operations in the East.” EISNER 1087: “Denison, the regiment’s chaplain, provides an early and enjoyable history of a cavalry unit raised in Providence in late 1861 and early 1862 and subsequently engaged in the battles at Front Royal, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Kelly’s Ford, Middleburg, Deep Bottom, the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864, and operations around Richmond.” MULLINS/REED #207