Minty And The Cavalry: A History Of Cavalry Campaigns In The Western Armies (7Th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regimental History) Vale, Joseph E. Military,Military History,Unit Histories

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxxi, 550 pgs, 12 portrait plates, 6 maps, Appendix includes unit rosters for the 4th Michigan Cavalry, the 7th and 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry and 4th United States Cavalry. Original decorative blue, patterned cloth with gilt titled spine and with gilt design on front cover. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers with some spotting, light soiling; else covers are bright. Interior front free endpaper with a small hole (from previous owner using an erase to vigorously) is else clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Minty, from a British military family and having served in the British military previously, initially joined the 3rd Michigan Cavalry. The unit saw action in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, during which Minty first led a saber charge, something that would be a trademark of his commands. Minty was promoted to full colonel and given command of a new cavalry regiment, the 4th Michigan who were equipped with Colt revolving rifles; their high rate of fire made them a formidable opponent in any fight. Minty performed so well commanding this regiment that he was given command of a Cavalry Brigade in December 1862, which for most of the war would consist of his own 4th Michigan, the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Fox-300, pg 254), the 4th U.S. Cavalry, and the Chicago Board of Trade Battery. From the Introduction: Among the distinguished brigades commands of the Western armies, the brigade commanded by Col. R.H.G. Minty Its sabers flashed on every battlefield from Knoxville to Vicksburg, and from Columbus, Kentucky to Macon, Georgia. Its guns were heard in almost every ridge and ravine in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, and its horses were watered in every considerable stream from the Ohio, at Louisville, to the Mississippi, at Vicksburg; and from the father of waters at Columbus, Kentucky, to the Oconee, in Georgia. Minty was one of the very best of the Union cavalry brigade commanders, but less known because of his service was in the Western Theater and not within the Army of the Potomac. The 7th Penna Cavalry is recognized as a Fox 300 Fighting Regiment. Here a very attractive copy in original gilt cloth. REFERENCES: DORN PA 64: NEVINS pg 172: "Written by the commander of the XX Corps to his daughter, this long run of letters presents an undiluted picture of war; especially valuable for Sherman s campaigns"; FOX 300 pg 254.