Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign ( Daniel Murphy-GC) souvenirs Lincoln family portraits (most of

Lincoln family portraits (most of which appeared after the assassination)

ignores the experience of African Americans

“Why has the history of that brigade not been written

One of the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars offers an authoritative consideration of the document that represents the most far-reaching accomplishment of our greatest president

abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass among them

Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign ( Daniel Murphy-GC) souvenirs Lincoln family portraits (most ofby Daniel Murphy Cavalry operations during the Gettysburg campaign have been well covered, but never like this. Most cavalry treatments of the campaign and battle have focused on strategy, operations, and tactics and zoomed in on particular episodes: the Battle of Brandy Station in June 1863 (the largest cavalry engagement on American soil), Jeb Stuarts controversial ride for glory that deprived Lee of important intelligence for days, Union cavalry