Stephen Z. Starr, The Union Cavalry in the Civil War

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Stephen Z. Starr’s The Union Cavalry in the Civil War provides a fulsome overview of the organization and operations of the Union’s mounted arm.

Starr admired the Union cavalry not only for the ultimate success of their service, but for the vast gap between the romanticized perceptions of their lives and the lives they lived. Union horse soldiers began the war severely deficient compared to their enemies but through hard experience developed into the deadliest and most advanced arm of any force on either side.

In Starr’s comprehensive study Volume 1 is dedicated to the recruitment and development of Union cavalry, Volume 2 looks at operations in the East, and Volume 3 looks at operations in the west.

All volumes lightly sunned; else near fine.

Stephen Z. Starr. The Union Cavalry in the Civil War. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1979-1981. Volume 1 3rd printing (1983), Volumes 2-3 1st editions, 3 volumes, illustrations maps.