Oates, Stephen B., - Confederate Cavalry West of the River.

Austin, Univ of Texas Press, (1995). 3rd PB ptg. VG lg sz PB. A little known theater of the Civil War, the cavalry of the Trans-Mississippi West that includes Missouri, Arkansas, the. Indian Territory, and part of Louisiana, one of the best ever mounted and describes its organization and recruitment of troops (mostly cowboys and farmers). A realistic picture of day-to-day soldiering. It is as if you can hear snorting impatient horses and their rhythmic hoof beats,leathery creaking saddles, hushed voices of restless men, staccato yells of attack, and finally the frightful banging of countless firearms. These was also the daily battle for daily subsistence - for Southern rights, for arms, ammunition, horss, clothing, and food. The decrescendo of approaching defeat, the reorganization of depleted forces, a brief invigoration under John S. "Rip" Ford, who fought and won the last battle at Palmetto Ranch in far South Texas, and finally the disintegration of the once-proud fighting force. Appendix of Confederate Calvalry Regiments and Battalions, strength of Calvalry Units raised in the Trans-Mississippi, Bibliography, 30 page index. Bump to the back top of spine, former owner name top of front endpaper.

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