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During 1862, a pivotal year in the War Between the States, Southern cavalry leaders Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, and Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan conducted cavalry raids that had both an immediate tactical effect and a long-term strategic impact upon Federal offensive operations in the Mississippi Valley, central Kentucky, and western Tennessee. The Raiders of 1862 examines the tactics that made each raid more or less successful, as well as how the leadership style of each commander impacted the mission. Using detailed map studies, diary accounts, official records, memoirs, and even battlefield relic recoveries, this book presents new information--never before published--on each commander and how he executed his particular mission. By getting into the mind of the commanders, this book examines their decisions and actions in light of current and past operational terms, for example, decisive engagement, the approach march, and so forth. No other book covers the important battles and consequences of Armstrong's raid into west Tennessee, the Battle of Parker's Crossroads as it affected Forrest's first West Tennessee Raid, or the story of Morgan's Christmas Raid. Brewer has established that Armstrong fought to avoid defeat rather than to win; that Forrest used artillery well forward in his assault--a technique unheard of at the time; and that Morgan employed one of the first effective uses of electronic warfare. By examining the correspondence of Federal commanders, Brewer also demonstrates how the Confederate cavalry leaders were able to get into the decision cycle of their enemies, and thus influence the outcome on the batlefield. But the individual soldier's view of the war also comes through clearly as diary accounts and regimental histories describe the attitudes of privates and sergeants, both North and South, in the midst of these three history-making cavalry raids. Grant's offensive against Vicksburg was derailed, Federal garrisons in west Tennessee learned their very real vulnerability, and Rosecrans' supply lines were laid to waste--all during 1862--all by the daring Confederate Raiders described in this book.

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275954048

ISBN-139780275954048

eBay Product ID (ePID)413320

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRaiders of 1862

Publication Year1997

SubjectMilitary / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorJames D. Brewer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight16.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN96-024333

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"For readers wanting the details on the big western cavalry raids of 1862, this is your book." The Civil War news, "This well-written, highly documented study will appeal to everyone interested in the role of the cavalry in the Civil War." Library Journal, "this superb and well-researched book presents new information never before published on each commander and how he executed his particular mission." Books in Print

Target AudienceCollege Audience

Number of Volumes1 Vol.

Dewey Decimal973.7/3013

Lc Classification NumberE470

Table of ContentIntroduction Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong's West Tennessee Raid: August 24-September 4, 1862 General Situation The Movement on Bolivar Medon Station and the Camp at Estanaula The Battle of Britton's Lane Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's West Tennessee Raid: December 13, 1862-January 3, 1863 General Situation The Crossing at Clifton and the Fight at Lexington Salem Cemetary Up the Railroad The Treacherous Withdrawal Parker's Crossroad's and Forrest's Escape Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan's Christmas Raid: December 22, 1862-January 5, 1863 General Situation Glasgow, Bacon Creek and Nolin Harlan's Pursuit and the Battle of Elizabethtown The Muldraugh Trestles and the Battle at the Rolling Fork River Lebanon and Home Closing Thoughts Appendix: "Whatever Happened to...?" Works Cited Index