Confederate Cavalry West of the River

by Stephen B. Oates

Book Overview

Another Confederate cavalry raid impends. You hear the snort of an impatient horse, the leathery squeaking of saddles, the low-voiced commands of officers, the muffled cluck of guns cocked in preparation--then the sudden rush of motion, the din of another attack.

This classic story seeks to illuminate a little-known theater of the Civil War--the cavalry battles of the Trans-Mississippi West, a region that included Missouri, Arkansas, Texas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292711522
• ISBN13: 9780292711525
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"