Kilpatrick and His Raid: the Career of a Notable Commander of Union Cavalry and His Raid Through Virginia, 1864, With Two Short Accounts of the

by James Moore

Book Overview

A notorious commander of Union cavalry and his infamous raid into the Confederacy

The subject of this book, Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, claimed the dubious distinction of being the first Union Army officer to be wounded in the American Civil War. Commissioned in the Artillery, he quickly became an officer of Zouave infantry before joining the 2nd New York Cavalry as its lieutenant-colonel. It would henceforth be as a commander of cavalry that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782826556
• ISBN13: 9781782826552
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"