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This history was written by an ordnance officer of the same Confederate cavalry brigade of the American Civil War that is the volume's subject. The chronicle follows the brigade's formation in Northern Virginia in the early days of the war to the eventual defeat of the Confederacy at Appomattox. The material focuses primarily on the military maneuvers of and battles fought by the mounted Confederates. This reprint of the 1907 work has been updated with a new introduction that discusses the history of the brigade and the author's role in it. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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First printed in 1907, A History of the Laurel Brigade: Originally the Ashby Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia and Chew's Battery presents a nearly contemporary view of the lauded unit of Confederate horsemen.Recruited from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (with many troops volunteering from nearby Maryland), this Confederate cavalry unit fought under General Stonewall Jackson early in the Civil War. Led by one of the grandest "cavaliers" of them all - General Turner Ashby - until his death in early 1862, the unit eventually formed part of General J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry corps, moving back and forth between the tidewater and the Valley as military necessity dictated.
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