Edward G. Longacre’s books on the Civil War have won both the Fletcher Pratt Award of the Civil War Round Table of New York and the Moncado prize of the American Military Institute. They include Mounted Raids of the Civil War, available in a Bison Books edition.
"For cavalry and/or Gettysburg enthusiasts, this book is a must;
for other Civil War buffs, it possesses the qualities sought by
students of the conflict. . . . [It] bristles with analysis,
details, judgements, personality profiles, and evaluations and
combat descriptions, even down to the squadron and company levels.
The mounted operations of the campaign from organizational,
strategic, and tactical viewpoints are examined thoroughly. The
author’s graphic recountings of the Virginia fights at Brandy
Station, Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, the Pennsylvania
encounters at Hanover, Hunterstown, Gettysburg, and Fairfield, and
finally the retreat to Virginia, are the finest this reviewer has
read under a single cover. For those who enjoy the thunder of
hoofbeats, the clang of sabers, and the crack of pistols and
carbines, this book has all of it. Generals and privates share the
pages, as the mounted opponents parry and thrust across hundreds of
miles of territory from June 9 to July 14, 1863."—Civil War Times
Illustrated
"Edward Longacre’s study is a much-needed, long overdue piece of
the complex mosaic which makes up the Gettysburg story. No Civil
War Library should be without it. The volume adds an important
perspective to one’s understanding of this critical military
operation."—Military Images
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