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• ISBN: 0786417773
• ISBN: 9780786417773
• Physical Description: viii, 455 pages : maps ; 27 cm
• Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, [2004]
• Copyright: ©2004

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-448) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Department of North Carolina and District of Pamlico 5 -- Cavalry Leadership 5 -- Organization and Training Camp 6 -- Department of North Carolina 14 -- Battle of New Bern, March 14, 1862 19 -- Cavalry Duty, the Enemy Present 29 -- Reorganization and Changes in the Command Structure 34 -- 2 Army of Northern Virginia and the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry 41 -- Armies in Virginia 42 -- Confederate Cavalry under James E. B. Stuart 43 -- Robert E. Lee Makes a Move; the Maryland Campaign 52 -- Robert E. Lee Back in Virginia 59 -- Stuart's Expedition to Maryland and Pennsylvania, October 9-12 61 -- Rappahannock Line 63 -- Union Army Crosses the Potomac 66 -- W. H. F. Lee's New Brigade 71 -- Four Attempts to Cross the Rappahannock River 75 -- Chancellorsville Campaign, April 29-May 5, 1863 85 -- Second Squadron Detached; Duty in Virginia 95 -- 3 Cavalry Shield for the Gettysburg Campaign 109 -- J. E. B. Stuart's Cavalry Division 111 -- Battle at Brandy Station, June 9 115 -- Middleburg and Upperville, June 17-21 128 -- Ride-around to Gettysburg 146 -- Greetings at Hanover, Pennsylvania, June 30 155 -- Cavalry Joins the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2 163 -- Gettysburg's East Cavalry Field, July 3 165 -- Retreat from Gettysburg: Cavalry All Around, July 4-14 173 -- 4 Reorganizations and Winter Campaigns 185 -- Cavalry Reorganization and Leadership Change 191 -- Fight at Jack's Shop, September 22 193 -- Bristoe Campaign, October 9-20 198 -- Mine Run Campaign, November 26-December 2 213 -- Winter Camp: "Rain, Sleet and Snow make camp-life almost unbearable" 217 -- Kilpatrick's Expedition to Richmond, February 28-March 4, 1864 221 -- Shuffling the Regiment and the Brigade, Mid-April to May 3 230 -- 5 Grant's Overland Campaign, May 4 to Mid-June 1864 233 -- Battle of the Wilderness, May 4-6 234 -- Stalemate: Grant Moves to Spotsylvania Court House, May 7-12 242 -- Cavalries Move Toward Richmond, May 9 249 -- Stalemate: Grant Moves to the North Anna River, May 20 265 -- Stalemate: Grant Moves to Cold Harbor, May 27 273 -- Stalemate: Grant Moves Toward Petersburg, June 12 288 -- 6 Siege of Petersburg, Mid-June 1864 to April 1865 292 -- Initial Efforts to Envelop Petersburg 292 -- Wilson and Kautz Raid on the Railroads, June 22-July 1 296 -- Duty Along the Weldon Railroad, July 304 -- Grant's Demonstrations Against Richmond 306 -- Grant Makes His Move for the Weldon Railroad 318 -- Picket Duty, an Adventure, and More Picketing 329 -- Grant Moves on Richmond and Across the Weldon Again 333 -- Grant's Last Attempts to Encircle Petersburg Before Winter Camp 337 -- 7 Appomattox Campaign 348 -- Grant's Spring Offensive Against the Army of Northern Virginia 349 -- First Encounters 354 -- "Dreadful conflict at Chamberlain's Run on the 31st of March" 355 -- Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 360 -- Retreat Begins 367 -- Battle at Namozine Church, April 3 369 -- Five More Days to Appomattox Court House 373 -- Last Battle: Appomattox Court House, April 9 384 -- Appendix Combat Losses in the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry 391.

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, 2nd.
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