{"product_id":"2940013531376","title":"History of Morgan's Cavalry [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eHistory of Morgan's Cavalry—Why written—First enlistments—Popularity of\u003cbr\u003eMorgan—Misrepresentation of the press—New uses of cavalry.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eEarly life of General Morgan—His qualities as a commander—His personal\u003cbr\u003equalities.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003ePolitical condition of Kentucky in 1861—Bewilderment of the people—Camp Dick\u003cbr\u003eRobinson—First entrance of Confederate troops.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eMilitary situation in the West—Advance to Bowlinggreen—Scarcity of arms—Organization\u003cbr\u003eof the army—Want of discipline—Qualities which compensated\u003cbr\u003efor its absence.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eMorgan leaves Lexington—Roger W. Hanson—Service on Green River—Scouting—Our\u003cbr\u003efirst skirmish—Narrow escape—Terry's Rangers.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eRetreat from Bowlinggreen—Evacuation of Nashville—Our Fourth Ohio acquaintances—Scouting\u003cbr\u003enear Nashville—Morgan holds Murfreesboro'—Dash on\u003cbr\u003eMitchell—Night attack—Capture of Gallatin—Stampede of our pickets—Promotion\u003cbr\u003eof Morgan—Concentration at Corinth.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Shiloh—Death of Sidney Johnson—Result of the battle—Expedition\u003cbr\u003einto Tennessee—Cotton turning and telegraphing—Defeat at Lebanon—Expedition\u003cbr\u003eto Cave City in Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eReorganization at Chattanooga—First raid into Kentucky—Fight at Tompkinsville—Capture\u003cbr\u003eof Lebanon—Telegraphic strategy—Morgan master of the situation—Fight\u003cbr\u003eat Cynthiana—Evade the pursuing troops.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eCapture of Gallatin—Active service near Nashville—Fights at Gallatin and\u003cbr\u003eCairo—Destruction of the railroad—Sojourn at Hartsville—The videttes—Kentuckians\u003cbr\u003erunning from the draft—\"The Vidette.\"\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eAgain on the march for Kentucky—Bushwhacking experience—The Confederate\u003cbr\u003earmy enters the State—Service in front of Covington—Efforts to embarrass\u003cbr\u003ethe retreat of the Federal General Morgan—Fight at Augusta—Retreat of\u003cbr\u003ethe army from Kentucky—Morgan captures Lexington.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eMorgan's retreat through Southwestern Kentucky—At Gallatin again—Scouting\u003cbr\u003eand ambuscades—Driven from Gallatin—A week's fighting around Lebanon—Battle\u003cbr\u003eof Hartsville.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eDecember raid into Kentucky—Capture of Elizabethtown—Fighting at the Rolling\u003cbr\u003eFork—Escape from the toils.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eService during the winter of '63 and '64—Cluke's raid into Kentucky—Battle\u003cbr\u003eof Milton—Defeat at Snow's Hill.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eService in Tennessee, and on the Cumberland in Kentucky—Fight at Greasy\u003cbr\u003eCreek—Active scouting—The division starts for the Ohio—Crossing of the\u003cbr\u003eCumberland in the face of the enemy—Fights at Columbia, Green River\u003cbr\u003eand Lebanon—Crossing the Ohio—The militia objecting—Fight with the\u003cbr\u003egunboats—March through Indiana and Ohio—Detour around Cincinnati—Defeat\u003cbr\u003eat Buffington.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eLife in prison—Escape of Morgan from the Ohio Penitentiary—Exchange at\u003cbr\u003eCharleston.3\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eServices of the remnant of Morgan's command while their General was in prison—Reception\u003cbr\u003eof General Morgan by the people of the South—He is assigned\u003cbr\u003eto command in Southwestern Virginia—Fight with Averill—Action at Dublin\u003cbr\u003eDepot—Last raid into Kentucky—Capture of Mt. Sterling—Severe engagement\u003cbr\u003enext day—Capture of Lexington—Success at Cynthiana—Defeat\u003cbr\u003eat Cynthiana—Retreat from Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Morgan—Grief of his men—Subsequent active service of his old command—Hard\u003cbr\u003efight at Bull's Gap—A battle by moonlight, and a night-long\u003cbr\u003echase—The Stoneman raid—Disaster at Kingsport—Fighting the enemy and\u003cbr\u003ethe elements—Battle of Marion—Winter quarters at Abingdon—March to\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte after Lee's surrender—Escort to Jefferson Davis after Johnston's\u003cbr\u003esurrender—The last Council of War—Surrender at Woodstock.","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070113300720,"sku":"2940013531376","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013531376_p0.jpg?v=1763582456","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013531376","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}