A Fine Body of Men

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The Collection is pleased to present its newest title, A Fine Body of Men: The Orleans Light Horse, Louisiana Cavalry, 1861-1865. In this thoroughly researched Civil War regimental history, author Donald P. Moriarty II tells the story of the Orleans Light Horse, an independent light-cavalry troop described by the New Orleans Daily Picayune as "a fine body of men all splendidly mounted." Moriarty follows the Orleans Light Horse from its organization in February 1861 through its March 1862 muster into active service with the Confederate States Army to the war's end, in 1865. As the escort company to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk and later Lieutenant General Alexander P. Stewart, the Orleans Light Horse was an integral part of the Army of Mississippi and the Army of Tennessee. A Fine Body of Men provides service records and additional biographical information for the company's 215 cavalrymen, while inviting readers to experience the major campaigns of the Civil War's Western Theater alongside these brave soldiers.