Jeff Davis's Own: Cavalry, Comanches, and the Battle for the Texas Frontier
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Jeff Davis's Own: Cavalry, Comanches, and the Battle for the Texas Frontier
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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- ISBN
- 9780785821915
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Book Sales, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0785821910
ISBN-13
9780785821915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54041396
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jeff Davis's Own : Cavalry, Comanches, and the Battle for the Texas Frontier
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
28 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Created in 1855 by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, the 2nd United States Cavalry was led by Col. Albert Sidney Johnston, Lt. Col. Robert E. Lee and Maj. George H. Thomas. Arnold ("Grant Wins the War") chronicles the birth and pre-Civil War service of this mounted regiment on the Texas frontier. When white settlers first moved into central Texas, the fierce Comanche warriors raided frontier settlements, stealing horses and cattle, killing men and carrying off women. After Texas became a state, the 2nd Cavalry was sent to guard the Texans and attack the hostiles. The result was a mixed bag of successes and failures as the cavalry companies grappled with the weather, civilians, hostile and friendly Indians, loneliness and isolation, and oftentimes lack of adequate supplies. Arnold writes of the units weapons and uniforms, its selection of horses, training at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, and its long march overland to the Texas frontier. The next five years were spent in frustrating combat and patrol against the Indians. There were occasional successes, such as Lt. John B. Hoods aggressive patrolling in 1857 and Earl Van Dorn's attack on a Comanche village at Crooked Creek in 1859. The regiment left Texas in 1861 and was redesignated the 5th U.S. Cavalry when the War Department reorganized the army's mounted units that year. Not since William Prices 1889 regimental history have the early years of this famous unit, which produced more general officers of Civil War fame than any other, received their due coverage. While this book will be a hard sell beyond its niche of regional war buffs, Arnold has produced an elegantly written narrative that will captivate anyoneinterested in this facet of American frontier history. --"Publishers Weekly," September 25, 2000
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
357/.183/097309034
Synopsis
Excitingly told and meticulously researched, this is an intriguing and colorful saga of the commanders who united to fight an enemy on its native ground, then divided again to face each other across the battlefields of their own homeland.
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