Sponsor: Civil War Round Table Congress
 

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Historian Al Ovies’ second book in a trilogy about the Boy Generals covers tumultuous events for the Federal cavalry both on and off the field with significant change at the top command level. Once south of the Potomac, the cavalry raced down the east side of the Blue Ridge but were unable to prevent Lee from reaching the relative safety of Culpeper. The rest of 1863 was a series of maneuvers and raids and the near destruction of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Pleasanton’s command ended abruptly when replaced by Sheridan whose combustible personality intensified the burning animosity between the audacious George Custer and the more traditional Wesley Merritt.

Learn how their “spirited rivalry” erupted in their official reports and how their fortunes fared when tasked with The Burning in the Shenandoah Valley.