| In the Saddle: Exploits of the 5th Georgia Cavalry During the Civil War Contributor(s): Daiss, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0764309722 ISBN-13: 9780764309724 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1999 Annotation: In the Saddle is the touching story of a memorable Civil War unit. The unit distinguished itself in battle from the coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, to the pathos and drama of the Atlanta battles, and in harassing Shermans blue hosts. The story is told using narratives, military sketches, and letters of members of the 5th Georgia. Vintage photographs make reading this book a rich and rewarding experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.745 |
| LCCN: 99063328 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.26" W x 9.37" (1.10 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Saddle is the touching story of a memorable Civil War unit, and covers the first days of the war, the middle war with its exhausting battles, skirmishes and cavalry raids, and the end of the war with depleted ranks, death and surrender. The unit distinguished itself in battle from the coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, to the pathos and drama of the Atlanta battles, and in harassing Sherman's blue hosts on his infamous march of destruction to the sea. The story is told using narratives, military sketches, and letters of members of the 5th Georgia - from the teenage boy from the back woods of Georgia who enlisted in 1862 and served for the balance of the war, to the men who were captured and endured life as a Northern prisoner of war, their story is one whose voices call to us from the past. Supplemented with vintage photographs and drawings, In the Saddle offers rich and rewarding reading. |