Kill-Cavalry: Sherman's Merchant of Terror : the Life of Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

Samuel J. Martin

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 325 pages

Kilpatrick was an intrepid rider who, during the early days of the war, led his troopers into Confederate territory to disrupt lines of communication and supply. His frequent raids were not too successful, but when Kilpatrick submitted exaggerated reports of his exploits, his superiors believed the false claims and rewarded him with promotion to regimental, brigade, and then division command.

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 7
• Prologue: 11
• Antebellum: 15
• Big Bethel: 21
• Drills and Misdeeds: 30
• McClellan: 38
• John Pope: 44
• Descriptions: 59
• Joe Hooker: 64
• Brandy Station: 79
• Aldie: 91
• Gettysburg: 103
• Back to Virginia: 119
• The Gunboat Expedition: 127
• Brandy Station Revisited: 132
• The Buckland Races: 136
• A Plan for Glory: 144
• The Richmond Raid: 154
• The Dahlgren Papers: 168
• Atlanta: 173
• The March to the Sea: 191
• South Carolina: 205
• North Carolina: 219
• The End of the War: 227
• Ambassador to Chile: 237
• FarmerLecturer: 250
• The End: 260
• Epilogue: 264
• Notes: 269
• Selected Bibliography: 304
• Index: 317

Bibliographic information

• Title: Kill-Cavalry: Sherman's Merchant of Terror : the Life of Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
• Author: Samuel J. Martin
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 18, 2008
• ISBN: 0838636659, 9780838636657
• Length: 325 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Military; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)