Sword and Pen (Paperback)

Excerpt: ...of prancing horses, gleaming sabres, and rattling balls. "On rode Kilpatrick, with the 'men of Maine, ' and, on meeting the two regiments of his brigade, which had been repulsed, and were returning from the front, the General's voice rang out like trumpet notes, above the din of battle, 'Back, the "Harris Light " Back, the "Tenth New York " Reform your squadrons and charge ' With magical alacrity the order was obeyed, and the two regiments, which had been so humbled by their first reverse, now rushed into the fight with a spirit and success which redeemed them from censure, and accounted them worthy of their gallant leader. The commanding position was won; a battery, lost in a previous charge, was re-captured, and an effectual blow was given to the enemy, which greatly facilitated the movements which followed." From numerous press notices, eulogistic of this work, which appeared shortly after its publication, we select the following from the Chicago Times: 317 "For the thousands of warriors who entered upon life too late to participate in the war of the rebellion; for the thousands who entered upon life too soon to be permitted a sight of its glorious and hideous scenes; for the thousands who snuffed the smoke of battle from afar; no better book could have been produced than this 'Three Years in the Federal Cavalry.' . It tells them in thrilling and glowing language of the most exciting phases of the contests. It is a book that will thrill the heart of every old soldier who reads its historic pages. The author carries his readers into every scene which he depicts. Throughout the book one is impressed with the idea that he saw all that he describes. The triumphs, the despondencies, the sufferings, the joys of the troops, are feelingly and vigorously painted. His book is a noble tribute to the gallant horsemen, who have too often been overlooked." The Syracuse Herald remarks: "Among the newest, and we may truly say the best of the books on the civil...