**Winner, 2020, Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Book Award
Finalist, 2020, Reference, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book
Award
The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign: An Atlas of Mounted
Operations from Brandy Station Through Falling Waters, June 9 - July 14,
1863* continues Bradley M. Gottfried's efforts to study and illustrate
the major campaigns of the Civil War's Eastern Theater. This is his
seventh book in the ongoing Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series.
The Maps of Gettysburg, Gottfried's inaugural and groundbreaking atlas
published in 2007, covered only a small portion of the cavalry's actions
during the seminal campaign. This book addresses that topic in-depth in
a way that no other study has ever achieved. Gottfried covers the
opening battle of the campaign at Brandy Station in detail, followed by
the actions at Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, where Jeb Stuart's
cavalry successfully halted Alfred Pleasonton's probes toward the Blue
Mountain passes in an effort to determine the location of Robert E.
Lee's army. The movements toward Gettysburg are covered in a series of
maps, including the actions at Westminister, Hanover, and Hunterstown.
The five major actions on July 2-3 at Gettysburg take up a considerable
portion of the book and include the fight at Brinkerhoff Ridge, and four
more on July 3 (Stuart against David Gregg northeast of the town, Wesley
Merritt's fight along Emmitsburg Road, Judson Kilpatrick's actions near
the base of Big Round Top, and Grumble Jones's near-destruction of the
6th U.S. Cavalry near Fairfield).
The cavalry also played a vital role during Lee's retreat to the Potomac
River. The numerous fights at Monterrey Pass, Smithfield, Boonsboro,
Funkstown, and Hagerstown were of critical importance to both sides and
are covered in detail. The book concludes with the fight at Falling
Waters and ends with an epilogue recounting events occurring in Virginia
through the end of July.
The Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign plows new ground by
breaking down the entire campaign into sixteen map sets or "action
sections," enriched with 82 detailed full-page color maps. These
cartographic originals bore down to the regimental and battery level,
and include the march to and from the battlefield and virtually every
significant event in between. At least two--and as many as ten--maps
accompany each map set. Keyed to each piece of cartography is a
full-facing page of detailed text describing the units, personalities,
movements, and combat (including quotes from eyewitnesses) depicted on
the accompanying map, all of which make the cavalry actions come
alive.
This presentation allows readers to easily and quickly find a map and
text on virtually any portion of the campaign. Serious students will
appreciate the extensive and authoritative endnotes and complete order
of battle, and take it with them on trips to the battlefields. A final
bonus is that the maps unlock every other book or article written on any
aspect of the cavalry's actions during this important campaign.
Perfect for the easy chair or for stomping the hallowed grounds, The
Maps of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign is a seminal work that
belongs on the bookshelf of every serious and casual student of the
battle.
