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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> “If you want to have a good time line the cavalry” shouted the rebel infantrymen when the 2nd Kentucky galloped by “Nobody ever saw a dead cavalryman!” In 1861 Morgan’s Raiders rode into the Civil War and within a few months attained almost legendary fame. Offi- cially organized as the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry C.S.A. they called them- selves the “Alligator Horses” and were the farthest ranging unit in the war-raiding skirmishing and fight- ing full-scale battles in ten states. Riding the finest horses in the coun- try Morgan’s men were heroes in the South and outlaws in the North. Cap- tured or imprisoned they usually escaped-and promptly returned to raiding recruiting and “borrowing” horses and supplies. But in 1865 Morgan’s Raiders were a shattered regiment of foot soldiers making their last formation to escort Jefferson Davis on his flight south- ward from Richmond. (SP)