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New Jersey Butterfly Boys in the Civil War
Peter T. Lubrecht
其他書名
The Hussars of the Union Army
出版Arcadia Publishing, 2011-03-18
主題History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN16142323269781614232322
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zWaMCgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The New Jersey Butterflies, officially the Third New Jersey Cavalry, was formed for the last year of the Civil War. They were also known as the First American Hussars; their creation by an alcoholic ex-officer of the Union Army was supposed to entice men to join a galloping, dashing, romantic cavalry unit. Clothed in orange gilt trimmed hats and capes, they were supposed to charge armed only with a saber, in most traditional European Cavalry fashion, into battle and subdue an enemy armed with rifles. This book is not about battlefield configurations, but rather about the men themselves. Individual stories from original accounts will examine how this glorious, historically victorious, difficult and often tragic year affected their return to the daily world of doctors, teachers, lawyers, clerks and workmen.