Blue-Blooded Cavalryman: Captain William Brooke Rawle in the Army of the Potomac, May 1863-August 1865

By: J. Gregory Acken

An intimate look into the daily life of a cavalry officer serving with the Army of the Potomac

In May 1863, eighteen-year-old William Brooke Rawle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and traded a genteel, cultured life of privilege for service as a cavalry officer. Traveling from his home in Philadelphia to Virginia, he joined the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry and soon found himself in command of a company of veterans of two years'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606353721
• ISBN13: 9781606353721
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"