The early years of the Civil War witnessed not only his military apprenticeship - for unlike most of his colleagues and opponents he had no experience of war - but also the forging of the instrument with which the Civil War was won.
The cavalry regiments of the Eastern Association and the New Model Army were largely Cromwell's work. With these hand-picked, well-trained, and disciplined troops Cromwell was possessed of an advantage denied...
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