After Gettysburg: Cavalry Operations in the Eastern Theater July 14, 1863 to December 31, 1863.

by Robert J. Trout

Among all that has been written of Americas Civil War, however, one enormous void has existed in the scholarship: that of the period following the Gettysburg Campaign to the end of the 1863 calendar year. Historian Robert J. Trout has finally filled that void. His new study of the intense fighting that filled the fall of 1863 admirably fits the bill. Trout, renowned as the authority on the Army of Northern Virginias horse artillery and on Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's staff, has taken a novel approach to these actions.

366 pages, Hardcover

First published July 15, 2012

Reviews

[Kendrick Hughes · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a sad way to end my reading year. Possibly the worst book I have ever actually finished. How the Author managed 300 pages on this topic is a miracle in itself. I had numerous issues: 1) Going through the entire time covered in a day by day format (seriously, if nothing important happened that day, go ahead and skip it, you won't hurt it's feelings), 2) This book would be at least 1/3 shorter if Every person mentioned wasn't followed by his unit lineage (so and so's company of so and so's regiment of so and so's brigade of so and so's division of so and so's corps). and 3) The maps are all printed as a group in the middle of the book. In convenient but not a showstopper. However, try finding all of the place names mentioned in the book. If you are going to mention 1000's of obscure places, at least make sure your maps actually indicate where the majority of them are.
Stay away from this one.