. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BOOTS AND SADDLES THIRD DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1864. A SPREADING SECTION OF THE FEDERAL CAVALRY ORGANIZATION IN 1804 At Belle Plain Landing on the Potomac lay a chief base of supplies for Grants armies in the spring of April 4th Sheridan had been given charge of all the cavalry. He had found the corps much run downand the horses in poor condition. In a month he had effected a decided change for the better in the con-dition and morale of his ten thousand men, and was begging to be allowed to use them a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BOOTS AND SADDLES THIRD DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 1864. A SPREADING SECTION OF THE FEDERAL CAVALRY ORGANIZATION IN 1804 At Belle Plain Landing on the Potomac lay a chief base of supplies for Grants armies in the spring of April 4th Sheridan had been given charge of all the cavalry. He had found the corps much run downand the horses in poor condition. In a month he had effected a decided change for the better in the con-dition and morale of his ten thousand men, and was begging to be allowed to use them as an independentcorps to fight the Confederate cavalry. Though they had been relieved of much of the arduous picketduty that they formerly performed, they were still considered as auxiliaries, to protect the flanks and frontof the infantry. On May 7th Grants army advanced with a view to taking Spotsylvania Court House.
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