Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served.
Kohl offers the only modern, comprehensive analysis of a southern Illinois regiment during the Civi.
In this pioneering examination of that understudied regiment, Rhonda M.
The Fifth Illinois Cavalry has thus remained obscure despite participating in some of the most important campaigns in Arkansas and Mississippi.
Cavalry units from Midwestern states remain largely absent from Civil War literature, and what little has been written largely overlooks the individual men who served