In full command of his voluminous resources and with a superbly crafted and captivating prose, Evans offers the reader descriptive passages told largely through the words of the participant.--Civil War Courier"This book is a gold mine for Civil War buffs."--Henry King Stanford, University of Georgia and Miami, from Americus Times Recorder"This book is meticulously detailed and comes to some convincing conclusions." Carl J. Guarneri, St. Mary's College of California, from the Journal of American History."This volume is the most comprehensive study of Union Cavalry in the Atlanta Campaign."--Willard Carl, Wichita State University, found in History"Those seeking a richly detailed journal of the cavalry's role in one of the war's crucial campaigns will find this book irreplaceable." Joe Kirby, Blue and Gray Magazine.Lacking the troops and the desire to mount a long siege of Atlanta, In July 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman decided to try for a quick, decisive victory. Over the next seven weeks, Sherman's cavalry--under the command of General Rousseau, Garrard, Stoneman, McCook, and Kilpatrick--destroyed supplies and tore up miles of railroad track in an attempt to isolate the city. Through exhaustive research, David Evans has been able to recreate a vivid, captivating, and meticulously detailed image of the day-to-day life of the Yankee horse soldier. Based largely upon previously unpublished materials, Sherman's Horsemen provides the definitive account of this hitherto neglected aspect of the American Civil War.