Bear Flag And Bay State In The Civil War: The Californians Of The Second Massachusetts Cavalry; Author: Parson, Thomas E.; Hardback; Book

Author: Parson, Thomas E.
Hardback; Book; 120 Photographs, Illustrations, Bibliography, Inde
219 pages
Published: May 2001
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0786411228

The Second Massachusetts Cavalry included the only organized group (5 companies totaling 504 men) from California to fight in the east during the Civil War. Led by a young Boston aristocrat, Colonel Charles R. Lowell, these men began their wartime careers in Northern Virginia in 1862, clashing with the partisan rangers of Major John S. Mosby, in a deadly world of guerrilla warfare. In August of 1864, the regiment was assigned to Major General Phil Sheridans Army of Shenandoah and served through all of the battles in the victorious campaign to clear the valley of Confederates, witnessing the final surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. This account tells what these men from California and Massachusetts accomplished, how they communicated, and how they viewed themselves. The book contThe Second Massachusetts Cavalry contained the only organised group from California to fight in the east during the Civil War. This account tells what these men from California and Massachusetts accomplished and how they viewed themselves.