The Boy Generals : George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac (Adolfo Ovies, UA) Gettysburg photographs The war between the states

The war between the states has finally come and the civilians of Gettysburg hope the battles will stay as far away from them as possible

LeRoy Wiley Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent slave-holding family in Macon

whose unblinking stare still mesmerizes

Tens of thousands of Irish-born men (and a handful of women) and an even larger number of Irish and Scots-Irish descendants fought in the Civil War

The Boy Generals : George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac (Adolfo Ovies, UA) Gettysburg photographs The war between the statesThe Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Alolfo Ovies The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac is the first installment in a remarkable trilogy to examine the strategy, tactics, and relationships of the leading Union armys mounted arm and their influence on the course of the Civil War in the Eastern Theater. George Armstrong Custers career has