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Willard W. Glazier. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry
Three Years in the Federal Cavalry
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THREE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL CAVALRY
CHAPTER I
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.—CONTEST BEGUN
CHAPTER II
CAMP-LIFE AND ITS INFLUENCES
CHAPTER III
PREPARATIONS FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
CHAPTER IV
THE ADVANCE TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK
CHAPTER V
POPE'S CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
CHAPTER VI
REBEL INVASION OF MARYLAND
CHAPTER VII
McCLELLAN SUCCEEDED BY BURNSIDE
CHAPTER VIII
ORGANIZATION OF A CAVALRY CORPS
CHAPTER IX
REBEL CHIEFS AND THEIR RAIDS
CHAPTER X
CHANCELLORSVILLE AND STONEMAN'S RAID
CHAPTER XI
FROM YORKTOWN TO FALMOUTH
CHAPTER XII
SECOND INVASION OF MARYLAND.—GETTYSBURG
CHAPTER XIII
RETREAT OF THE REBELS FROM GETTYSBURG
CHAPTER XIV
KILPATRICK'S GUNBOAT EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XV
CAPTURE OF THE AUTHOR
FINIS
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Willard W. Glazier
Published by Good Press, 2019
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CAMP GUARD.
Our principal duties now are camp guard and drill, which we perform by turns. Every morning quite a large force is detailed, with a commissioned officer in command, for guard duty. These form a line of dismounted pickets, or vedettes, around the entire camp. They are stationed within sight and hailing distance of each other, enabling them to prevent any one from leaving or entering camp without a written pass in the day-time, or the countersign at night. The rule is to have each man stand post for two hours, when he is relieved. This is the maximum time, and is sometimes made less at the discretion of the commandant.
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