Bibliography of Suggested Reading: The 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment
and the 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Reviewed September 2015
Bibliography of the Second Cavalry Regiment
Military History Institute,
Carlisle Barracks, PA
Bieber, Ralph P., ed. Exploring Southwestern Trails. 1846 - 1854. Glendale, CA: Clark, 1938.
Cooke, Philip St. George. The Conquest of New Mexico and California: An Historical and Personal Narrative. NY: Putnam's, 1878.
Evans, David. Sherman's Horsemen: Union Cavalry in the Atlanta Campaigns. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.
Glazier, Captain Willard. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry. New York: R. H. Ferguson & Company Publishers, 1873.
Kidd, James H. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War. Ionia, Mich: Sentinel Printing Co., 1908.
Lambert, Joseph I. One Hundred Years with the Second Cavalry. Topeka, KS: Capper, 1939.
Lambert, Joseph I., Major, USA. One Hundred Years with the Second Cavalry. San Antonio, TX: Newton Publishing Company, 1999.
Longacre, Edward G. The Cavalry at Gettysburg: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations During the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign, 9 June - 14 July 1863. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1986.
Longacre, Edward G. Lincoln's Cavalrymen, A History of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000.
Longacre, Edward G. Lee's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002.
Rodenbough, Theo F. From Everglade to Cañon with the Second Dragoons, (Second United States Cavalry): an Authentic Account of Service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and the Indian country, including the personal recollections of prominent officers; with an Appendix Containing Orders, Reports and Correspondence, Military Mecords, Etc., etc., etc. 1836-1875. NY: D. Van Nostrand, 1875.
Rodenbough, Theophilus. From Everglade to Canyon With the Second United States Cavalry: An Authentic Account of Service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and the Indian Country, 1836–1875. Forward by Edward Longacre. Reprinted by the University of Oklahoma Press: 2000.
Rodenbough, Theophilus F., & Haskin, William L. The Army Of The United States: Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief. NY: Maynard, Merrill, 1896.
Sawicki, James A. Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army. Dumfries, VA: Wyvern, 1981.
Schmoekel, Wolf W. The Dragoon's Story: A History of the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment. Washington, DC: Randall, 1958.
Simpson, Harold B. Cry Comanche: The 2nd U.S. Cavalry in Texas. 1855 - 1862. Hillsboro, TX: Hill Junior College, 1979.
Smith, Justin H. War With Mexico. 2 vols. NY: Macmillan, 1919.
Starr, Stephen Z. The Union Cavalry in the Civil War (3 volumes). Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press: 1979-1984.
Stubbs, Mary L., & Connor, Stanley R. Armor-Cavalry. Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve. In the official Army Lineage Series. Washington, DC: OCMH, 1969.
Tousey, Thomas G. Military History of Carlisle and Carlisle Barracks. Richmond VA: Dietz, 1939.
U.S. Army. 2d Cav Rgt. Centennial. Second United States Cavalry. 1836 - 1936. Ft. Riley, KS: 1936
Many more journal articles, reports and 20th Century history accounts can be found at the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA.
Bibliography of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Book References:
Beale, Richard Lee. History of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry in the War Between the States. Richmond, VA, 1899.
Krick, Robert K. 9th Virginia Cavalry. Virginia Regimental Series. Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1982.
Other reference sources for the 9th Virginia Cavalry:
Compiled Service Records of the officers and men belonging to the 9th Virginia Cavalry, National Archives.
Confederate Service Records of Virginia Soldiers, Virginia State Library.
Ninth Virginia Cavalry File, Box 24 of Department of Military Affairs Papers, Virginia State Library.
Camp of the 9TH Regiment Virginia Cavalry, 1962 Beale, George William, Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine.
Maryland Campaign, The Cavalry Fight at Boonsboro, Southern Historical Society Papers, XXV, 1897.