by Dennis W. Belcher Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2020. Pp. x, 374. Illus., maps, tables, notes, biblio., index. $45.00 paper. ISBN: 1476675996
Mounted Operations during Hood’s Tennessee Campaign
The author of
The 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and other works, Belcher has produced an insightful look at cavalry operations during John Bell Hood’s campaign in Tennessee in the final months of 1864. This was hitherto a rather surprisingly neglected subject, as most accounts of the campaign concentrate on the bigger picture.
Although Belcher concentrates his treatment on the movements and actions of the opposing cavalry forces, he does set these within the framework of the larger campaign, so we get adequate coverage of the activities of the other arms. He also often addresses previously overlooked aspects of the campaign.