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Title: Three Years in the Federal Cavalry

Author: Willard Glazier

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THREE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL CAVALRY.

[Illustration: Willard Glazier]

THREE YEARS

in the

FEDERAL CAVALRY.

BY
WILLARD GLAZIER,

AUTHOR OF "THE CAPTURE, THE PRISON-PEN AND THE ESCAPE," "VIRGINIA'S
BATTLE-FIELDS," ETC., ETC., ETC.

Illustrated.

NEW YORK:
R. H. FERGUSON & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS,
138 BLEECKER STREET
1870.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
_WILLARD GLAZIER_,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

The Trow & Smith Book Manuf. Co.
205-213 E. 12TH STREET,
New York.

TO

THE GALLANT AND UNASSUMING SOLDIER,

MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY E. DAVIES, JR.

WHOSE STAR ALWAYS SHONE BRIGHTEST ON

THE FRONT LINE OF BATTLE,

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY

dedicated

BY

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

I have for a long time intended the publication of this book, for I
thought that such a work would not only be found interesting to the
public, but would do justice to the brave men with whom it was my
fortune to be associated during the dark hours of the rebellion. To
serve them is and ever will be my greatest pleasure.

The remarkable features and events of our late Cavalry movements in
Virginia and elsewhere, visible to me during the campaigns of the Army
of the Potomac, were noted daily in my journal. From that diary this
story of our raids, expeditions, and fights is compiled.

My descriptions of battles and skirmishes, in some cases, may seem too
brief and unsatisfactory; to which I can only say that scores of
engagements, which to the participants appear to be of vast importance,
have very little general interest. On the other hand, howev