Lee's Body Guards: The 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Michael C. Hardy - CA) animated This book invites the reader

This book invites the reader to walk the routes of some of the units on the field through the stories of thirty-six individual soldiers who fought on that day

Battle Tested

But in this comprehensive reassessment of the army's politics

the two regiments were posted for a time in the vicinity of Washington

and gambling magnates control the Yankees

Lee's Body Guards: The 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Michael C. Hardy - CA) animated This book invites the readerBy Michael C. Hardy They considered themselves "Lee's Body Guard," cavalrymen specifically recruited to serve as scouts, couriers and guides for General Robert E. Lee. Though their battle experiences might pale compared to those of soldiers under J. E. B. Stuart and Wade Hampton, the men of the 39th Virginia served crucial roles in the Confederate army. From the fields of Second Manassas to Appomattox Court House, they were privy to the inner workings