Present Sabers: A Popular History of the US Horse Cavalry by Allan Heninger

Present Sabers: A Popular History of the US Horse Cavalry by Allan HeningerTable of Contents Present Sabers is an illustrated history of America's involvement with the horse cavalry, from its earliest beginnings during the Revolutionary War through its demise in World War II. Chapters include: * America's First Civil War, 1775 1783 * Another War With England, 1812 1815 * Remounted Again, 1833 1846 * On to Mexico, l846 1848 * Western Indian Wars, Phase I, 1849 1861 * Blue Bellies & Johnny Rebs, 1861 1865 * The Only Good

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Present Sabers is an illustrated history of America's involvement with the horse cavalry, from its earliest beginnings during the Revolutionary War through its demise in World War II.

Chapters include:
* America's First Civil War, 1775-1783
* Another War With England, 1812-1815
* Remounted Again, 1833-1846
* On to Mexico, l846-1848
* Western Indian Wars, Phase I, 1849-1861
* Blue Bellies & Johnny Rebs, 1861-1865
* The Only Good Indian -- The Final Phase, 1866-1891
* Foreign Peoples, New Wars, 1892-1901
* Back to the Border -- The Mexican Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917
* The Great World War, 1917-1918
* Years of Peace & War -- The Swan Song, 1919-1943
* George S. Patton Jr.-- The Last True Horse Cavalryman

The book also contains several appendices, as well as depictions of the regular insignia of all the U.S. Cavalry units.