The Tarnished Cavalier: Major General Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A.
By Arthur B. Carter.
Description
“Arthur Carter brings new perspective to Confederate knight-errant Earl Van Dorn, who might have been famous rather than infamous had he lived. . . . Carter suggests how Van Dorn the cavalryman could have joined mounted leaders Forrest, Morgan, and Wheeler as raiders-superb and mainstay of Confederate success in the West. Except for one costly peccadillo, Van Dorn would have been one of the South’s rising rather than falling stars.”—Benjamin Franklin Cooling, Author of Fort Donelson’s LegacyDashing, bold, and fearless in command, Major General Earl Van Dorn was...
ISBN(s)
1572330473, 9781572330474
