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Vol. XXX, No. 2
(48 pages)

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Cover image
A ninth-plate tintype of a Union cavalryman on his horse in the winter snow holding his saber up with 1858-pattern dress hat showing crossed sabers with ostrich feather from the Ken Bertholf collection.

Inside Cover Image
A hard-plate image of a Virginia Confederate cavalryman wearing a cap with the Company letter C and holding a saber and a Colt Navy revolver is from the Cecil Jackson collection.

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk (p. 2)
The editor thanks everyone who participated in this special cavalry issue, especially Ken Bertholf and John Sickles, “who went far and above the call to duty.”

Horse Soldiers in Blue: Images from the Ken Bertholf Collection (pp. 4-19)
A gallery of 28 soldier ambrotypes, cartes de visite and tintypes include identified portraits of John H. Madden of the 10^th Michigan, Freeman F. Runyan of the 3^rd Kentucky, Frederick C. Leland of the 3^rd Massachusetts, Henry C. Mason and Emanuel Reed of the 21^st Pennsylvania, William Fleming of the 2^nd New Jersey, Andrew Jackson of the 20^th Pennsylvania, Andrew J. Rhodes of the 12^th Pennsylvania and Samuel E. Chastine of the 6^th U.S. Colored Cavalry.

Cavalrymen in Blue & Gray From the Collections of Our Readers (pp. 20-41)
A total of 12 Confederate and 45 Union troopers are featured in a variety of ambrotypes, cartes de visite and tintypes. Identified Confederates include Harry Gilmor of the 12^th Virginia, Benjamin H. Bransford of the 1^st Mississippi, Walter Frankland of Mosby’s Rangers, Edward H. Hall of the 1^st Maryland, Moses Linker of the 4^th North Carolina, Milton J. Ferguson of the 16^th Virginia, John C. Campbell of the 2^nd South Carolina, Jackson A. Davis of the Holcombe Legion (South Carolina), George Washington Scott of the 5^th Battalion Florida Cavalry and Horace Blanton of Thomas A. Napier’s battalion of Tennessee partisan rangers. Identified Union troopers include Emil Beese of the 12^th New York, Charles Free of the 6^th New York, Hans Peter Olson of the 4^th Wisconsin, 5^th Kansas Cavalry officers Harrison Kelly, Samuel Walker, Asa D. Perin, Powell Clayton and Wilton A. Jenkins, James R. Tilson of the 11^th Missouri, William Miles of the 14^th Pennsylvania, Edward and Eli Stillson of the 2^nd Missouri, Edward Schwartz of the 4^th New York, Luther Kanouse of the 6^th Michigan, Horace Gray and Attila Hinson of the 4^th Michigan, Charles Bates Sr. and John B. Hart of the 11^th Kansas, George Bliss Sanford and Edward Myers of the 1^st U.S. Cavalry, John Calvin Cooley of the 5^th U.S. Cavalry, Joseph Davenport of the 3^rd New Jersey, Alfred Bruce of the 10^th New York, Gustave Von Deutsch of the 5^th Missouri, Samuel A. Lewis of the 1^st Battalion Nebraska Cavalry, Newman P. Nicholas of the 14^th Michigan Infantry (Mounted), Garrett E. Hall of the 2^nd Michigan Cavalry, 2^nd Louisiana Cavalry (U.S.) officers Peter Penn Gaskell, Howard Woodrow and Daniel J. Keily, Theodore F. Northrup of the 2^nd New York, Jacob Lips of the 16^th Indiana Mounted Infantry, William M. Hawkins and John M. Shulse of the 11^th Indiana, George M. Wingrove of the 9^th New York, Richard W. Hudson of the 22^nd Pennsylvania and Frank Gerard of the 4^th Wisconsin.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 42-43)
In “First Regiment of Cavalry New York State Volunteers (‘Lincoln Cavalry’),” McAfee highlights the unique history of the regiment and its distinctive uniforms. Two portraits illustrate the text, 1^st Lt. Richard G. Prendergast and Corp. Nehemiah H. Mann.

The Confederate Soldier (p. 44)
Levi Pleasant Massey (1837-1918) of the 4^th North Carolina Cavalry was captured on July 4, 1863, at South Mountain, Md., during the retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg. He remained a prisoner of war until Feb. 24, 1865.

Back Cover Story: Confederate Horseman (p. 45)

Sutler’s Row (p. 46)

The Last Shot (p. 48)
A member of the 3^rd New Jersey Cavalry in the rakish uniform distinctive to that uniform poses for his portrait in this albumen print from the Martin Schoenfeld collection.

Inside Back Cover
A quarter-plate ambrotype of a Union cavalryman sitting astride his trusty war horse from the Jeff Cook collection.

Back Cover
A sixth-plate ruby ambrotype from the Jerry Garret collection pictures a Confederate cavalryman or mounted artilleryman sitting on his horse in the middle of a town street. The identity of the soldier and the location of the image are not known.