So far as mention is made of individual officers and men there is no pretense that the list is complete. Those whose names appear in the text were selected as types. Hundreds of others were equally deserving. The same remark applies to the portraits. These are representative faces. The list could be extended indefinitely. It was intended to include in an appendix a full roster of all the men who served in the Sixth Michigan cavalry and in the other regiments as well; but this would have made the book too bulky. By applying to the adjutant general of Michigan the books published by the state giving the record of every man who served in either of the regiments in the brigade can be obtained. The Roll of Honor--a list of all those who were killed in action, or who died of wounds received in action--is as complete as it was possible to make it from the official records. In a very few cases, men who were reported "missing in action," and of whom no further record could be found, were assumed to have belonged in the list, but these are not numerous enough to materially affect the totals. For the rest, the author cannot claim that he has done justice to either of these organizations, but he has made an honest effort to be fair and impartial, to tell the truth as he saw it, without prejudice. How well he has succeeded is not for him to say. "It is an interesting story," said an officer who served with distinction in the Fifth Michigan cavalry. If that shall be the verdict of all the comrades who read it, the writer will be satisfied. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A NATIONAL AWAKENING 1 II AN EVENTFUL WINTER 12 III RECRUITING IN MICHIGAN 23 IV THE SUMMER OF 1862 29 V JOINING THE CAVALRY 35 VI IN THE REGIMENTAL RENDEZVOUS 46 VII THE DEPARTURE FOR WASHINGTON 69 VIII THE ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON 72 IX THE STAY IN WASHINGTON 79 X FIELD SERVICE IN VIRGINIA 87 XI IN THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 113 XII FROM GETTYSBURG TO FALLING WATERS 161 XIII FROM FALLING WATERS TO BUCKLAND MILLS 191 XIV THE BATTLE OF BUCKLAND MILLS 212 XV WINTER QUARTERS IN STEVENSBURG 227 XVI THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN 261 XVII THE YELLOW TAVERN CAMPAIGN 278 XVIII YELLOW TAVERN TO CHESTERFIELD STATION 307 XIX HANOVERTOWN AND HAW'S SHOP 318 XX THE TREVILIAN RAID 337 XXI IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY 373 XXII THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK 403 XXIII A MYSTERIOUS WITNESS 434 XXIV A MEETING WITH MOSBY 444 LIST OF MAPS