e 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

1. ROUTE OF THE MICHIGAN CAVALRY BRIGADE IN
THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN _Opposite Page 113_

2. BATTLEFIELD OF TREVILIAN STATION JUNE 11-12,
1864 _Opposite Page 337_

3. BATTLEFIELD OF WINCHESTER SEPTEMBER 19,
1864 _Opposite Page 385_

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR _Frontispiece_

AUSTIN BLAIR _Opposite Page 18_

THORNTON F. BRODHEAD 24

JAMES H. KIDD (in 1864) 37

JACOB O. PROBASCO 41

GEORGE GRAY 51

RUSSELL A. ALGER (in 1862) 54

GEORGE A. CUSTER (in 1863) 129

GEORGE A. CUSTER (in 1864) 132

DAVID MCMUTRIE