A Cavalryman with Custer

J. H. Kidd's personal reflections read like they were written by professional. They were. He was a newspaperman. He was also a Regimental Cavalry Commander under Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer. Kidd's war observations and his feelings for his commander make very interesting reading. Mustered in during1862, he serves with distinction in the Eastern Theater of the war. Entering as a Captain, he returns home three years later a Brevet Brigadier General. During that time he not only serves with distinction in the majority of the engagements fought by the Army of the Potomac, he participates in the Union's revitalization of its Cavalry. Easily a laughing stock in the beginning, this is the same group of men that defeat JEB Stuart at Gettysburg and kill him at Yellow Tavern.From 1863 on the Union Cavalry equaled or exceeded its Confederate counterpart. By war's end there was no contest. This is an insider's view as to how that transformation was effected.