CONTENTS. 



XIX 



PERIOD V. 



FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF RIFLED FIREARMS TO THE 



PRESENT TIME. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Influence of the Intuoduction of Kifled Firearms. — The 



Crimean Wau — The War in Italy 1859 42.J 



Effect of rifled arms — Crimean War — JIarcli to Balakliiva — Battle of 

 Balaklava — Battle of Bushire— Italian war of 185'J— Battle of Montc- 

 bello — Views on cavalry at tliis period. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 The American Civil War, 1861-65 . . . . 



436 



Character of the American people — Its influence on the war — Use of 

 revolvers — Extraordinary contempt for the sword — Partisan corps of 

 mounted riflemen — Extraordinary successes gained by them — Morgan's 

 raids— Stuart's raids — Forrest's raids — General increase of cavalry in 

 the Northern armies in 18G3 — Grierson's raid through Mississippi — 

 Stoneman's raid in Virginia in Maj', 18()3 — Wilson's invasion of 

 Alabama with un army of cavalry in 1HG5 — Capture of Selma, Mont- 

 gomery, Columbus, and West Point — Operations of Slieridan's cavalry 

 — Fight at Waynesboro, March, 1805 — Flank march of Sheridan's 

 cavalry around the Confederate right — Battle of F?ve Forks — Valuable 

 services of the mounted rifles — Sir Henry llavelock's comments on 

 this action — Pursuit of Lee's army — Action at Namozine Creek — Action 

 at Sailor's Creek — Tactics of Sheridan in this affair — Great value of 

 the mounted rifle principle— Final surrender of Lee's army at Appo- 

 mattox Court-house — Comments — Great value of the experiences of 

 this war. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

 The Austho-Prussian War of 1866 . . . 



485 



Cavalry in the Prussian army — Austrian cavalry — Italian cavalry — Un- 

 important services of the horsemen in this war — Battle of Gitchin — 

 Battle of Nachod — Retreat from Kiiniggratz — Action at Tobitschau — 

 Charge by Bredow's cuirassiers, capture of eighteen guns — Charge of 

 • Hanoverian cavalry at Langelzalza — Destruction of two Prussian 

 squares — Outpost work very badly performed by cavalry of both 

 armies — Austrian cavalry particularly inefficient in the minor 

 operations. 



