1st Maine Cavalry raids with George Stoneman, part 2
Ordered by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker to conduct a devastating cavalry raid behind Confederate lines in central Virginia in mid-April 1863, Maj. Gen. George Stoneman and his troopers waited for the incessant rain to stop. It did not. “Saddled and packed before daylight” on Wednesday, April 16, 1st Maine Cavalry troopers “remained ready to move […]