Present Sabers: A Popular History of the U.S. Horse Cavalry

Present Sabers. A Popular History of the US Horse Cavalry is an illustrated history of America’s involvement with the horse cavalry, from its earliest beginnings during the Revolutionary War through its demise in World War II.

Chapters include America’s First Civil War, 1775-1783; Another War With England, 1812-1815; Remounted Again, 1833-1846; On to Mexico, 1846-1848; Western Indian Wars, Phase I, 1849-1861; Blue Bellies and Johnny Rebs, 1861-1865; The Only Good Indian — The Final Phase, 1866-1891; Foreign Peoples, New Wars, 1892-1901; Back to the Border — The Mexican Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917; The Great World War, 1917-1918; Years of Peace and War — The Swan Song, 1919-1943; and George S. Patton Jr. — The Last True Horse Cavalryman. The book also contains several appendices, as well as depictions of the regular insignia of all the US Cavalry units.

Present Sabers. A Popular History of the US Horse Cavalry, ISBN 1-880677-19-9, is a 158-page, 8-1/2 by 11-inch laminated softcover, with 148 photographs, 45 illustrations and 4 charts.