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Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign ( Daniel Murphy-GC) Section - Human Interest The 30th North Carolina Infantryby Daniel Murphy Cavalry operations during the Gettysburg campaign have been well covered, but never like this. Most cavalry treatments of the campaign and battle have focused on strategy, operations, and tactics and zoomed in on particular episodes: the Battle of Brandy Station in June 1863 (the largest cavalry engagement on American soil), Jeb Stuarts controversial ride for glory that deprived Lee of important intelligence for days, Union cavalry