Last Days of the Rebellion / The Second New York Cavalry (Harris' Light) at Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, April 8 and 9, 1865

A first-hand regimental memoir recounts the cavalry's late-winter movements from Winchester into the Appomattox campaign, participation in rapid raids and pitched encounters culminating at Appomattox Station and Court House. It narrates the capture of three supply trains, fierce attempts to seize the Lynchburg pike against entrenched infantry and artillery, repeated mounted charges, a night assault that broke a rebel battery, and the chaos and bravery of officers and troopers under Custer's command. Tactical details, marches, skirmishes, and the regiment's perspective on how these operations helped block the enemy's retreat are presented with soldierly immediacy.