The Comanches: A History of White's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry

The author presents a unit history of the Thirty-fifth Virginia Cavalry and its leader, offering a chronological account of formation, campaigns, raids, and engagements including Brandy Station and operations in Fairfax and Loudoun. Faced with lost official papers, the narrative draws on the author’s recollection and officers’ manuscripts to reconstruct company-level actions, casualty lists, and personal sketches of officers and men. Chapters alternate operational reports, sketched biographies, and reflections on hardship, loyalty, and mourning for the dead, aiming to preserve the battalion’s deeds and sacrifices through firsthand testimony and compiled reports.