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Riding to War with - Hardcover

Fred Ralph Witt

 
9780365408727: Riding to War with

Synopsis

From cavalry to cannon: a frontline history you can feel in the march, the mud, and the battle lines.

This book chronicles Battery A of the 135th Field Artillery, tracing its route from a Cleveland cavalry squad to a key artillery unit in World War I. It blends recruiting stories, officer transfers, and the hard-won experiences of soldiers in France, offering a vivid window into the transition from horse and saber to gun and shell. Through personal recollections and frontline episodes, readers glimpse daily life, morale, and the rhythms of a unit in training, movement, and combat.

  • How a city’s volunteers transformed into a field artillery battery
  • Life in the trenches, mud, and makeshift quarters across multiple fronts
  • Real-life moments of courage, humor, and the grit of wartime service
  • The arc from enlistment to the armistice and the soldiers who lived it
Ideal for readers of military history, Ohio local history, and memoirs that bring a war era to life through the voices of those who served.

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