Henry Norton

Deeds of Daring (Expanded, Annotated) Henry Norton

The Eighth New York Cavalry was one of the most storied fighting units of the American Civil War. At Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and at Appomattox, the boys of the 8th served under Custer, Sheridan, and others, establishing an astonishing record.

This is the lively, exciting regimental history by one of their own, Private Henry Legard Norton. Expanded and annotated with updated information that brings the participants to life for a modern reader, this memoir looks at a titanic American event from the view of the rank and file.

As he left the men of the 8th NY after the Grand Review in Washington after the war, Custer told them, "Men of the Eighth New York, you are the best soldiers I ever saw."