The Bracken Rangers

The Bracken Rangers were from Indianapolis. Merged into a squadron of Company K and I of the 1st Indiana Cavalry, the unit served three years as headquarters' scouts and escort for a series of Union generals during the Civil War. Their stories are told using first person accounts and contemporary documents. Soldiers do the fighting while generals get their names in the history books. This book views the war as experienced by individuals in camp and on horseback.