1835-1860: Prelude to war. Organization and operations prior to the Civil War ; Surrendering the frontier ; The federal cavalry at the beginning of the Civil War -- 1861: A taste for death. The war begins ; The Eastern Theater ; The Western Theater -- 1862: Finding form. The Western Theater ; Pittsburgh Landing (Shiloh) -- April 6-7 ; Cavalry Division Army of the Mississippi ; Army of the Ohio -- Major General Don Carlos Buell ; Army of the Cumberland -- Major General William S. Rosecrans -- 1863: Stones River to Chattanooga. Middle Tennessee ; Stones River Campaign-Murfreesboro, Tennessee ; Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland: Rosecrans -- Stanley -- Minty ; Riding with Sheridan ; The 4th Regiment United States Cavalry ; The Tullahoma (Middle Tennessee) Campaign ; The Chattanooga Campaign ; The Battle of Chickamauga Creek ; The siege of Chattanooga ; Masters of the field -- 1864: Through the heart of the Confederacy. Grant-Sheridan-Sherman-Thomas: all the generals who were to win for the Union ; Sherman's Meridian Campaign ; Preparing for the Atlanta Campaign ; The Atlanta Campaign-May 1864 ; The siege of Atlanta-August 1864 ; Kilpatrick's raid ; The fall of Atlanta ; The Franklin-Nashville Campaign -- 1865: The beginning of the end. The last campaign ; Wilson's Selma-Macon Campaign ; Up in smoke ; The final days ; The casualties -- Epilogue -- Appendix. A. Staff officers of the Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry ; B. "Twenty-two future generals" ; C. The officers of the 4th United States Cavalry during the Civil War ; D. Enlisted field commissions by date of commission ; E. 4th U.S. Cavalry officers at Franklin, Tennessee, April 10, 1863 ; F. Civil War roster Fourth United States Cavalry ; G. 4th United States Cavalry regulars on the battle monument at West Point.