| Title | : | The Wars of Thomas Morley: 17th Lancers \u0026 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
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| Publication | : | Published July 24, 2020 |
A life of hard riding and hot fighting for Great Britain and the United States.
The only man in the United States who rode in the famous charge of the 600 at Balaklava, and a captain of cavalry in the Northern Army through the Civil War.The Washington Post 1894
A man who has dared death as few have. He rode into the Jaws of Hell.The Washington Times 1895
Thomas Morley rode with the British 17th Lancers in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, the most horrific charge in military history, hurtling straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. “The flame, the smoke, the roar were in our faces – it was like riding into the mouth of a volcano.”
Later he fought for the Union in the American Civil War, riding with the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry. “The worst running fight I was ever in was when two squadrons charged us and we had a fight with revolvers for four miles – I lost twenty-one out of thirty men.”
In this hard-hitting biography, Terry Brighton allows Thomas Morley to take to the saddle and ride to war again.
Lord Cardigan, after leading the Light Brigade down the Valley of Death, returned to the British lines, leaving the survivors to fight the Cossacks. When the last men of the brigade were surrounded, Thomas Morley took command and led a second charge back through the enemy. It was perhaps the day’s most heroic act – but the aristocratic officers who commanded the British Army conspired to prevent Morley receiving the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for valor on the battlefield.
At Manassas Junction during the American Civil War, when the commanding officer of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry panicked under fire, Morley rallied the regiment and enabled a majority of the men to escape death or capture. But his horse was killed and he was taken prisoner. Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson was so impressed that he offered Morley immediate release and a superior command with the Confederate Army, which Morley declined.
While living and working in Washington, D.C., he was seriously injured in the Ford’s Theatre collapse of 1893 - ironically a disaster with a higher casualty rate than the Charge of the Light Brigade.In The Wars of Thomas Morley this legendary cavalryman takes up his sword, his pistol and his saddle, and the reader rides with him on what The Washington Post called “a life of war, glory, and disaster.”
Terry Brighton has been an Anglican priest, chaplain to the SAS [British Special Forces], and museum curator of The Queen’s Royal Lancers, the descendant regiment of the 17th Lancers with which Thomas Morley rode at Balaklava. He lives in England with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Belle.
The only man in the United States who rode in the famous charge of the 600 at Balaklava, and a captain of cavalry in the Northern Army through the Civil War.The Washington Post 1894
A man who has dared death as few have. He rode into the Jaws of Hell.The Washington Times 1895
Thomas Morley rode with the British 17th Lancers in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, the most horrific charge in military history, hurtling straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. “The flame, the smoke, the roar were in our faces – it was like riding into the mouth of a volcano.”
Later he fought for the Union in the American Civil War, riding with the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry. “The worst running fight I was ever in was when two squadrons charged us and we had a fight with revolvers for four miles – I lost twenty-one out of thirty men.”
In this hard-hitting biography, Terry Brighton allows Thomas Morley to take to the saddle and ride to war again.
Lord Cardigan, after leading the Light Brigade down the Valley of Death, returned to the British lines, leaving the survivors to fight the Cossacks. When the last men of the brigade were surrounded, Thomas Morley took command and led a second charge back through the enemy. It was perhaps the day’s most heroic act – but the aristocratic officers who commanded the British Army conspired to prevent Morley receiving the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for valor on the battlefield.
At Manassas Junction during the American Civil War, when the commanding officer of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry panicked under fire, Morley rallied the regiment and enabled a majority of the men to escape death or capture. But his horse was killed and he was taken prisoner. Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson was so impressed that he offered Morley immediate release and a superior command with the Confederate Army, which Morley declined.
While living and working in Washington, D.C., he was seriously injured in the Ford’s Theatre collapse of 1893 - ironically a disaster with a higher casualty rate than the Charge of the Light Brigade.In The Wars of Thomas Morley this legendary cavalryman takes up his sword, his pistol and his saddle, and the reader rides with him on what The Washington Post called “a life of war, glory, and disaster.”
Terry Brighton has been an Anglican priest, chaplain to the SAS [British Special Forces], and museum curator of The Queen’s Royal Lancers, the descendant regiment of the 17th Lancers with which Thomas Morley rode at Balaklava. He lives in England with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Belle.
