author
L. S. (Luther Stephen) Trowbridge
1836–1912
A Civil War cavalry officer turned historian, he wrote firsthand accounts that preserve the story of Michigan troops and key campaigns. His books blend military detail with the voice of someone who had actually lived the events.
1 Audiobook
A brief history of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry
by L. S. (Luther Stephen) Trowbridge
About the author
Born in Troy, Michigan, on July 28, 1836, Luther Stephen Trowbridge is remembered both as a Union officer in the Civil War and as an author of military history. He later died in Detroit on February 2, 1912.
Trowbridge served with the 5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry and then as colonel of the 10th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. He was later brevetted brigadier general and major general of U.S. Volunteers for faithful and meritorious service, a background that gave unusual authority to the historical works he published after the war.
Among the works associated with him are A Brief History of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, The Operations of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, and Address of General L. S. Trowbridge, at Hillsdale, Michigan, Decoration Day, 1879. For listeners interested in Civil War writing, his books offer more than summary: they preserve the perspective of a participant who wanted the record of the war, and of Michigan's role in it, to endure.