Confederate Cavalry West of the RiverAnother Confederate cavalry raid impends. You hear the snort of an impatient horse, the leathery squeaking of saddles, the low voiced commands of officers, the muffled cluck of guns cocked in preparation then the sudden rush of motion, the din of another attack. This classic story seeks to illuminate a little known theater of the Civil War the cavalry battles of the Trans Mississippi West, a region that included Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, the Indian