Scholarship
Research
Presentations, primary sources, and research materials assembled by Lynn Hopewell over decades of original archival work on the Black Horse Cavalry.
Presentation
The Black Horse Cavalry: A Talk by Lynn Hopewell
September 2005 · One of his last public presentations before his passing in March 2006
Slide presentation from Lynn's public talk on the Black Horse Cavalry, covering the company's formation, wartime service, and the men who served in it. The talk draws directly on the research compiled in his two manuscripts.
↓ Download Talk Slides PDF (~3.9 MB)Documentary Record
Primary Sources & Research Materials
The documentary foundations of The Bravest Man in Lee's Army: correspondence, family bibles, maps, genealogical reports, census records, and newspaper coverage that underpin the narrative.
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Original Manuscripts
Lynn Hopewell's two manuscripts in their original form, as they existed before his passing in 2006. The full text and Register are now presented in a more complete and navigable form on this site, but these PDFs preserve the historical record of the manuscripts as he left them.
The Bravest Man in Lee's Army
Manuscript · August 9, 2005
A Biographical Register of the Black Horse Cavalry
Manuscript · January 2005
The Bravest Man in Lee's Army
Final formatted edition (PDF)