I'll have to see if I can score a copy of the audio versions on the cheap. Foote's prose is so beautiful, though, I'm not sure that I want to deprive myself by listening instead of reading.
Just started volume 2 of the trilogy and read about a couple of long-range Confederate cavalry raids in the Tenessee theater late in '62. The purpose of these raids was to disrupt the predicted offensive operations of superior Union forces by disrupting thier lines of communication and supply, and generally cause as much havoc as possible in the enemy's rear. They were very successful. I could see similar operations late on in the Twilight War, conducted by units of Rangers, divisional cavalry squadrons, proper horse cavalry, or perhaps...
http://forum.juhlin.com/showthread.p...uder+companies
In my mind, the 5th ID is conducting a similar operation on a divisional scale.