Originally Posted by MontanaMan
Originally Posted by shrapnel


Gettysburg is only one of Custer's little known Civil War accomplishments. Jeb Stuart was the pride if the Southern Army and was killed at the hands of Custer's command at Yellow Tavern.



You are undoubtedly a deeper historian than I am, & not to belabor the point, but I don't think Custer really had much to do with Stuart's actual death.

The Union Cavalry outnumbered the Confederate's but more than 3 to 1 at Yellow Tavern & Custer's 5th Michign was actually more or less in retreat when Stuart was shot by one of its soldiers.

Generally speaking, prevailing in a 3:1 battle isn't an exceptionally overwhelming military feat.

I'll have to go find some other books on Custer, but taken on the whole, the Union won the Civil War with overwhelming forces & resources (repeating rifles for one), not because of necessarily better generalship, though the Union's latter military planning finally took advantage of its manpower & resources to the inevitable end.

MM


You aren't from the South are you?

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