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Originally Posted by darius359au
The Custer/Stuart fight was a sideshow , it happened after the battles was over and the Confederacy was retreating - Stuart had been raiding to the north for most of the fight and arrived at Lee's headquarters late in the evening on the second day.Custer spent the 3 days doing cavalry piquet at the rear as protection against Stuart (no-one knew where beauty was , he was supposed to be scouting for Lee to find the Union army , but as usual he went rampaging off around the countryside leaving Lee blind.).Stuart ended up covering the retreat during the night and day of the 3rd/4th of july.
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Here's the real people that ass-whooped Custer: Stuart's horse artillery!
http://www.amazon.com/Galloping-Thun.../dp/0811707075
I don't remember where it was at, but Stuart's Horse arty came across Custer's command camp and chased them for 15 miles.