benteen, come quick!

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.