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"Ranger Troy Harman and LBG Mike Vallone
stirred up some controversy
a couple years ago when they speculated that Custer's foray from Hunterstown
into
the left rear of the Confederates was not accidental
but part of a larger tactical plan to thwart Rebel action."
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"It
sure seems to me likely that Custer was not simply "out there patrolling"
and just happened upon elements
of the enemy forces.
And it is also evidence that cavalry action between Custer and Stuart was integrally related
to the larger battle and not isolated from it. My thoughts, anyway."
Chuck Teague,
as posted "militaryhistoryonline"...
To Email Chuck...
| Joe Topinka...as General George Armstrong Custer |
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| 2007 Walking Tour photo by Angela Auchey |
Custer Website
To read more about the Battle of Hunterstown...
"Cavalry on the Roads to Gettysburg"
by George A. Rummel III
"After a brief meeting with Kilpatrick (in the Grass
Hotel),
Custer returned to Colonel Gray and the 6th Michigan Cavalry
with orders to
immediately attack the Confederate troops
seen along the road near the Gilbert farm."
p. 346
Also...
"Plenty of Blame to Go Around"
by Eric Whittenberg and J. David Petruzzi
To Read More...
Eric Whittenberg...
J.D. Petruzzi...
"Oh! Thou Hast Forgotten" Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War: The Gettysburg
Campaign by Richard
L Hamilton rhamilton373856@wbhsi.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Unfinished Work" by Frank Meredith
alpslover@earthlink.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Custer and His Times" Book Five edited by John
P. Hart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg" by Troy Harman
troy_harman@nps.gov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New!!! "The Complete Gettysburg Guide" by J. D. Petruzzi and Steve Stanley www.completegettysburgguide.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Gone...But Not Forgotten..."
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| July 2nd, 1863 |
"The day before this happened,
when we returned to the vicinity of Gettysburg, near a place called Hunterstown, I think,
our command had a thrilling
experience and while charging a body
of cavalry down a lane leading by a barn, ran into an ambuscade of men posted
in the (Felty) barn who dealt death and destruction upon us.
Within five minutes some four or five officers were killed
and wounded
and about fifteen men were slain or wounded. " Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry
And Some Incidents and Scenes Remembered.BY WILEY C. HOWARD, OF COMPANY C.
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