Post by quincannon on Mar 7, 2024 16:13:27 GMT
Really disappointed with this new treatment of Stuart's life. Only saving grace is that is removes some of the southern lost cause "if only" bull shit propaganda off of the Stuart mystique and lays bare his many mistakes in judgment. Notable is just how hairbrained the ride around McClellan really was, and totally unnecessary to accomplish the mission of a reconnaissance and close examination of Little Mac's right flank that was hanging in the air. Then there was Elvington Heights where he gave the game away as he would also do at Chantilly some months later.
Make no mistake though, despite his sometimes childish behavior, Stuart was still the best horse soldier on either side, if for nothing more than setting the standard for the mounted arm that we have followed ever since. There would have been no drive across France and into Germany, no VII Corps swing around the Iraqi Army in the Gulf War without a Stuart showing the way.
Make no mistake though, despite his sometimes childish behavior, Stuart was still the best horse soldier on either side, if for nothing more than setting the standard for the mounted arm that we have followed ever since. There would have been no drive across France and into Germany, no VII Corps swing around the Iraqi Army in the Gulf War without a Stuart showing the way.