Plenty of Blame to go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg“A welcome new account of Stuart’s fateful ride during the 1863 Pennsylvania campaign . . . well researched, vividly written, and shrewdly argued.” —Mark Grimsley, author of And Keep Moving On June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is in its opening hours. Harness jingles and hoofs pound as Confederate cavalryman James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart leads his three brigades of veteran troopers on a ride that triggers one of the Civil War’s most bitter and enduring controversies. Instead of finding glory and victory-two objectives with which he was intimately familiar, Stuart reaped stinging criticism and substantial blame for one of the Confederacy’s most stunning and unexpected battlefield defeats. In Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg, Eric J. Wittenberg and J. David Petruzzi objectively investigate the role Stuart’s horsemen played in the disastrous campaign. It is the first book ever written on this important and endlessly fascinating subject. Did the plumed cavalier disobey General Robert E. Lee’s orders by stripping the army of its “eyes and ears?” Was Stuart to blame for the unexpected combat that broke out at Gettysburg on July 1? Authors Wittenberg and Petruzzi, widely recognized for their study and expertise of Civil War cavalry operations, have drawn upon a massive array of primary sources, many heretofore untapped, to fully explore Stuart’s ride, its consequences, and the intense debate among participants shortly after the battle, through early post-war commentators, and among modern scholars. The result is a richly detailed study jammed with incisive tactical commentary, new perspectives on the strategic role of the Southern cavalry, and fresh insights on every horse engagement, large and small, fought during the campaign. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Across the Potomac | 23 |
Cavalry Clash at Westminster | 47 |
The Battle of Hanover Begins | 65 |
The Second Phase of the Battle of Hanover | 103 |
The Long Road to Carlisle | 119 |
A Night to Remember Carlisle | 139 |
The Battle of Hunterstown | 161 |
Orders of Battle | 305 |
Notes | 358 |
Bibliography | 397 |
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Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg Eric J. Wittenberg,J. David Petruzzi No preview available - 2006 |
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9th Virginia Cavalry advance Army of Northern artillery attack Baltimore battery battle of Gettysburg Battle of Hanover Battle of Hunterstown Blackford Brandy Station Brig Capt Captain captured Carlisle Chambliss charge Colonel command Confederate corps cross the Potomac Custer dispatch Drive enemy enemy’s Ewell Ewell's Farnsworth Federal fight Fitz Lee Fitz Lee's Fitzhugh Lee flank force front Gettysburg Campaign Hampton Hanover Hill History Hooker horsemen horses Hunterstown Ibid infantry J.E.B. Stuart Jeb Stuart John Jones July June 29 Kilpatrick Lee’s Lee's Brigade letter Lieutenant Littlestown Longstreet Major Marshall Maryland McClellan Michigan miles morning Mosby mounted move movements night Northern Virginia orders passed Pennsylvania pickets rear rebel recalled regiment Ridge Roads to Gettysburg Robertson rode route sabers saddle scout shelling skirmish soldiers South Southern Street Stuart's ride town troopers Union Union army wagon train Washington Westminster William wounded York Cavalry