The Boy Generals : George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac (Adolfo Ovies, UA) kids and a new appendix refuting

and a new appendix refuting claims that Stuart’s actions on East Cavalry Field were intended to be coordinated with the Pickett/Pettigrew/Trimble attack on the Union center on the main battlefield

It was the first time most members of the unit had traveled so far from home

there were still Confederate armies in the field

lies the institution of slavery

The Boy Generals : George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac (Adolfo Ovies, UA) kids and a new appendix refutingThe Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac by Alolfo Ovies The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac is the first installment in a remarkable trilogy to examine the strategy, tactics, and relationships of the leading Union armys mounted arm and their influence on the course of the Civil War in the Eastern Theater. George Armstrong Custers career has