Saber & Scapegoat J. E. B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Controversy,9780811731027

Saber & Scapegoat J. E. B. Stuart and the Gettysburg Controversy

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ISBN13: 9780811731027
ISBN10: 0811731022
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Stackpole Books
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Summary

The major facts of the Gettysburg campaign and battle are well known, but controversies about its outcome abound even today. No issue is more contested than that of the whereabouts of the dashing cavalryman, Major General J E B Stuart. Nesbitt gives a detailed reconstruction of Stuart's actions during the campaign and presents the case that Stuart was not at fault for the loss: He was following orders to the best of his ability. The blame surrounding Stuart only surfaced after the war when, in an attempt to exonerate Lee, some veterans vilified Stuart unfairly. Unfortunately for the great cavalryman, that culpability has stuck. Nesbitt's findings challenge generations of Gettysburg historiography and are certain to fuel the controversy for years to come.

Author Biography

Mark Nesbitt is the author of the popular Ghosts of Gettysburg, a six-volume series that received the National Paranormal Award in 2004. Formerly a National Park Service ranger and then a battlefield guide, he has lived in Gettysburg since 1971.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
Part One Prelude 1(40)
Schooling of the Trooper
3(12)
Civil War
15(26)
Part Two Gettysburg 41(80)
Raiding on a Grand Scale
43(14)
Orders
57(18)
Around the Yankees Again
75(10)
To Gettysburg
85(10)
The Third of July
95(12)
Covering the Withdrawal
107(14)
Part Three The Controversy 121(74)
Stuart under Attack
123(22)
Mosby Parries
145(28)
Marshall's Epitaph
173(8)
Postmortem
181(14)
Appendix: Cavalry Organization for the Gettysburg Campaign 195(6)
Notes 201(16)
Bibliography 217(6)
Index 223

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