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And they earned their celebrity. In 1864 at Newby's Station, Todd's Tavern, and during Sheridan's Richmond Raid, the Michigan Brigade and Custer distinguished themselves. At the Battle of Trevilian Station Custer routed the Confederates with a bold charge. Another of his bold, mounted charges at the important Battle of Yellow Tavern was crucial to the major victory won that day by the Union Cavalry over the Confederate Cavalry. In fact, it was just after this charge that one of Custer's men shot and mortally wounded the fabled Confederate Cavalry leader Jeb Stuart. And after most of the Army of the Potomac's Cavalry was transferred with their new commander, General Philip Sheridan, to the Shenandoah Valley, Custer played a pivotal role in the Federal victory at the Battle of The Opequon (3d Winchester), as his brigade was one that helped envelop the Confederate left.
Thus, there was little surprise when in late September, 1864, Custer was promoted to command the 3d Cavalry Division of Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah. His first test as a division commander came quickly. In a brilliantly conducted maneuver on 19 October 1864 the Confederate Jubal Early attacked and surprised the Union Army of the Shenandoah near Cedar Creek, Virginia. The Rebels quickly routed two of the three Union infantry corps, but the third Union corps (the VI) and the Cavalry Corps refused to be stampeded. They eventually succeeded in bringing the Confederate advance to a halt, and Custer's Division was prominent in stabilizing the Union defense. It checked a Confederate cavalry thrust to the Union rear and fought defensively first on one flank and then the other. Philip Sheridan, who had been away from the Army at the time of the attack, famously galloped his charger back to the battlefield, rallied his troops, and organized a counterattack. Custer's Division formed the right flank of the Union formation and broke the line of the elite Rebel division of John B. Gordon. Custer's troopers then spearheaded an exploitation that completely routed Early's force.
Don't forget the other Einsteins like Gore and Carter. Oh and of course Seymour Hersh. The clowns of the left favorite prognosticator of war with Iran.
Posted by crispee_oc at 2008-07-18 02:43 PM
No time stamp, no attribution. Way to go, back at ya Crispee Clown!
So shouldn't Sean R be the one to complain if it was not understood? The bottom line is your post about the cockroaches could easily be turned around. Which is my opinion and I posted it. You don't like it tough shit. I couldn't care less what you or danni or any other gutless lefty thinks, lives, smokes, drinks. To use a Larry Mohr line "You are as signifigance as a pimple on a gnats ass."
I have no problem admitting I am not the sharpest tool in the Drudge shed. Nor would I try and compete with many on their intellectual level. This is a fucking website. Not reality. If that was the case I would be in jail if I got five minutes alone with some of the posters here alone.