C.S.A.’s Use of Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign
SSG Schumacher. John P.
SLC Class 15-005
C.S.A.’s Use of Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign The purpose of this paper is conduct battle analysis of Lee’s Second Invasion of the North which led to Gettysburg Campaign during the American Civil War and to identify how this battle’s outcome could have changed had intelligence been used differently. I assert that had the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America utilized its attached intelligence support in the form of cavalry more appropriately prior to the battle, that it is possible that the Battle of Gettysburg or another battle in the same campaign would have been a Confederate victory. Additionally, this would have led to a truce between the two …show more content…
He was ordered to Of the four brigades, two of them were regular brigades and the other two were attached irregular brigades. General Stuart assigned the two irregular brigades to support General Lee and the two regular brigades to be in the Shenandoah Valley defending the supply lines for the Army. The reason he did so was because of a personal conflict he had with these commanders, Beverly Robertson and William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones, and he did not want them to gain glory despite the fact that General Lee did not have a high regard for the irregular cavalry units who he viewed as undisciplined and inexperienced in combat.
The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Civil War in 1863 between the 1st and 3rd of July.
Impact of Battle of Gettysburg on the Civil War
Conclusion
Bibliography
Clauswitz , On War
Knott, S. (2013). Battle of Gettysburg: Why J.E.B. Stuart ends up in Carlisle [video lecture]. Retrieved from:
SSG Schumacher. John P.
SLC Class 15-005
C.S.A.’s Use of Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign The purpose of this paper is conduct battle analysis of Lee’s Second Invasion of the North which led to Gettysburg Campaign during the American Civil War and to identify how this battle’s outcome could have changed had intelligence been used differently. I assert that had the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America utilized its attached intelligence support in the form of cavalry more appropriately prior to the battle, that it is possible that the Battle of Gettysburg or another battle in the same campaign would have been a Confederate victory. Additionally, this would have led to a truce between the two …show more content…
He was ordered to Of the four brigades, two of them were regular brigades and the other two were attached irregular brigades. General Stuart assigned the two irregular brigades to support General Lee and the two regular brigades to be in the Shenandoah Valley defending the supply lines for the Army. The reason he did so was because of a personal conflict he had with these commanders, Beverly Robertson and William Edmondson “Grumble” Jones, and he did not want them to gain glory despite the fact that General Lee did not have a high regard for the irregular cavalry units who he viewed as undisciplined and inexperienced in combat.
The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Civil War in 1863 between the 1st and 3rd of July.
Impact of Battle of Gettysburg on the Civil War
Conclusion
Bibliography
Clauswitz , On War
Knott, S. (2013). Battle of Gettysburg: Why J.E.B. Stuart ends up in Carlisle [video lecture]. Retrieved from: