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Originally Posted by borntoraisehogs
You saved me some two fingered typing . Custer was a great officer in the war between the states . Grant and Sherman both were very fond of him . Who gets called the greatest cavalryman of the war ? JEB Stuart , Who was most instrumental in turning back Stuart and the Army of Virginia at Gettysburg . Custer . Who got killed at Yellow Tavern ? Stuart . Who went on to be called by Grant and Sherman , the single person without whose individual effort the war may not have been won ? Custer . Who writes revisionist history demonizing American heroes ? Those with an anti white , anti capitalist agenda .
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You forgot to add the Lost Causers of the, you guessed it, the South !!
The Custerphobes like to point out that he lost a lot of men during the CW. The main reason was that he was given the toughest assignments. Orders to stay back and cover the retreat. Or stop the flanking movement of the enemy cavalry at Gettysburg, etc.
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