Jun
12

Out-Foxing The In-Laws in The Civil War

J.E.B. Stuart dapper and daring Cavalry General

On June 12, 150 years ago, the Confederate Cavalry ran a 100 mile long reconnaissance raid. They went full circle around the Union Army of the Potomac of General McClellan.

J.E.B. Stuart, the Confederate Cavalry General, accomplished this feat by eluding the northern cavalry commanded by his father-in-law, Philip St George Cooke.

 

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