Thursday, June 20, 2013

June 10, 1862---Jeb rides circles around McClellan



JUNE 10, 1862:           

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and some 1,500 riders leave beleaguered Richmond to begin a daring reconnaissance mission on horseback in which his cavalry traced a giant circle around the Union Army of the Potomac. 

Stuart's three-day, 150-mile ride supplied Confederate leadership with key intelligence about the huge Union army massed just outside of Richmond. Stuart's ride would boost Southern war morale and prove a massive cause for embarrassment for the Union General McClellan.




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