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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