Title: Nothing new, a Lee apology
Product review: There really was very little new in this book. The idea that Stuart was attacking the rear of the Union army is old hat. There is better than usual documentation of this than the average tome and quite a bit more weight placed on the importance of this movement. Other than this the book is a very breif and extremely uneven survey of the careers of Lee, Stuart, and Custer.Overall, this falls completely in the camp of apologizing for Lee's failure with a bit of a twist of also apologizing for Stuart. Of course someone has to take the fall; here it is Longstreet. Even Ewell does reasonably well. The Union, except for Custer, are bumbling fools.Steer clear! Want a single book on Gettysburg get Sears. Want something on the cavalry action try Longacre.
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