{"product_id":"cavalry-battle-that-saved-the-union-the-custer-vs-stuart-at-gettysburg-9781589800120","title":"Cavalry Battle That Saved the Union, The: Custer vs. Stuart at Gettysburg","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCavalry Battle That Saved the Union, The: Custer vs. Stuart at Gettysburg\u003c\/strong\u003e by Walker, Paul D.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781589800120.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn examination of Robert E. Lees strategy at Gettysburg that would have achieved a Confederate victory, but resulted in the disaster of Picketts Charge.\nCivil War historians have long been puzzled by Pickett�s seemingly suicidal frontal attack on the Union center at Gettysburg.\nHere, for the first time, Paul D. Walker reveals Robert E. Lee�s true plan for victory at Gettysburg: a simultaneous strike against the Union center from the front and rear�Major General George Pickett�s infantry to charge the front, while Major General Jeb Stuart�s cavalry struck the rear. The frontal assault by Pickett went off as scheduled, but as Stuart�s forces approached from the rear, they encountered a Union cavalry contingent. As the forces joined, the Union cavalry leader was quickly killed, and command fell to one of the most dynamic figures in American history�George Armstrong Custer.\nWhat followed was America�s greatest cavalry battle: 7,500 Confederate horsemen ranged against 5,000 Union cavalry, Jeb Stuart against George Custer, with the outcome of the Civil War at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pelican Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44977374265397,"sku":"ByrdShop_1589800125","price":65.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781589800120_2535d0d4-48fa-42ce-a8bc-3e1859ff083e.jpg?v=1778701649","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cavalry-battle-that-saved-the-union-the-custer-vs-stuart-at-gettysburg-9781589800120","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}