[Non-Sequitur]

I inherited a picture from my grandfather of then-Colonel Irwin Rommel when he was visiting the United States in 1937/38 to study the cavalry tactics of the Civil War. From what my grandfather could remember, Rommel concentrated on Forrest, Morgan, Wheeler, and Stewart.

You might want to check your grandfather's story. Rommel wasn't a cavalry officer and he never visited the U.S. His career prior to WWII was with mountain troops, and the book that he was known for was actually on infantry tactics. He had nothing to to with mounted or motorized units until 1940.

[Stonewall Jackson]

You might be correct, but the note on the back of the picture states: "Oberst Rommel observing American Maneuvers from Mr. Aretz, Leutnant a.D. Hammelburg, Germany."

If you have any thoughts on this matter, I'd love to hear them.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I just did a little checking, and while I couldn’t find anything about Rommel in the US, I did find out that in 1938, while an instructor at Potsdam, he started writing a book on armored cavalry and tank tactics that was intended as a sequel to his book on infantry tactics.