https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg,_Third_Day_cavalry_battles
The story of the cavalry battles fought at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 are not well known.
It was when I visited this field in 1997 that I learned from the monuments that the 1st New Jersey Cavalry fought alongside Custer and the Michigan cavalry.
I did not even know NJ had any cavalry.
On that visit, I spent three days by myself, tracing the battle day by day, and area by area during the approximate times of the day/evening.
While battles like Antietam can be understood in a one day visit, Gettysburg is a whole different animal.
Did you appreciate the role Custer played in saving the battle that day?
Lee’s plan was to have Stuart’s horses in the rear of the Union line to cause them to panic... while assaulting then from the front. But the assault from the front went of very late -2 pm.
And Custer’s reckless and bold leadership stopped the Confederate horse in the rear.
Of the casualties on the Union side, I think 90 percent were Custer’s men.