Gettysburg - Delay let Union get the high ground.
- Wasted his forces in Pickets charge.
- Custer was promoted 5 ranks to General. Led the 4 troops of Michigan Wolverines in some reckless charges which stopped a key Confederate movement.
Have you read The Killer Angels?
It is a novel but an excellent account of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A long time ago... required reading in a College history course I think.
An excellent historical novel.
The Mass Union leader, can’t remember his name, ordered the fixing of bayonets and a counter charge after they had run out of bullets. Think that
Was in the little round too.
He saved the day.
So they moved them to the center of the line for a ‘rest’. Only to end up in Pickett’s charge.