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That Newly appointed General was brash and reckless and lost over 70% of his troops but his maneuver probably saved many Union lives and maybe even kept Lee from a third day victory. However at the time his name was not mentioned much as being a large contributor to the Union Victory like the praise given Chamberlain and Bufford and so on.

13 years later that brash General with the long blonde hair would achieve notoriety in a hilly area of Montana in a place called "Little Big Horn"...

I don't know if I would credit him with a lot of the reason for the Union victory, but I do agree with you that Custer doesn't get the recognition he deserves for helping to obtain victory.

A part of me wonders if he doesn't get the credit he deserves because there wasn't a lot of thought put into his attack. It was just pointing his troops at Stuart and pushing them into him. Deadly as hell, but effective.

It was just pointing his troops at Stuart and pushing them into him. Deadly as hell, but effective.

That didn't work so well in Montana.