GDG- Cavalry (again): Buford's withdrawal

[Alan D. Brunelle]

Eric J. Wittenberg wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Chet and Alan,
>
> Just to follow up on JD's response.
>
> He's quite right--my article will appear in the next issue of 
> Gettysburg Magazine.  Phil Laino has mapped the deployment of Buford's 
> men on the morning of July 2 in detail for the first time, and it 
> definitely addresses the circumstances under which Buford was ordered 
> from the field.
>
> It also addresses the steps Butterfield tried to take once he realized 
> that the flank had been largely stripped of cavalry--too little, too 
> late--and discusses in great detail the reasons why Meade's order to 
> Buford made a lot sense at the time it was issued.
>
> I hope you can wait a few more weeks, and you will have the article.
>
> Eric
>
Thanks Eric -

Well, it's almost a gross number of years to wait for it, so what's a 
handful of weeks?

Very much looking forward to this article!

Alan
PS. "gross" the noun, not the adjective or verb...