GDG- Informal poll on Stuart

[Ron Chaplin]

How much did the 125 (IIRC) wagons prevent Stuart from making contact with
the army?  Was taking them self-aggrandizement, a necessity or a mistake?

On 9/27/07, keith mackenzie <bluzdad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> I think that most things are often exactly as they seem, because the
> amount of effort needed to make things completely unlike what they seem
> really only works on TV. That being said, Stuarts ride reminds of nothing
> more or less than the time I sent my newly licensed son out to get the car
> washed and vacuumed at the local self serve ( a half hour, forty minutes,
> tops). He returned five hours later with a clean car, a mildly dented fender
> and a stray puppy. He insisted he spent the missing hours driving around
> trying to find the dogs proper owner, and he was sure the dent was always
> there. I imagine the meeting between Stuart and Lee was very similar to the
> meeting between Jonathan and myself.
> I'd say that Stuart performed as well as circumstances allowed him and
> exercised his own agenda as much as he dared.
> K.
>
>
>   Tom Ryan <pennmardel at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> I find it rather fascinating the varying views that historians have
> projected about Jeb Stuart's performance during the Gettysburg Campaign.
> Along those lines, I am wondering what top-of-the- head impressions the
> members of this group have of Stuart based on your past readings.
>
> In just a few sentences, no more than a paragraph, state what your
> thoughts
> are about how well or poorly Stuart performed and, if you can recall, from
> what sources your impressions of him derive. Let's do this spontaneously
> without checking the references.
>
> Since this at times can be a volatile subject, please keep your emotions
> under control and limit expletives to gosh, darn, holy mackeral, etc.!
>
> If we get enough responses, I will post a wrap-up of the overall GDG view
> of
> Stuart during the campaign.
>
> Tom
>
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