GDG- Cava;ry ops

[jfepperson at aol.com]

> Put merely fighting enemy cavalry wasn't the priority.  If Pleasonton 
> was able to report a successful engagement with enemy cavalry, that was 
> nice, but unless that engagement got Meade information he was looking 
> for, it didn't accomplish much. 
                  
Minor quibble:  If you fight the enemy cavalry and defeat them badly enough,
it degrades their ability to do their job of keeping you away.  So beating
up on the enemy cavalry does, by itself, serve a purpose (in the long run).

JFE