Re: [DL] Custer and Serendipity

[Joel Hager <joel_hager@yahoo.com>]

Try this one:

http://www.jalapenocafe.com/portfolio/fame_fortune/bio.html
--- John Vogel <velvetandiron@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Howdy Pa'dners!
> 
> I'm new to the list, this will be my first post.  It
> concerns historical background material for my
> campaign, which is mostly set back east where the
> Civil War is still going on hot and heavy.
> 
> What I need to know, is whether the following is
> history or legend:
> 
> Supposedly, General Custer was a captain immediately
> prior to Gettysburg.  He gets into a fight, and is
> placed in the guard house to await his court
> martial. 
> Meanwhile, in the War Department, two sets of orders
> get screwed up.  Custer's court martial order is
> sent
> to some colonel, and Custer gets an order promoting
> him to brigadier general and putting him in command
> of
> the Michigan Cavalry Brigade.
> 
> He then beats Jeb Stuart, and keeps him from getting
> to Gettysburg on time, possibly costing the
> Confederacy the war.
> 
> Can anybody confirm or deny this?  I have been to
> several sources, but nobody hits the issue directly.
> 
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Joel Hager

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