[thescourged1]

Jeb was good (with the exception of being unaccounted for in the day(s) prior to Gettysburg), but N.B. Forrest was the best. ;)

[Mike Darancette]

Jeb was good (with the exception of being unaccounted for in the day(s) prior to Gettysburg), but N.B. Forrest was the best. ;)

Had J.E.B. been available at Gettysburg early on to get information about the Union left flank, Lee may have been more disposed to believe Longstreet and shifted his troops in that direction.

N.B. Forrest probably would not have tried to ride around the Union Army (again) and been closer to the battle at all times. But Forrest was not big on gathering intelligence for other Generals. Forrest was a fighter and king of the ambush.

What Lee needed was to have Stonewall Jackson alive and available to attack Little Round Top.

[Non-Sequitur]

The idea that Stuart left Lee blind in Pennsylvania makes for good telling but is hardly true. Lee would not have made such a foolish decision. Almost half of Stuart's cavalry remained with the main body of infantry. But Pennsylvania is a big place and the cavalry couldn't be everywhere.