To prove my point, the scrawny guy to the right is Custer at West Point. One can't help but be phallically interested by the teeny gun he is holding . . . just sayin'.
Anyway, seems Custer might have been the lynchpin at Gettysburg. The only way the Pickett/Pettigrew charge makes sense is if Lee had figured he'd hit the Union from the rear at the same time.
Apparently young, flamboyant, obnoxious Custer foiled Lee's plan.
I am ordering books and reading papers about all this as we speak.
I'd love a day with Colonel Ellsworth and no interruptions.
I wonder how many of the "kids" recognize the reference to "Hey Mr. Custer"? No one was indifferent to him: they hated him or loved him. He certainly was a vivid character!
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