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"Ranger Troy Harman and LBG Mike Vallone stirred up some controversy
a couple years ago when they speculated that Custer's foray from Hunterstown
into the left rear of the Confederates was not accidental
but part of a larger tactical plan to thwart Rebel action."
...
"It sure seems to me likely that Custer was not simply "out there patrolling"
and just happened upon elements of the enemy forces.
And it is also evidence that cavalry action between Custer and Stuart was integrally related
to the larger battle and not isolated from it. My thoughts, anyway."
Chuck Teague,
as posted "militaryhistoryonline"...

To read more about the Battle of Hunterstown...

"Cavalry on the Roads to Gettysburg" by George A. Rummel III.


"After a brief meeting with Kilpatrick (in the Grass Hotel),
Custer returned to Colonel Gray and the 6th Michigan Cavalry
with orders to immediately attack the Confederate troops
seen along the road near the Gilbert farm."
                                                                                p. 346

Also...

"Plenty of Blame to Go Around"
                    by Eric Whittenberg and J. David Petruzzi

"The day before this happened, when we returned to the vicinity of Gettysburg, near a place called Hunterstown, I think,
our command had a thrilling experience and while charging a body
of cavalry down a lane leading by a barn, ran into an ambuscade of men posted
in the (Felty) barn who dealt death and destruction upon us.
Within five minutes some four or five officers were killed and wounded
and about fifteen men were slain or wounded. "
Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry
And Some Incidents and Scenes Remembered.
BY WILEY C. HOWARD, OF COMPANY C.

Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry And Some Incidents and Scenes Remembered.

BY WILEY C. HOWARD, OF COMPANY C.

Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry
And Some Incidents and Scenes Remembered.