This thread proves why
@Eric Wittenberg is one of or perhaps the leading expert on Civil War Cavalry. I don't say this lightly. He also has a firm grasp/understanding of military discipline and insubordination (that must the lawyer in him).
'Fortune Favors The Bold' and audacity is a quality which Stuart and Forrest had. This doesn't make them great commanders.
Some men make great peacetime soldiers, while others are born for war. I have known and served with both.
"I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering Generals, and dear little regimental officers who would be deeply concerned over their General's bowel movements or their Colonel's piles, an army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country. The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight.”
―by Jean Lartéguy
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