Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War (Tom McMillan - CH) section-Uniforms Custer ordered a charge of

Custer ordered a charge of one of his regiments and led it into action himself

and introduces the important friends he made

to paint a detailed picture of the critical role the quiet and modest cavalryman known to his men as “Honest John” or “Old Steadfast” played at Gettysburg

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disposition of POWs

Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War (Tom McMillan - CH) section-Uniforms Custer ordered a charge ofArmistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War by Tom McMillan In a war of brother versus brother, theirs has become the most famous broken friendship: Union general Winfield Scott Hancock and Confederate general Lewis Armistead. Michael Shaaras The Killer Angels (1974) and the movie Gettysburg (1993), based on the novel, presented a close friendship sundered by war, but history reveals