Steven Dacus and Con Trumbull dismounted their horses and aimed their muskets to the southeast. The two Union cavalry soldiers stood atop McPherson Ridge under the command of brazen Gen. John Buford.
On July 3, 1863, the last day of the big fight, and apparently without ever contacting Lee, Stuart faced and was bested by George Armstrong Custer and his 3rd Cavalry Division on what is called the ...