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WI the Union cavalry was better- quality, quantity & leadership-wise during the ACW, before the engagement at Brandy Station (June 1863) which marked the start of the decisive ascendance of Union mounted forces ? Of course, there was always the disparity at the war's outset where Union troopers were generally disadvantaged- esp in the Eastern theatre- by far less horsemanship experience than their Southern counterparts (although Union cavalrymen in the Western theatre were by & large more used to being in the saddle)- but WI the Union from 1861 had possessed better cavalry generals from the start- such as Phil Sheridan, Ben Grierson, Alfred Pleasanton & John Buford- over reckless incompetents like Judson 'Kill-Cavalry' Kilpatrick, or commanding generals like McClellen & Burnside who had little idea how to use cavalry ? WI also AotP commanders had been more appreciative of the crucial role played by cavalry ? WI Union cavalry had been able at a much earlier stage to 1st match, then defeat the Confederate cavalry under the likes of JEB Stuart & Bedford Forrest ?
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