Was it J.E.B. Stuart's fault for being late to the Battle of Gettysburg?

Lee's partisans often claim that JEB Stuart took Lee's cavalry off joyriding and left Lee blind at a critical time during the Gettysburg "campaign". That's true, but it leaves out two important …

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