General James E. B. (Jeb) Stuart, C.S.A.

We were at Middleburg kept by Gen. Stuart's disobedience of Gen. Lee's orders to follow him. Gen. Stuart had allowed Gregg Averill + Buford, yankee cavelry generals, to delude him by their feint of attacking the rear of Lee's army, + Gen. Stuart stayed there fighting a fresh brigade each day.

If he had gone on as directed by Lee, he would still have been between Gen. Lee's rear + the enemy. As it was, Gen. Lee did not know what was before him + had to feel his way along through the lower valley of Va. to cross the Potomac, nor could he know if the enemy were before, behind, or on either flank. It was when Stuart left Middleburg + passed through Upperville + was crossing the Blue Ridge at Ashley's Gap that my Brother Bob did himself so much credit as to induce Col. J. Lucius Davis[5] of the 10th Va. Cavelry to say that he had covered himself with glory -- Memoir of ARCHIBALD ATKINSON, JR.


General Stuart said "the 34th had made the worse massacre
of Alger's command and had piled more dead and wounded
men and horses on as little space as he had ever seen
on any field."

Dispatch from Yellow Tavern
Gen Stuart's last battle
[Portrait]

1865: Our Johnnies Come Marching Home

J.E.B. Stuart: Gettysburg Scapegoat?

The Staunton Spectator
May 17, 1864
Article - Column 3
Maj. Genl. J. E. B. Stuart Killed

Transcript: "While we mourn his loss, for we know not now who can fill his place, may we not hope and confidently trust that the arm of every cavalryman of Northern Virginia will be nerved with fresh strength to avenge the death of their great and beloved leader."

Summary: Describes funeral procession for J. E. B. Stuart.

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[Richmond, Va. Grave of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart in Hollywood Cemetery, with temporary marker]

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1865.

NOTES
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0524

Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

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Major-General J.E.B. Stuart Monument, Richmond, Va.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
c[between 1910 and 1920]

NOTES
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072502.

Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.



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