James Ewell Brown Stuart
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, American Civil War, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
Article abstract: Military significance: Highly successful Confederate cavalry commander.
An 1854 graduate of West Point, James Ewell Brown Stuart served in Texas with the Mounted Rifles, proving his worth as an innovative thinker. He later assisted in the raid on Harpers Ferry to capture John Brown, who had taken the arsenal in an effort to free Southern slaves.
In early 1861 after the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Stuart resigned from the U.S. Army, joined the Confederacy, and had rapidly risen to the rank of colonel by the First Bull...
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