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Hace 5 días · [J.E.B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man by Edward G. Longacre (Savas Beatie, 2024). Hardcover, 12 maps, photos, footnotes, bibliography, index. Pages main/total: xii ,392/442.
Hace 1 día · In the next campaign Stuart raided the headquarters of General John Pope, the new Union commander, and made off with $35,000 in cash, Pope’s dress coat and a notebook – a document which was ...
Hace 5 días · The Battle of Catlett's Station. August 22, 1862 in Catlett's Station, Virginia. On August 22, It was "the darkest night I ever knew," admitted Major General J.E.B. Stuart. Followed by 1,500 horse soldiers, Stuart rode through the darkness in pelting rain.
Hace 2 días · Lee built up a collection of talented subordinates, most notably James Longstreet, Stonewall Jackson, and J. E. B. Stuart, who along with Lee were critical to the Confederacy's battlefield success. In spite of his successes, his two major strategic offensives into Union territory both ended in failure.
Hace 5 días · Confederate troopers commanded by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart had the grandest reputations of being the best horsemen, ready to ride on a raid at a moments notice or rush to the front to do battle just as the tide was beginning to turn. Of course, truth was very different from the romantic descriptions of newspapermen.
Hace 3 días · J.E.B. Stuart took temporary command of Jackson's Corps. Click On Map To Enlarge Map of battle on May 3 : On May 3, Lee realized that he was in trouble. Unless he could reunite his split army, Hooker could counterattack and destroy his force. Stuart launched a massive assault all along the front.
Hace 5 días · J.E.B. Stuart aimed to exploit Pickett’s charge on July 3 by getting into the Union rear. Lee and Union General David Gregg were notified of Stuart’s position, which sparked an artillery duel. Stuart ordered a cavalry charge by the 1st Virginia Cavalry, clashing with George Custer’s 7th Michigan Cavalry.
