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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES EWELL RROWN STUART, C.S.A. In llio liat on General Stuarts knee appears the plume which grew to symbolize the clash and gallantry of theman himself. Plume and hat were captured, and Stuart himself narrowly escaped, at Verdiersville, August 17,1862. I intend. he wrote, to make the Yankees pay for that hat. Less than a week later he capturedPopes personal baggage and horses, and for many days th»reafter the Federal generals uniform was on exhibitionin a Richmond store window—a picturesque and characteristic reprisal. Bom in Virginia in 1833, Stuart grad-uated at the United States Military Academy in 1854. He saw service on the Texas frontier, in Kansas, andagainst the Cheyenne Indians before the outbreak of the war. On April, 1861, he resigned from the United StatesArmy and joined the Confederacy in his native State. He won distinction at Bull Run, and also the rank ofbrigadier-general. Stuart rode twice around the Army of the Potomac when MiClclliin was in comman

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