J.E.B. Stuart

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J.E.B. Stuart was a famed Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, renowned for his bold reconnaissance and raiding operations.

Aliases (2)
  • J. E. B. Stuart ×2
  • James Ewell Brown Stuart ×1

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate general
cavalry officer
human
allegiance Confederate States of America
United States of America
birthDate 1833-02-06
birthPlace Laurel Hill, Virginia
Patrick County, Virginia
burialPlace Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
causeOfDeath wounds received in battle
commanded Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1864-05-12
educatedAt United States Military Academy
familyName Stuart
father Archibald Stuart
featuredIn Lost Cause narratives of the Confederacy
fullName James Ewell Brown Stuart
gender male
givenName Ewell
James
graduationYear 1854
hasMonument J.E.B. Stuart statue formerly on Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
militaryBranch Confederate States Army
United States Army
militaryRank Major General
mother Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart
nickname Jeb
notableAction 1862 ride around the Union Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign
cavalry screening and flanking operations for the Army of Northern Virginia
notableFor cavalry reconnaissance operations in the American Civil War
raiding operations behind Union lines
participatedIn American Civil War
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
First Battle of Bull Run
Maryland Campaign
Overland Campaign
Peninsula Campaign
placeOfDeath Richmond, Virginia
portraitArtist Mathew Brady (photographer)
preWarOccupation U.S. Army officer
religion Methodism
servedUnder Joseph E. Johnston
Robert E. Lee
spouse Flora Cooke Stuart


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