Born February 6, 1833
Patrick County, Virginia
Died May 12, 1864
Richmond, Virginia

Legendary general of the cavalry corps of the
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

"The war is going to be a long and terrible one. . . . We've only just begun it and very few of us will see the end. All I ask of fate is that I may be killed leading a cavalry charge."

Jeb Stuart. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress.)

Jeb Stuart ranks as one of the great military heroes of the Confederacy. He led the cavalry corps of the South's Army of Northern Virginia in many of the Civil War's greatest campaigns, including First Bull Run (July 1861), Antietam (September 1862), Chancellorsville (May 1863), Gettysburg (July 1863), and the Wilderness (May 1864). The scouting and fighting exploits of his cavalry in these campaigns account for much of Stuart's fame. But he is also well known for leading daring raids on...