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| South |
| 1833-1864 |
| Virginia
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| Major |
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J.E.B. Stuart’s military reputation
was established before the Civil War by his two encounters
with abolitionist John Brown.
Like mentor Robert E. Lee, however,
Stuart soon left the Union Army for the Confederacy, where
he excelled as an intelligence gatherer, even duping his
own father-in-law, a Union general. The charismatic Stuart
was later killed at Yellow Tavern Crossroads, uttering
as his last words, "I had rather die than be whipped." |
