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Apr 4, 2013 · Jeb Stuart has endured in print and on canvas as a daring cavalier. Dead of wounds at the age of thirty-one, he remains eternally youthful, laughing in camp and confounding his enemies in the field. Americans never seem to tire of this Stuart, and there is little to suggest that he will ever be assigned a different role on the grand stage of ...
JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern. JEB Stuart, 1833-1864. Virginia Pioneers. Confederate cavalry commander James Ewell Brown Stuart was more quiet and somber than usual on the morning of May 11, 1864, as he rode rapidly towards the dilapidated, abandoned inn called Yellow Tavern.
Jeb Stuart summary: James Ewell Brown Stuart (also known as J.E.B. Stuart), was born in Patrick County, Virginia to Archibald Stuart and Elizabeth Letcher, one of eleven childred. He attended the United States Military Academy where he became friends with Robert E. Lee. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant and assigned to the US Mounted Rifles in Texas.
