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Labels: j.e.b stuart Jeb Stuart History portrait civil war Confederate confederacy CSA
“cool as a piece of ice, though all times laughing.”
A Rebel infantryman describing J.E.B Stuart-Kershaw’s infantry in the Wilderness observing Stuart
Wert, Jeffry D. Cavalryman of the Lost Cause. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008. Pg 344
“Stuart never liked to be checked or contradicted, never liked to be pg thwarted or opposed; it excited him; it made him mad and stronger.”
Boyd, David French-A childhood friend remembers Stuart. Boyd “Boyhood”, pp 17,18 Boyd Papers , LSU