In the later stages of my work, Miss Evelina O. Wiggins has been associated, contributing various materials, obtaining three pictures and several interesting letters of General Stuart’s, and making available Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart’s criticism of the manuscript. Miss Wiggins has also rendered the aid of adapting the book to the practical needs of the schoolroom. Her experience and position as a teacher make the latter service highly valuable. MARY LYNN WILLIAMSON New Market, Virginia September 1, 1914 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The publishers wish to acknowledge their obligations to Mrs. H. B. McClellan for permission to use material from her husband’s book, _Life and Campaigns of General J. E. B. Stuart_; to General T. T. Munford and to Judge Theodore S. Garnett for information and pictures; to Mr. J. E. B. Stuart and the Confederate Museum, Richmond, Va., for permission to make photographic copies of the personal relics of General Stuart in the Museum; and to Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart for the ambrotype and letters of General Stuart which she allowed to be copied for use in this book and for the invaluable aid of her careful critical reading of the manuscript. CONTENTS Chapter Page Preface 3 List of Maps and Illustrations 6 List of Books 8 Introduction 9 I Youthful Days 13 II A Lieutenant in the United States Cavalry 22 III A Colonel of Confederate Cavalry 34 IV A Brigadier General: The Peninsular Campaign and the Chickahominy Raid 44 V A Major General: Camp Life and the Second Battle of Manassas 68 VI The Maryland Campaign 80 VII The Chambersburg Raid 94 VIII The Cavalry at Culpeper and Fredericksburg 109 IX Chancellorsville 124 X The Battle of Brandy Station 139 XI The Gettysburg Campaign 151 XII Final Campaigns and Death 167 XIII Some Tributes to Stuart 191 Suggestive Questions 203 The Organization of an Army 210 Word List 211 LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS