H. B. McClellan: _Life and Campaigns of General J. E. B. Stuart_ Heros Von Borcke: _Memoirs of the War for Confederate Independence_ John S. Mosby: _Campaigns of Stuart’s Cavalry_ George M. Neese: _Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery_ Theodore S. Garnett: _Major-General J. E. B. Stuart_ G. F. R. Henderson: _Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War_ Gamaliel Bradford: _Confederate Portraits_ John Esten Cooke: _Surry of Eagle’s Nest_ J. William Jones: _Christ in the Camp, or Religion in Lee’s Army_ Southern Historical Society Papers,— Vol. 1, pp. 99-103; Address by Fitzhugh Lee Vol. 8, pp. 434-’56; Character Sketch by H. B. McClellan Vol. 37, pp. 210-’31; Stuart at Gettysburg by R. H. McKim See also other articles on Stuart in the Southern Historical Papers. INTRODUCTION Henry of Navarre was a famous French king who led his forces to a glorious victory in a civil war. An English writer, Lord Macaulay, wrote a stirring poem in which a French soldier is represented as describing this battle. Here is his picture of the great, beloved king:— “The King is come to marshal us, in all his armor drest, And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people and a tear was in his eye, He looked upon the traitors and his glance was stern and high; Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line a deafening shout, ‘God save our lord, the King!’ “‘And if my standard bearer fall,—as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray— Press where you see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.’ “A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst and on they rushed, while like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.” These lines about the French king of the sixteenth century are often quoted in describing a gallant cavalry leader of our own country. As we read them, we see the Confederate general, “Jeb” Stuart, his cavalry hat looped back on one side with a long black ostrich plume which his troopers always saw in the forefront of the charge. His men would follow that plume anywhere, at any time, and when you read this story of his life, you will not wonder that he inspired their absolute devotion.