Life of J. E. B. StuartWilliamson, Mary L. (Mary Lynn)
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Life of J. E. B. Stuart
Williamson, Mary L. (Mary Lynn)
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864
Tell about Stuart and Von Borcke’s narrow escape from being captured on
a reconnoitering expedition.
Tell about Bob Sweeny and camp life at The Bower.
Chapter VII
Would you have been proud of being one of the soldiers chosen by Stuart
to accompany him on the Chambersburg Raid? Why?
Give a brief account of the raid.
To whom did Stuart assign all the glory and honor?
What was the effect of the raid on the North? On the South?
Why was Stuart sometimes called “Knight of the Golden Spurs?”
Chapter VIII
Tell about McClellan’s campaign in the autumn of 1862 and the retreat of
the cavalry toward Culpeper.
What exciting adventure did Stuart have at Ashby’s Gap?
What qualities as a man and a soldier did Stuart show during the illness
and after the death of his “little Flora”?
When and how did Stuart lose a part of his mustache?
What was the condition of Stuart’s cavalry at the time that Burnside
took McClellan’s place as commander of the Federal army?
Tell about the snowball fight in the Confederate camp at Fredericksburg.
What part did Stuart and his cavalry take in the battle of
Fredericksburg?
How did Pelham, the young chief of the Stuart Horse Artillery,
distinguish himself in this battle?
Tell about the Dumfries Raid and the joke that Stuart played on the
Federal quartermaster at Washington.
Tell about the friendship between Stuart and Jackson.
What changes took place in the Federal army in the early spring of 1863?
Chapter IX
Tell about the death of young Pelham and Stuart’s love for him.
Give an account of Stuart’s encounters with the Federal cavalry just
before the battle of Chancellorsville.
How did Stuart and his cavalry assist Jackson in surprising the Federal
left flank?
When Jackson was wounded, what did he say about Stuart?
How did Stuart fulfill Jackson’s trust?
Tell about Stoneman’s raid and its result.
Chapter X
Describe the Culpeper cavalry review.
Draw a diagram showing how the Federals gave Stuart a double surprise in
the battle of Fleetwood Hill, or Brandy Station, attacking him from both
the front and the rear.
Describe the final combat for the possession of the hill.
Chapter XI
Why did Lee’s plan prevent Stuart’s following up Pleasanton’s retreat?
Why did not Stuart follow the route of the remainder of the army when he
started into Pennsylvania to join Early at York?
Describe his march from Seneca Ford to Carlisle.
In the light of what he knew, would it have been wise for Stuart to
abandon his captured wagons? Give a reason for your opinion.
How long did his saving the wagons delay his march?
Do you think that he would have kept the wagons if he had known what was
happening at Gettysburg?
What part did Stuart and his cavalry take in the third day’s battle?
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