In the saddle with Stuart, 1963 (ca.).

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In the saddle with Stuart, 1963 (ca.).

The story of Frank Robertson of Jeb Stuart's staff was written by his grandson, Frank Robertson Reade, with notes and sketches by L. Minor Blackford. With the collection is an adaptation of chapter 5 on Brandy Station as read before the Atlanta Civil War Round Table in 1963. A final chapter on events after the war is missing. Photocopies of some illustrations in the book are included with the text and are chiefly portraits of Confederate generals.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7365760

University of Virginia. Library

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Reade, Frank Robertson.

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Blackford, Launcelot Minor, 1894-1964

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Dr. Launcelot Minor Blackford (1894-May 5, 1964) was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of L. Minor Blackford, a principal of Episcopal School, Alexandria and the grandson of Mary Beckeley Blackford, a Southern abolitionist, whose biography Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory was written by Dr. Blackford and was published by the Harvard University Press. Dr. Blackford attended the University of Virginia and graduated from its Medical School in 1923 and interned at John Hopkins and at Mayo's. He was...

Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

Robertson, Frank, fl. 1861-1865.

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