Papers, 1851-1968 (bulk 1862-1864).

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Papers, 1851-1968 (bulk 1862-1864).

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This collection consists primarily of letters, 1862-1864, from Jeb Stuart to his wife, Flora (Cooke) Stuart (1836-1923), concerning his service in the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The letters discuss family news, camp life, and Stuart's role in the Peninsular, Maryland, and Gettysburg campaigns, as well as the battles of 2nd Bull Run, Kelly's Ford, and Brandy Station, Va. Other items in the collection include a will, 1861, of Jeb Stuart; letters, 1864-1899, to Flora Stuart concerning her husband's Confederate service; and, wartime newspaper clippings about Stuart's role in the Peninsular and Gettysburg campaigns. Correspondents in the collection include Henry Brainerd McClellan (1840-1904), George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913), and Robert E. Lee (1807-1870).

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Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913

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Born in 1832, George Washington Custis Lee was the oldest of the Lees' children and had the reputation of a trouble maker as a small child. But he grew up to be a serious, and most capable young man and graduated at the top of his class from the United States Military Academy in 1854. After graduation, Custis pursued a military career. In May 1861, Custis resigned his commission in the U.S. Army shortly after Virginia voted to secede from the Union. During the Civil War he attained the rank of B...

McClellan, H. B.

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Henry B. McClellan was a United States (U.S.) Civil War soldier who was a major, chief-of-staff in the Cavalry Division and Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. From the description of Henry B. McClellan papers, 1880-1885. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48039058 ...

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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...

Stuart, Flora Cooke, 1836-1923.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...