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Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is the first major biography in years of the famous Confederate standard J. E. B. Stuart. Based on research in manuscript choices, personal memoirs and reminiscences, and regimental histories, this comprehensive volume reflects spectacular Civil Warfare scholarship.
James Ewell Dark brown Stuart was the leading cavalry commander of the Confederacy. He gained a reputation for daring early on in the warfare when he rode surrounding the Union military in the Peninsula Campaign, providing valuable brains to Standard Robert E. Lee at the trouble of Union commander George B. McClellan. Stuart is definitely controversial because of his performance in the critical Gettysburg Campaign, where he was out of touch with Lee for many days; this kept Lee uncertain about the scale and movements of the Union military, information that could establish decisive when the struggle began. In an engagement with the cavalry of Union standard Philip Sheridan in spring 1864, Stuart was wiped out. He was only thirty-one.
Jeffry D. Wert provides new information regarding Stuart's years as a child and junior, and he attracts on words between Stuart and his better half, Flora, to show us the man as he was: eager for glory, daring sometimes to the point of recklessness, but a dedicated and loving partner and father. Stuart is definitely regarded as the finest Confederate cavalryman and among the best this country has ever produced. Wert shows how Stuart's a friendly relationship with Stonewall Jackson and his marriage with Lee were essential; at the same time Stuart's relationships with his subordinates were complicated and sometimes troubled.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause is a riveting biography of the towering figure of the Civil Warfare, a remarkable and multi-colored work by one of your finest Civil Warfare historians.
