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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Jeb Stuart military papers
Creator:
Stuart, Jeb,
1833-1864
Identifier/Call Number: mssSA
Physical Description:
4.6 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1855-1864
Date (bulk): 1862-1863
Abstract: A collection of military material
related to the career of the American Civil War Confederate major-general James Ewell Brown
Stuart.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Jeb Stuart military papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Stan V. Henkels, 1925.
James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart (1833-1864) was an American Confederate cavalry commander.
He started his Confederate service as captain of Cavalry, soon receiving promotions to
colonel of 1st Virginia Cavalry, brigadier general, and major general. He commanded cavalry
brigade from October 22, 1861 to July 28, 1862, cavalry division from July 28, 1862 to
September 9, 1863, and cavalry corps from September 9, 1863 to May 11, 1864, in the Army of
Northern Virginia. In May, 1863, he was temporarily in charge of Stonewall Jackson's 2nd
Corps. He was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of
cavalry in support of offensive operations. Stuart was mortally wounded at the Battle of
Yellow Tavern, Virginia, and died on May 10, 1864.
A collection of 267 items from 1855 to 1864, which contains communications, letters,
reports, general and special orders, petitions, addresses to the troops, and other military
records accumulated by Stuart during his Civil War service; the bulk of the papers covers
1862 and 1863. Correspondents include Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph Eggleston
Johnston, James Longstreet, and others. Also included in the collection are a few pre-war
documents.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1930. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call number included in the collection: mssSA 1-300.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Generals -- Confederate States of
America
Confederate States of America -- History, Military --
Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Letters (correspondence) -- Confederate States of
America
Military records -- Confederate States of America
Jackson, Stonewall,
1824-1863
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston),
1807-1891
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),
1807-1870
Longstreet, James,
1821-1904
Confederate States of America.
Army
Confederate States of
America. Army of Northern Virginia