| Summary: | (Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart graduated from West Point in 1854. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in May 1861 and was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army shortly afterward. After promoting through the grades, Stuart was promoted to brigadier general in September 1861 and to major general in July 1862. Major campaigns and battles include Harpers Ferry, First Manassas, Dranesville, the Peninsular campaign, Seven Days', Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Yellow Tavern. Stuart was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern in May 1864. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 6. National Historical Society, 1991.
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