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Born at Laurel Hill farm, 'Jeb' Stuart was raised in the state of Virginia, and was the 8th born of 11 children.
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Jeb's father, "Archibald Stuart" was a war of 1812 veteran and his great grandfather commanded regiments during the Revolutionary War. His family was strict, in the sense of religion, and had good business orientations.
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JEB was schooled at home by tutors at by age 12, and proceeded to attend Emory and Henry College when he was 15 years old.
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Jeb enlisted into the US Army and was rejected for being underage. He then recieved news from United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, to go to school for a man whom his father had lost a previous election to, in 1850.
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Jeb went to go to the US Army, but was delclined for being underage, and in 1850, recieved word from United States Military Academy at West Point, New York to school there for a man who had defeated his father in a previous election.
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Jeb meets Robert E. Lee and they become family friends. Fitzhugh Lee, his newphew visited them often, and on many other occasions did Robert E. Lee visit the family.
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Jeb Stuart quickly became a presigeous member in the American Army, and was also transferred to the newly created 1st Cavalry Regiment. (1855)
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Along with his resignition from the American Army, Jeb was promoted to a captain on April 22nd. Soon after his reisgition, he joined the confederates. (May 10th, 1861)
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Jeb led the first divison at the Battle of Rull Run and also commanded Army posts along the Potomac River. (Promoted to Brigadier General, Sept. 24, 1861)
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Robert E. Lee gave Jeb a reconaissance mission, to flank the US Army, and the maneuver was a public relation sensation for the South. Jeb instantly became famous upon his arrival at Richmond. (...He had become as famous as Stonewall Jackson in the eyes of the Confederacy...)
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Jeb fought against Col. Thomas T. Mudford's regiment of 2nd Virginia Cavalry, and was outnumbered, and summoned reinforcements. North Virginia Campaign Ended and the Confederacy won. Required assistance from the infantry of Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill, and opened up at the Battle of Antietam.
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Stuart recieved word on November 6th that his wife died on typhoid fever.
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After the battle of Gettysburg, Jeb arrived soon, on July 2nd. This turned out to be the most controversial loss in Stuart's career.
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During the 1864 Overland Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry launched an offensive to defeat Stuart, who was killed soon after the Battle of Yellow Tavern.
