Last Hours of JEB Stuart

A day by day and hour by hour account of the death of the Civil War's greatest traditional cavalry commander, JEB Stuart.
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[@johnfoster535]

I am from the North....born a Yankee from Connecticut. I have studied men from both sides of the Civil War who were brave, dedicated men of honor....Americans all. These men earned admiration and deserve respect. Jeb Stuart is one of these men. I have been to the spot and the small memorial to Stuart at what was Yellow Tavern and what is now a residential neighborhood of aging post WWII single family houses.....hardly equal to the man's significance. Stuart's death was a tragedy.....Lee said , " I can hardly think of him without weeping ". Any real historian has to come to terms with the courage and honor shown by these Southern men as they struggled against impossible odds. The German soldier and nobleman Heros von Borke , who rode with Longstreet and Stuart, went back wounded to Germany and flew a Confederate battle flag over his castle for the rest of his life in commemoration of his rebel brothers. Even General Grant said at Appomattox as he forbid his soldiers to celebrate their hard won victory, " I feel like anything but celebrating the defeat of a foe who fought so long and so hard......they are now our countrymen again." These men like Stuart and Lee may have lost the war,but, they won for the South Honor and Dignity......and they should NOT be forgotten ,or, desecrated.

[@allenlewis8333]

Thank you Sir!

[@altec19]

So sad they took his monument down and stored it at the wastewater treatment plant in Richmond

[@blankspace7336]

because of people wanted to be politically correct​@@altec19

[@chalkwitch471]

Men such as JEB Stuart may have shown bravery and dedication, but they deserve neither our admiration nor our respect. They applied their talents to the destruction of the Union for the sake of Slavery and White Supremacy.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

The Union soldier who shot Stuart was a 44-year old private named John Huff. During Huff's first enlistment, he had severed with Berdan's sharpshooters, the Union's elite sniper unit, so it's obvious where his marksmanship skills came from. Then in his second enlistment, he joined the cavalry, yet on that day the elite rifleman in the cavalry found himself dismounted and armed with a pistol. Sadly, Huff didn't have much time savor his killing blow against Stuart, as he was soon killed in action less than a month later at the Battle of Haw's Shop.

[@procambarusclarkii]

Not sad at all.

[@adrianchannelle8651]

​@@procambarusclarkii Stuart's death, I agree.

[@MGMan-ce7sf]

Very sad. @@procambarusclarkii

[@REBELSCL]

Stuart was badly missed….

[@josephbell5806]

The war, like all wars, was tragic, and Stuart's death was a tragic consequence of the war. I don't remember who it was who said this, but I think this characterization of the war has the ring of truth to it. Someone said, and I'm paraphrasing here, that the war would go on until the blood shed by the sword would atone for every drop of blood drawn by the lash, or something like that. I have no trouble believing that the war was justice being meted out on the Nation for the evil and cruelty of slavery. And that the punishment was due to both sides, not just the South.

[@pegrathwol]

I live in Virginia. When I look at those old maps, it's sad to realize that many of those battlefields are now over run by interstate highways and strip malls.

[@traviseastland1380]

That is sad. VMI!

[@stevegardenhire5698]

It's a shame that the great state of Virginia has falling into the hands of the commie yanks.

[@jamesmack3314]

Huh?! Are you still thinking it's 1865??

[@stevegardenhire5698]

@@jamesmack3314 dont hit me with I'm a racist crap because I'm not!! Virginia has been taken over by progressives . That's it end of story!!!!

[@jsgehrke]

Take away my country; just don’t call me a racist!

[@leisastalnaker3790]

I live in Richmond VA, and have seen his grave many times at Hollywood Cemetery.

[@mikechampion1614]

Stuart was a humble leader to.whwn he lost his hat during one of his outings.with no hats some would consider worthy of a commander. He took a floppy wool hat instead.and never once made a fuss about it. Plus his love of music was a constant moral booster during times of rest for his men.

[@diggingthewest7981]

Here within the next two months I got permission to metal detect at 1857 campsite that JEB Stuart himself was present during the Cheyenne expedition out west.

[@avnrulz]

I loved the comic book in the 1960s/1970s that featured a 'haunted' Stuart tank because it was manned by his descendant.

[@chuckg2016]

Yep. I used to read that exact same one. A single tank roaming around by itself.

[@anthonybatulis6516]

That was a good comic book.

[@jessespencer9810]

The Stuart tank was used in the Africa campaign...death trap. The Sherman was a big improvement, but no match for any German tank.

[@opalprestonshirley1700]

Loved that comic.

[@rogerbrown6471]

I remember the coloring book in the late fifties plus the comic books. It seems he was alway in the clouds.

[@bjnelson9490]

I grew up 10 minutes outside of Stuart, VA. Ole Jeb was and will always be one of my heroes

[@jeffdarnell7942]

I met JEB IV in the 90's at a Battle Of Chickamauga get to get her one year before a Forth of July Reinactment. I know the Battle was on September 19th and 20th of 1863, but they do it on that weekend for some reason. They do it during the day, then have a big "Pops In The Park" Event that night. Or they did. They quit having it out there a few years back. I love to go out there on my own On quiet days, it's like you can hear them speaking to you about what they went through....

[@feedyourmind6713]

His home was closer to Mt. Airey, NC. Stuart, Va took his mantle, even changed the town name, for tourist dollars.

[@willbolly9679]

A hero for what?

[@stonewalljackson5692]

@@willbolly9679 For his sacrifices. The man fell protecting Virginia and don't give me that traitor bullshit because he was a man who died in combat to protect his state.

[@MrRp25]

@@stonewalljackson5692 and who wouldn't want to fight for the right to own other humans Amirite

[@jbwillson]

Thanks for the video. I live on the Yellow Tavern battlefield, on the ridge where Wickham’s division was deployed. The Stuart monument is about 300 yards east of my house, on Telegraph Road.

[@111day1]

My great-grand uncle Lt. Oliver Spencer Wood of the 4th NY Cavalry died at the cavalry battle at Trevilian Station exactly one month after Gen. Stuart passed.

[@utuber13x]

how I would love to hear the history you have in memory from your family past on to you. Some times the direct memories are more in depth and thorough than history itself, as it came for those that were related to these heroes with first hand knowledge

[@jaywinters2483]

Thanks for not ruining it with music

[@jivadaya6439]

One of my ancestors. Nowadays many try to shame me for this relation but I will never be anything but PROUD. Thank you for this video.

[@MrBBaron]

Be proud. These modern-day "soy boys" would run like rabbits at the first sound of gunfire or a Rebel yell.

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

my first cousin a number of times removed was Lt. Col Gustavus Warfield Dorsey, First Maryland Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia. It appears he caught JEB Stuart when he fell from his horse at Yellow Tavern. Stuart told Dorsey the battle was lost and to escape with his men. Dorsey remained with the General until he was off the battlefield. Dorsey was a badass soldier. formed a cavalry company of slaveowning Marylanders and went south when war broke out. he fought in a ton of battles and was wounded many times. He personally led the last attack conducted by the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865. He escaped with his men and got back into Maryland. His obituary said "he never surrendered and he never swore the oath."

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

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[@jivadaya6439]

@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 Thanks for this link - outstanding!

[@rayrichards5375]

Respect from Scotland. Always had a great admiration for the brave Southern men of 61-65.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you for the kind words. Please check out my other videos. I think you will enjoy them.

[@wb6222]

racist..

[@kennethp6010]

@@wb6222 degenerate....

[@kennethp6010]

Ray, God bless you. Men like us understand one another. May Saint Andrew's Cross fly forever, Scottish and Confederate!

[@nautiquecowboynautiquecowb5317]

@@wb6222 weak

[@scottaznavourian5791]

'however sheridan wasnt aiming for richmond. He was aiming for stuart' ouch

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

It's the truth. His aim was to take out the Confederate cavalry.

[@scottaznavourian5791]

@@HistoryGoneWilder oh i know

[@REM1956]

@@scottaznavourian5791 As you pointed out, that's a fantastic line. I don't believe it possible to say that any better.

[@Mortablunt]

@@HistoryGoneWilder The business of war is killing. He did it well.

[@markzimmerman7279]

@@HistoryGoneWilder if they had captured Sheridan's hat they would have left it there.

[@eddieandrews3854]

"...cleft for me...let me hide myself in thee..." Great man of faith. Looking forward to seeing him up ahead... forever.

[@jockellis]

Many of these warriors were not afraid of battle because they knew where they were going when they died. The ambulance: this was the first war where injured soldiers were removed. The surgeon Generals of both sides used modern medical techniques and devices for the first time.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Glad to know that Gen. Stuart, and Gen. Stonewall Jackson, were both Devout Christians. They're home now, forever and ever, in what we call "The Sweet Bye and Bye"!

[@ValerieGriner]

Me, too. He was always a person of great faith...just like Stonewall Jackson.

[@johnhilder1100]

Thanks for putting that up and you done JEB STUART an HONOR.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. Please check out my other videos.

[@1roanstephen]

I won't miss an episode. You do great work and I learn from it. I also have been in some great discussions in the comments section to one of the episodes covering Gettysburg. I am impressed in how civil the conversations have been. It speaks to the type of people who view your work.

[@dougreid2351]

Well said. DOUGout

[@terrclymac]

I realize you released this vlog months ago; nevertheless, a BIG thank you. It was not only well done, but I truly appreciated the respect with which it was carried out.

[@lauriesharp2876]

We met you at the visitors center at the Cumberland Gap park. I think I remembered you saying it was Jeb Stuart you would be playing in the reenactment, so we wanted to learn about him. Great Video! Really enjoyed it, thank you for taking the time to teach us about the civil war!

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

Thank You for a great historical report on Jeb Stwerart! He was truly an amazing commander! Thanks again! DaveyJO in Pa.

[@doglady9334]

Stuart

[@russ8261]

Been wanting to mention for some time that I have seen many of your videos and plan to see many more, as many as you make. I like your style. Your message is always well prepared, direct and on point. I always come away feeling like I've learned something. Please keep up the great work.

[@SeattleRex]

Damn, I had tears by the end of this. Really good job.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much. Please check out my other videos. I think you will enjoy them.

[@lindanorris2455]

me too...tears.

[@alperdue2704]

He had one of the two best names in the war; sharing the honor with Pierre Goustave Toutant Beauregard.

[@Gwaithmir]

Thank you for this interesting and informative documentary. I was always under the impression that Stuart had been killed outright at Yellow Tavern. I was saddened to learn that he suffered a long, agonizing death.

[@ronaldshank7589]

The thing of it is, though, is that Gen. Stuart was a Devout Christian, and was ready to go, when Death took him. Same thing with Gen. Stonewall Jackson. They were, according to the reports that I've heard, True Men that loved God and Their Country.

[@ValerieGriner]

@@ronaldshank7589 Yes...they were two of the BEST!

[@SnapSuplexSeanVA]

What a moving video? Thanks for sharing, friend.

[@billmcdevitt2649]

Outstanding work, as always Love the videos.

[@ColinH1973]

Excellent presentation, obviously well-researched and professional. I have enjoyed all of your work.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. I truly appreciate it.

[@jbillz8515]

Excellent. Certainly a man who learned from his mistakes after Gettysburg and took what ever that was said to him by Lee to heart. Too bad many can't say the same.

[@bigblue6917]

Thank you for this video. It has been a while since I read about Stuarts death and I was a bit vague on the details. I have to say that your narration is excellent. Very professional and reminiscent of the style of many of the better documentaries on this subject.

[@kerrygibbs8198]

Great history!! I like getting the information without the narrator repeating or going off topic trying to fill up the video time. Very good job!

[@bassmangotdbluz3547]

History I had neglected. Thanks for sharing your vast wealth of knowledge concerning my favorite point in American History. I can't get enough.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

TY for another interesting bit of history. It was an excellent narrative as usual. I anxiously await next week's video

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. I'm a huge fan of Jeb Stuart and his final hours are so fascinating to me.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

@@HistoryGoneWilder me too

[@Radditz68]

As much as i love the civil war history and as much as i have learned and studied... I honestly didn’t know or remember Stuart didn’t survive the war. Amazing stuff.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. Please stay tuned for more history.

[@josephcockburn1402]

Doug Garet, why didn't God prevent it? Would have saved thousands from untold suffering.

[@patriciajrs46]

@@josephcockburn1402 Mankind is given free will. That means we are free to reject God if we choose. Our lives are ours. HE will not force anyone to accept salvation. If you ask why so many have to die, I can't answer that. Consider, tjough, that God commanded his people to take their armies and march around that city for seven days. Then they were told to devastate eveything. In some of these God told them to leave none alive and take spoils, and another one HE commanded them to destroy everything, people and belongings, and to take no spoils at all. What is the answer to that? I believe that God is love, also just, and not prone to change His will because of humans. I know: that really doesn't answer things. I am sorry.

[@Jcharp12]

How could you not know that?

[@Radditz68]

@@Jcharp12 mostly because i just focused on battles, perhaps i should of been more clear, and never looked closer at the lives of specific generals.

[@karlmtinsley8297]

Powerful! Excellent Narration. Thank You for sharing. J.E.B. Stuart...A Son of Ulster.

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Shelby Foote would always smile when talking about JEB Stuart.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox3986]

Man I miss Shelby Foote. I could listen to him read the back of a Tylenol bottle and find it interesting.

[@Brace67]

Ken Burns’ memorable series “The Civil War” from 1990 introduced many of us to the remarkable historian and author Shelby Foote. During the series, Foote lent his charm, extensive knowledge, and Southern drawl to enhance the program for all of us. He remarked to an interviewer that he received many proposals of marriage by women who were simply captivated by this man and he chuckled when he told the story of speaking to Ken Burns and saying to him that “You’ve made me a millionaire”. I have his three volume set of books written many years ago entitled “The Civil War, A Narrative”. He was unique and his knowledge of the Civil War remarkable. I was very sorry when some years ago I read of his passing. A great loss.

[@jfredknobloch]

And Jeb Stuart was and is still a traitor. My father flew in the Pacific in World War II and having grown up in Mississippi I know it when I see it, you are either on the bus or off the bus.

[@JohnRoot34231]

@@jfredknobloch Stuart felt that he would have been a traitor to his home state of Virginia had he not fought for the Confederacy. He accused fellow Virginian George Thomas of treason when Thomas decided to fight for the Union.

[@RangerCaptain11A]

@@jfredknobloch why? he fought as a commander of American soldiers. I think its not black and white, but many shades of Grey to understand these officers and soldiers. my father flew over Europe and I spent 10 years in Central America fighting 'the war on drugs'. what does anyone's military service have to do with our historical view here?

[@patrickwallace9484]

Thank you for this .

[@model-man7802]

I live about 80 minutes from Hollywood cemetary and I put flowers on General Stuart's grave every time I go by.My father was at Pearl Harbor and Coral Sea and Midway.Two Navy crosses the first six months of the war.I buy alot of Flowers.R.I.P.General see you next time.❤

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for sharing. Please check out my other videos and please consider subscribing to the channel if you have not done so already

[@toadstool1404]

Obviously, you’re fine with traitors. Strange, considering your father fought for the United States...

[@toadstool1404]

Too old to know what “woke” means, but I certainly know that Confederates were traitors to the United States.

[@cbigb1000]

Heartbreaking! Great episode, thank you!

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Great stuff....thanks my man. Scribed and telling friends.

[@askauntb]

History and especially the Civil War in my forté, thus, I was thoroughly engaged by this and will most assuredly Subscribe and look forward to future works. I'm a Virginian and went to JEB Stuart High School, as well as W & L, in Arlington. My many Great's-Grandfather was Gen. Jubal Early. (Army of N.V.) "I will not walk this life, ashamed of whence I came but only try and try again to thwart the mistakes that plague me." BJM "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."George Santayana-1905

[@1roanstephen]

Thank you for what you do.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you for watching.

[@benwade3987]

Simply beautiful... thank you so much

[@orangecountyanthony1613]

May he Rest In Piss.

[@benwade3987]

@@orangecountyanthony1613 he is in heaven and I cant wait to meet him when I get there. You won't be around. I can tell you don't know God. But you still have a chance to find him..

[@orangecountyanthony1613]

@@benwade3987 Sorry, ma'am. He along with Robert e. Flea and the other traitors are all deep in hell. May they rest in Piss. 👍

[@jonpage4029]

Awesome as always sir

[@reloadncharge9907]

Excellent......thank you, Andrew

[@alexeubanks467]

The N15 and N78 tobacco cards have an amazing portrait of J.E.B. Highly recommend anyone who likes history to look into the N78 series As they are actually booklets with about 12 small pages of biographical info on the General depicted .

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. Please consider subscribing to the channel if you have not done so already and please check out my other videos. I think you will enjoy them.

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Lees usual habit with Orders was often open to interpretation , not so much vague, but more as allowing Commanders as in Stuarts case a good deal of flexibility. Too many Armchair "experts" sit in judgement of Commanders who never benefitted from up to date accurate intelligence, but were subjected to "the Fog of War", chronic fatigue,, and an ignorance of Situational Awareness. ( understandable considering the term wasnt considered in that era). Im a retired Army Officer with 37 years service BTW.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you for your service. Please check out my other videos. I think you will enjoy them. I have some animated battle maps that I'm particularly proud of.

[@wintonhudelson2252]

Thank you Sir for a moving video....liked and subscribed.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much

[@jack60091]

Thanks for your history lesson.

[@MrWatchyourtoes]

Excellent narration as always, greetings from Ireland!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. I'm so happy to hear that my channel is getting watched all over the world.

[@davemojarra4734]

He is a pretty good reader.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

@@davemojarra4734 thank you so much.

[@detroit12870]

@@davemojarra4734 I agree. So many of them go too fast!

[@josephcockburn1402]

Dallas McQuarrie, when did slavery start and end in this country? How come it wasn't an issue until July 1862? First African slaves arrived in Jamestown in 1619 so do the math on how long the self righteous Northern person condoned it.

[@regretta1000]

Thank you so much! These kind of stories break my heart.❤️

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much. They break mine too. His last actions and words will tear your heart out.

[@orangecountyanthony1613]

May he rest in piss. Greetings from California!

[@josephcockburn1402]

@@orangecountyanthony1613 what?

[@NewarkBay357]

All so very unnecessary as with most wars.

[@praisetheomnissiah4475]

@@orangecountyanthony1613 Its funny because California has been talking about seceeding for quite some time. I might have to pay a visit there to restore order sometime in the future. Might just burn down LA to teach you a lesson. God bless.

[@cramersclassics]

Growing up in Virginia 50 years go, the Civil War was legend. Glad to see you're a remembering the history which shaped our nation. Everyone should know this as its part of their past and future. Well done!

[@mma1st105]

Wow well done. Narration was great.

[@ricksamericana749]

I appreciate your lectures they are very good and Stuart's death is no exception. I would enjoy knowing more about Stuart's role at Gettysburg. Particularly Stuart's decision to leave Grumble Jones and Beverly Roberson on supply duty while assigning two irregular divisions with Lee in Pennsylvania.

[@IrishPennant0311]

Stuart’s father in law, Philip St. George was a Union general and cavalry commander at that. JEB’s brother in law fought for the Confederacy, and if I recall correctly posting off the cuff, he and Flora never reconciled with their father after the war.

[@bigblue6917]

We sometimes forget the effects such wars have on families. How many families were never reconciled because some fought for one side and some the other.

[@brianpeters7847]

@Jake Roberts You guys will be all right. But I think your left wing idiots need to be brought into reality soon. Your enemies are happy to see you in disarray.

[@danielrattenbury3719]

@Jake Roberts Sad but true, too many people seem to want to change history instead of learning from it :{

[@USGrant-rr2by]

@Robin Peterson Wow, you live in a rest home that gives you access to the internet. The one my grandpa's in doesn't. They told me it was because they thought the residents would come off as irrelevant and incoherent. I thought they were just being mean....but sadly, I guess they're right!

[@davidlynnprepperprincipal3540]

Excellent video presentation. 👍🏼

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@stevestringer7351]

Fantastic. Thank you again.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@peachbottomparanormal3587]

Oh well done!! Lovely story telling,. could see it happening..

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much. I truly appreciate the kind words.

[@chameleone79]

J.E.B. Stuart is my first cousin 5 times removed. Since learning this, I have studied about him a great deal. I think he was a truly brave man, who like most of us did the best he could. It's a shame that he didn't survive the war, as I wonder how he would have changed with age.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

He's always been my favorite to study. I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@chameleone79]

​@@HistoryGoneWilderI did enjoy the video. Thank you!

[@SandfordSmythe]

I'm not sure you're using the correct terminology. You mean 5th cousin?

[@chameleone79]

​@@SandfordSmytheNo, the number of times removed means that there is a generation difference. The higher that number is shows that one of us lived generations before or after the other. Being that Jeb was born in 1833, any of his cousins alive today will be removed. My fifth cousins would be Jeb's offspring.

[@SandfordSmythe]

@@chameleone79 You're correct

[@BrianClunie]

Awesome video l, I just subscribed!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@johnpappone8610]

Thank you for your sharing of this historical studies

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

You are most welcome. Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@paulsmith8212]

A true Gentleman.

[@kylefng]

Very cool! J E B was a cousin of my fathers grandfather. Cool to hear what his last hours were. Great video!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

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[@toadstool1404]

Interesting that you are so proud of your traitorous relative.

[@kylefng]

@@toadstool1404 interesting that you find my interest in interesting things, interesting.

[@williamjones6512]

I think this is your best work yet! We'll done!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you very much!

[@bluebird1956100]

I lived on Maryland route #97 which was the Old Washington Road which led near Sykesville to Westminster and on to Gettysburg.There was a sign down by a small creek noting that JEB Stuart had camped the night there on his way to Gettysburg.

[@vondumozze738]

Thanks for sharing; I always thought that he died on the field of battle, not knowing otherwise.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

You are most welcome. Thank you so much.

[@vincentc6919]

A truly great man and Southerner...God Bless his memory...great work on this video..

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@adamgravitte1783]

Great video

[@JimDarr-hx8ld]

Excellent n well done.

[@jimnorthland2903]

The game of death played well. I wish this was purely history in the human experience.

[@basshuntet607]

Thank you. What a brave soldier he was.

[@japeking1]

No matter how gallant, he chose to fight for evil. Glad never to have been put in the same position.

[@deltaforcechristians1030]

The picture of General Stuart at 6:53, where, pray tell, did you get it boss? I cant find it anywhere. Thank you. Thumbs UP.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I first came upon it in Emory Thomas's book The Bold Dragoon. Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@SandfordSmythe]

The cavalry was mocked by other soldiers as being the safest branch to be in. Ride around the country-side. But it did becomes more serious later in the war. Some people have said that the Southern cavalry men tended to stay away from close contact because they were riding their own horses, and if the horses were wounded, the men would go into the infantry. My wife's family had a great, great grand -father and his 4 brothers in a Company under Stuart from the beginning to Appomattox. If you look at the roll-call of that unit, you see their neighbors and the families that they married into. I suspect the war experiences broke the family's future spirits.

[@1ProudPaddy]

Very well done!

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel. Please check out my other videos.

[@garygulley6935]

Very very good-thank you

[@jfiery]

JEB without the beard had an almost comical jaw line. Another great video sir.

[@jfiery]

@Cr6479 hahaha. I really don't but it was legit startling to see him without a beard. Google a pic of him and you'll get why I commented on it. I only looked because I was reading accounts from his USMA classmates and more than one commented on it.

[@Butch32002]

The Confederate States only had 29 % of the total population of America in 1861...... but a 100 % of JEB Stuart. Thank you Brother JEB. Deo Vindice.

[@USGrant-rr2by]

yes, and 4 million of them were slaves.......

[@ethanmcdowell9677]

Stuart would live on well into the WWII era, a light "cavalry" tank named in his honor. The M3 Stuart....

[@smokingunstudios6474]

Ethan McDowell “light” to

[@alienlife7754]

One of the worst tanks ever made.

[@Betterifitsfree]

Careful to make that information known. There are groups that will want to go back in history and rename the tank.

[@thomasbrown9402]

@@alienlife7754 You mean the Sheridan?

[@jbb9643]

By the end of the war early 65, Sheridan was hunting Stuarts cavalry. Sheridan's cavalry was so superior to Stuart's by then. Stuart was killed during Sheridan's assault, but Stuart himself was not Sheridan's target. The Union Army by 64 was a killing machine and superior to the Confederate Army in all ways. The southern traitors had some pyric victories in 64 but the tide had turned. By November of 64, Sherman, the greatest General of the war, had concluded his Atlanta Campaign. On Nov 15 he started a total war campaign were he strolled through the traitorous south like the avenging angel of god that he was. The South was helpless, the war was over, but they hung in for almost another 6 months of bloodshed. Still Sherman saved many a southern boys life by ending the war sooner, yet the south still hates him. But then, they had sown to the wind, and reaped the whirlwind, no wonder they were unhappy.

[@h.j.d.2624]

Good job !

[@sartainja]

Superb video of the story.

[@jamescooper2618]

A very sad story. So many good men died on both sides.

[@phibber]

war is such an indescribeable waste

[@lindencamelback2305]

As a Northerner, what a traject waste of Americans on both sides.

[@adrianh332]

"tragic"

[@lindencamelback2305]

@@adrianh332 I thought that looked strange. Personal cross.

[@Rowehouse1819]

Thank you!!

[@patroll330]

Sir ,loved your presentation of General Jeb Stuart .He was a important man in the Northern Virginia Army . My great great grandfather Dr. James Campbell Carroll ,he was in Virginia during the Civil War. He was from Augusta ,Ga.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel and for the kind words. I look forward to portraying him more in the future.

[@patroll330]

@@HistoryGoneWilder Do you have any access to look up my great great grandfather, a Confederate Doctor? James Campbell Carroll

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

@@patroll330 I can and see what I find.

[@patroll330]

@@HistoryGoneWilder from Augusta, Ga. Graduated from Medical College of Georgia, birthplace Randlestown County, Ireland

[@tnt-hv6qw]

my hat off to you virginian. excellent. as always. man oh man i hang on every word. i never heard any narrator come close to your vids. excellent work. puts me in the moment. more more more !!! please. lol. college first. my son and daughter both are up there attending now. good luck sir take care and have a great day.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to the next video. It's going to be an in depth look at the Battle of Franklin and the death of Cleburne.

[@tnt-hv6qw]

Have History Will Travel yes yes. excellent can’t wait.

[@JusDirtfishin]

New sub. Really like the learning. I live about 45 mins east of Stuart. I’ve been doing some research myself but having a hard time finding exactly where the troops marched through my area. Found a map but not a detailed map. Any help would be appreciated.

[@PhilipFollety]

There are a series of relevant maps in Volume III of Shelby Foote's Civil War: A Narrative, that may be helpful.

[@JusDirtfishin]

Thanks for the helpful info.

[@WhichSideOfTheMasonDixonLine]

How close to Danville are you? The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History and the Daughters of the Confederacy have a plethora of documents, maps, historical books, period literature and artifacts that are always interesting readings.

[@JusDirtfishin]

I’m actually live in Danville now. Thank you I will look into them.

[@steveholmes11]

I read about the commanders, the battles and the causes. The thing that really captures my imagination is the bravery men who fought in some of the fiercest battles that mankind had seen to date. Blue or grey there was no shortage of courage.

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

I couldn't agree with you more. Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@i.m.9918]

Physical courage, no doubt. But a dog has that. What distinguishes humanity is ‘moral’ courage... and in this these slavery supporters were shamefully deficient. By the end of WWII the SS were fierce warriors, but few memorials are dedicated to them. It’s understood that to put one’s talents in the service of vile depravity defines the human more than the skill with which he serviced depravity. The commemorative soundtrack should really have been applied to his victims.

[@JohnSmith-xg2mr]

@@i.m.9918 Your choice of words show a absence of knowledge of the real men in the conflict. The vast majority were poor dirt farmers who answered the call to defend their home. The slaves were the north’s just cause for undertaking the war...not withstanding the potential to lose half the country. I do understand how you could come to that conclusion by a focus on slavery only but remember brave men fought on both sides and died for their values & honor. We can all respect that ideal.

[@i.m.9918]

Actually... and with no bile intended ... it’s you who has lost perspective. You wish to concentrate on the fighters themselves ... and ‘not’ the cause or the righteousness of the fight. History is replete with fighters. But it reveals its tragedy when we see what they supported. You say just ‘dirt farmers’. Sorry but that perspective has been roundly discredited, as each white person in the south was familiar with white supremacy and enjoyed its benefits (even those not owning slaves). It was a social comfort to even the dirt farmers... just like the deep commitment to a historical racial hierarchy by certain poor white demographics today is. Indeed... ‘even’ within the confederate field ranks attendant blacks are evidence of the racist doctrine they all benefitted from. Sorry ... but your hyper relativism ultimately means we will never be able to condemn any supporters of depravity because the micro-analysis of the participant free of his context can be ennobleized. I can see you repudiating the nobility of the American Revolution or the imperial tyranny of the British Empire by ennobleizing British troops or even Hessian mercenaries. I suspect you won’t understand this until somebody seeks to kill, maim, and pillage or enslave you and yours. You will be intolerant of their bravery, or the fact that they are just answering somebody else’s call to arms. As stated in the previous note, a dog has bravery. And expending one’s bravery for depravity (whether conscious or not) is not honorable. It’s only historical. The world needs no more of such morally squalid ‘heroes’.

[@michaelbyrne8860]

Worked in Gaithersburg MD in the "80's" and would fished the Potomac River, Creeks and the Canals as much as I could, especially lock 23, Violette's Lock had a parking area there! But they had a little old stone bridge that spanned a creek just north of Violette's Lock with a plaque stating the Jeb Stuart and his Soldiers crossed it during a Gorilla Campaign against the Union in June of "63"! The very same bridge! I love that area because of the Civil War History and the ancient ruins of the 1860's you would still find along the Potomac River most heavily overgrown! But it's got to be one of the most expensive states I have lived in! Miss fishing the Upper Potomac River back then it wasn't all developed like it is now!

[@Trajan32]

Great video as always. I wonder, is there anything concerning his opponent Sheridan coming? Please keep up your good work.

[@dukeman7595]

Thank you for a great account of Stuart's last hours.

[@orangecountyanthony1613]

May he rest in Piss

[@josephcockburn1402]

@@orangecountyanthony1613 because he defended his country against an outside invader?

[@orangecountyanthony1613]

@@josephcockburn1402 Your general, robert e. Flee, was rebellious towards the country to defend "state's rights" to wit, slavery, no rule of law and complete autonomy from The U.S. Constitution. He was a traitor and he led thousands to their death, and then he QUIT!

[@josephcockburn1402]

@@orangecountyanthony1613 I have a hard time understanding numbskulls

[@josephcockburn1402]

@@orangecountyanthony1613 if Lincoln hadn't ordered an invasion no one would have died as a result of a war.

[@hillaryilinsky1009]

very , very good. thanks.

[@jvaughnp]

U have touch of the Shelby Foote gravitas. Good work

[@bobstewart8032]

Even though I have a few ancestors who fought for The Union...I admire the leadership and the fighting skills of The South.

[@davidhoward437]

As with the Nazis, being willing to die for a cause did not make it right.

[@josephcockburn1402]

@@davidhoward437 comparing Confederates fighting for their freedom and were invaded to Nazis who committed genocide against various groups? Really?

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.

[@toddsummerwind]

@@josephcockburn1402 Freedom to own other people and firing the first shots. Got what they deserved.

[@josephcockburn1402]

@@toddsummerwind this is solely about the War and why it happened. Slavery had nothing to do with the war at all. Abraham Lincoln and most Northerners did not give a rat's ass about slaves. Are you really that ignorant?

[@stevestringer7351]

General Stuart was an amazing soldier, husband, friend and patriot (for the cause he felt led to defend). I pray that Americans will never be so divided as choose sides and fight other Americans.

[@Rasplata5]

Patriot?

[@ronalda.saname396]

a traitor.

[@stevent9179]

Respect from Pennsylvania.

[@michaelhoffman5348]

Thank you for honoring this great soldier.

[@residentevil1878]

As JEB Stuart rode to meet Sheridans force that fateful day . in a conversation he told one his aides he didn't want to live if the South lost the war.

[@donnebes9421]

Always be careful what you wish for.

[@bd008716]

I always felt sorry for him when he failed to be timely in support of General Lee during the battle of Gettysburg. He showed up with the spoils of battle gathered from skirmish on his way to Gettysburg, and proud to show this to General Lee, only to be greeted with disappointment from General Lee for his exploits. By the time he had arrived, his help hardly mattered, as General Lee verbally reprimanded him for his misplaced effort. It really hurt his feelings. So much so that General Lee comforted him by saying ‘it’s alright, it’ll be alright’.

[@jeffdarnell7942]

He took ALOT of flack for that...but truth is, he thought of himself and his game, over the Army Of Northern Virginia, during that 2 days. Then he got whipped by a far less numbered northern Calvery Group led by Custard and his Michigan Wolverines. A BAD week for JEB all the way around!! Lee got info about the Federals from that Actor that Longstreet used from time to time. And his information was very important for the ANV...

[@ElsaMae99]

@@jeffdarnell7942 Harrison, i think

[@dcarman686]

@@jeffdarnell7942 Custard cavalry had repeating rifles. Big difference you omitted

[@Robo67-24]

Very well said and explained. Such a tragedy to die so young.

[@Chrisamos412]

Awesome thank you

[@HistoryGoneWilder]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel.