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James Ewell Brown Stuart (February 6, 1833 - May 12, 1864) was a US Army officer who became a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape, yellow sash, hat cocked to the side with an ostrich plume, red flower in his lapel, often sporting cologne), he was the trusted eyes and ears of Lee's army. He graduated from West Point in 1854 and served in with the US Army, a veteran of the frontier conflicts with Native Americans and the violence of Bleeding Kansas. He participated in the capture of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. His most famous campaign, Gettysburg, was marred when he was surprised by a Union cavalry attack at the Battle of Brandy Station and by his separation from Lee's army, leaving Lee unaware of Union troop movements and contributing to the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg. During the 1864 Overland Campaign, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern and died on May 12, 1864, at the age of 31. Artwork credited to Henry Alexander Odgen, published by Jones Brothers & Company, 1900.
