Renforcement de couleur portrait de James Stuart Brown Ewell (6 février 1833 - 12 mai 1864) était un officier de l'armée américaine de thestate de Virginie qui devint plus tard un général de l'armée des États confédérés durant la guerre civile américaine. Il était connu pour ses amis comme "JEB", f
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Color enhanced portrait of James Ewell Brown Stuart (February 6, 1833 - May 12, 1864) was a US Army officer from thestate of Virginia who later became a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations. 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), his serious work made him the trusted eyes and ears of Robert E. Lee's army and inspired Southern morale. He graduated from West Point in 1854 and served in Texas and Kansas with the U.S. 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 for an extended period, leaving Lee unaware of Union troop movements and contributing to the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg. Stuart received significant criticism from the Southern press as well as the postbellum proponents of the Lost Cause movement, but historians have failed to agree on whether Stuart's exploit was entirely the fault of his judgment or simply bad luck and Lee's less-than-explicit orders. During the 1864 Overland Campaign, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern and died on May 12, 1864, at the age of 31. His widowed wife wore black for the rest of her life in remembrance of her deceased husband.
