JEB Stuart: The Cavalier Who Defined Civil War Cavalry #history #civilwar #Union #Confederate The Confederate Cavalier JEB Stuart has ridden through the pages of history since he first burst onto the Civil War scene. He became Robert E. Lee's eyes and ears, bringing him valuable information and screening the Army of Northern Virginia's movements through most of the war. He fell from grace after the Battle of Gettysburg, but his flamboyant manner has carried him into and placed him squarely in th

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Incredible interview of Confederate Veteran Julius Franklin Howell. Delivering a wider perspective into the Civil War Era. Howell was born in Virginia in 1846, and he enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1862 after many of his classmates were killed at Williamsburg during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Howell served in the 24th Virginia Cavalry, and he served as a courier until 1864, when his regiment was moved to the north of Richmond as Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Gra