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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON WATSONT T WAS just 100 years ago , , on Feb Feb- FebI February February - . ruary 6 , , 1833 , , that James Ewell BrownStuart Brown BrownStuart BrownStuart I Iruary Stuart was born in Patrick patnck county countyVirginia , VIrginia . , . Taken alone , thit tb'1t tb1t that ' statement Is a mere merebiographical merebiographical merebiographical biographical detail detal1 with little 1ItUe specialmeaning special specialmeaning specialmeaning meaning . . But for the name "James James "JamesE "JamesEwell "JamesEwell JamesEwell " E Ewell el1 Brown Stuart " substitute "Gen Gen "Gen.Jeb Gen.Jeb GenJeb " . . Jeb Stuart of the Confederate army army"and armyand , , " and what pictures of one of the most mostromantic mostromantic roostromantic romantic figures in American history historyare historyare historyare are conjured up by that name ' Consider , for Instance , , these tbese words by bv a re- re recent recent re recent - - cent biographer-C'lpt biographer C'lpt Clpt biographer-C biographer C biographer - - Capt ' ipt . . . . John .John W 1Y . . Thomason , , Jr Jrof , ot of the United States marine corps in ID an his "JebStuart JebStuart "Jeb Jeb "JebStuart "JebStuart " Stuart , " published pl1bhshed by Scnbners Scribners Scrtbners : "Jeb Jeb uJeb " Stuart filled the eye He ije I.je . was strong and andruddy andruddy andruddy ruddy , , and in late 1SG2 lSG2 1S62 , . commissioned comm15sloned m'1Jor m1Jor major majorgeneral m'1Jorgeneral majorgeneral ' general in the tbe Confederate Conferler\te Conferler te Conferler'tte Conferlertte ' \ ' army with a ye'1r ye1r year ye'1rand yearand yeirand ' and a few months left to live , . he was just jutt ; un- un under under un under - - der thirty . . He lIe had a dark darh brown bro " n Hiring paring l1'1rln l11rln ' beardand beard beardand beardand and wide mustaches must\cheq must cheq ' \ tint th'1t th1t that ' showed bronze hron7e Id IIhhts IIhhtsIn lightsIn ; hts htsin In the sun He was 5 ' ' 5 feet 11 inches tall ind 1nd and ' herode he herode herode rode at 175 poundsune pounds"He pounds pounds"He "He He une " ' " was as large llrge : boned , , long in 1D the tbe arms 1rms ' andthe and andthe andthe the legs lens and short In the body , . and nnd he looked lookedbest lookedbest lookedbest best on a horse He had a blue and merryeve merry merryce merryeye ce eye ) , , " which "hlch hlch turned dark darh and piercing \ when . hen b'lt- b'lt blt bat- bat battle b'ltt1e bit-tie bit tie ' - - t1e tle warned him or his temper filmed thmed threed His Ells nosewas nose noce nocewas : was chiseled and adventurous nd\"enturous nd "enturous enturous \ " , , the kind l"md lmd hind " of nose noseNapoleon noseNapoleon noseNapoleon Napoleon admired In generals generals"Also generals"Also generals"Also "Also Also " , there was wns an elegance ele1nce ' ; ' about him fie IIe fiewore IIewore Hewore wore gauntlets of white \ hlte buckskin budtsl"ln budtslln " , , and rode ina In Ina Ina a gray gr'1Y gr1Y ' shell jacket jaclet , , , double douhle breasted , , buttoned buttonedb1.cl buttonedback buttonedback b1.cl b1cl back . . . . to show a n close c1o < ; e gray vest His Ills sword a n lightFrench hght light hghtFrench lightFrench French saber-for saber for saber - for he ne\ ne never neer \ er carried enrrled In the Con Confederate Confederate Confederate federate army , the United States St'ltes Stltes ' officer omcer officers ' iwordof word sword swordof , wordof of the old serVlce-\\aS serVlce aS service-uas service uas service - - \ was \ belted beIted , , over a cavalry cavalryBash cavalrysash cavalrysash Bash sash of golden silk siJIt with tasseled t'lsspled tlsspled tassrled ' ends"HIs ends"His ends ends"His "His His " gray gr'1Y gr1Y ' horseman's horsemans horsemnn's horsemnns ' cloak cIo\h cIo h ' \ was lined hned with withscarlet \ withscarlet Ith Ithscarlet scarlet ; his wife wlCe undo m'lde mlde made ' it General Gener'll Generll ' r f lee ee , he ft \ ttrote ttroteher rote roteber roteher ber her , . admired it ; and nnd he deplored to her the buI hul buIlet hullet hullet let which whipped away its fur collar colhr at rrcd Fred rrcdericksburg Frederickshurg Fredericksburg ericksburg erickshurg His horse furniture ' and 'lnd lnd equipment'Were equipmentwere equipment were 'Were ' polished pohshed leather and brl bright ht metal and he helIhed heliked heliked lIhed liked to wear wenr a n red rose in his hie ; jacket j'1cl"et j1clet ' " v \ when \ + hen the theroses theroses theroses roses bloomed and a loveknot lovehnot of red ribbon when whenfio whenflowers whenflowers fio\\ fio fioers flowers \ ers " were "ere ere out of senson"Bis season"Ills season senson season"His "His His "Bis Bis "Ills Ills " ' ) soft ort , . ' fawn f'1wn f1wn colored hat was W'lB WlB ' looped up upon upon upon on the tbe rl right ht with a n gold od ] star st'lr stlr ' , and ' adorned 'lrlorned lrlorned with witha witha a curling ostrich feather fe'1ther fe1ther ' His boots sported hUle little hUlelnl littleknightly littleknightly lnl knightly htJy spurs of gold gol goladmirJn gold-admiring gold admiring -admirJn admirJn - ndminng ladles Indle : . e\cn e cn e'en een ecnthose eventhose e'enthose \ ' those " who "ho ho never ne\cr ne cr \ saw 6'lW 6lW ' him in their lives cent sent centhIm senthim ; senthim hIm such things thln s HP He 1-1 1 - ( > ' went 'vent vent conspicuous con"fllCllolIS confllCllolIS " nil all gold goldand gnidand old oldand and glitter , in to the front of grpat great r nt battles hattles nnd and andin nnd1n nndIn 1n in a hundred little UttIe cavalry c'nalrv cnalrv caaalrv ' fights fihts : winch which \ luch killedmen kmed killed kmedmen killedmen men just as d dead ( > arJ arJs ' \ as \s s Gettysburg Gettyshllr Gettysburg"He Gettysburg"lie ; "He He "lIe lIe " \ wore ore out his hordes horses hor es and ho he ' " wore ore out hismen hIs hIsmen hismen men tvpeblood He rode ' big biJ hl ? animals of the hunter type , , blood bavs bays bnv with hinck blach black points for choice , , andhis and andhis andhis his brother brothl'r brothlr ' , , ' . William WI11Iam iVilllam Alexander Alex'mder Alexmder Alex'mderns ' , , was \\ns ns \ kept hept on onthe onthe onthe the lookout for such mounts mount mountq " ! Admirers A mlrers stave 1ve ' him gavehim 1vehim stavehim horses , splendid splpndl blooded hloocll'd hlooclld ' creatures cre'ltnres creltnres ' like IHte ttllr Star ttllrof Starof : ; Sturof of fromMaryland the East from Farquier 'arquipr arquipr Farquler ( < ' , , and nnd Skylark Sk3lnrk Sf . ) InrI . from Maryland ; none Done of them lasted IJsted long under the theEcrvtce theservice thefiervice Ecrvtce service he exacted"He pX'lcted"He exacted pX'lcted pXlcted exacted"He ' laugliingmuch hrngmuch laughingmuch "He He " was a social SOcIdl type , loving people , , lau laughing hrng much and leading leildlDg out in song ; for ( or he had hnrI arich a arIch arich rIch and golden voice . . . He was W:1S W1S : fond of charndes charades charndesand charadesand charadesand and wrote execrable poetry and nffccted nrrectpd affected ana ana- anagrams anagrams ana- ana anagrams - - grams There ' was 'faS faS ' ne\ ne ne\cr ne cr neer never \ er any sadness s'1dness s1dness ' where he he"as hea hevas hevas"Tes&lr "as as a " as as"Tessir . , "Tes&lr Teslr "Tessir Tessir " " "Yelr Yelr " % & , , Ah'll Ahll Ab'n Abn ' ' tell ten you one t'lng tlng t'ing ting ' ' , . ; ' sa3s says savs Gen- Gen General Gen General General - - eral Lee's Lees ' old camp servant after the war 'It It 'Itmek 'Itmek ' 'Itmek Itmek ' mek no diffence dlff'ence dlffence diff ' ence how bow quiet our he Idqunrtehs tdqunrtehs heidqunrtehs'wn7 heidqunrtehswn7 IdqunrtehsWt17and tdqunrtehsWurand Wt17-and Wt17 and Wur-and Wur headquarterawere henrlquartPTSwere headquarterswere ' ' - - and 1 I think Geneial Genelal General Lee's Lees fee's fees ' ' henrlquartPTS headquarters were usually DsnaHy quiet Qulet-'wld Qulet 'wld wld quiet - 'wid wid 'wad wad ' in ten minutes uv do dotime dotfme tfme time Gineral Glnpral GlnAral Stua't Stuat Stun't Stunt ' ride up to visit vIslt us every every- - body everybody would be alafflnl a hffin laflln I And Ah 11 t1 tell you nn- nn an- an nnother another an another - other thing , , sah sag , , . Ginerul Glnprul Stua't Stuat StU'1't StU1t ' ' ' WU7 wu ? do only onlyone one of dem big gineruls glneruls whut whl1t neveh did tecb tech n a drap adrap ndrap l 1 ! ' "And And uAnd " I r f ce ee says 8'1YS 81YS ' . , coming out of his tent to thecampfire the thecampfire thecampfire campfire \ where here the young officers omcpr of his stntr stag stncrand , , and withStuart ithStuart pithStuart some of the old ones , , too , . sat nt singing sln lnJ : pith \ ith Stuart , , and a large stone jug . , such sllch as apple- apple - - - apple-jack apple jack applejack jack sat on a stone stonts ' ' ' , , 'Gentlemen Gentlemen nrn Jim am 1 I to thnnk thank thnnkGeneral thankGeneral General Stuart or the jug for this fine tine mllsic7 music ? ' music'The musicThe I'hts Ihts The ! 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P . . , \ escort , , ' and 'lIHJ lIHJ \ + wliere + IJere here Mu btiurt Stuart Jrt went , he \ went ent . . , wltb with wltbhis withhis withhis his banjo and his ditties'The ditties dlttws 'The The ' The b3 bJ \ ways \ ays of Virginia YIrglnla heird hetrd he lrd old joyous joyoussD1tches joyoussnatches joyoussnatches sD1tches snatches ringing rmglng nbo\ nbo above nboe abote \ e the thudding thudr1mg of thehorses the thehorses thehorses horses ' hoofs Siu Sm Sin ill III country to\\ to towns tons \ ns awoke avtoke an oke at atnIght atnight atniglit nIght , , and the girls Irls turned out In their storedfinei stored storedfine13 storedfiner fine13 finer } for inipiomptu Implomptu impromptu dances , \ where here S\\ S Seeov S Swecnvsbanjo \ + veenvs veenvsbanjo eeov s sbanjo banjo pitched the measure me'lsure melsure ' and Job Jcb Stuart ledthe Icd led Icdthe ledthe the rout But ut if [ it t chanced ch'lnced chlnced ' to be he Saturday S\turday S turday ' \ mght night nightover , ever everything ; ) thing stopped stoPlle at 1t ' 12 1 o'clock oclock ' Jeb Stuart hadserious had hadserIOus hadserious serIOus l ideas e'1s e1s ' about 1bout ' Sunday " Theatrical The'1trlcal The1trlcal Tbeatrical ' as Teb Stuart Stuartas was \\as as \ , he was muchmore much muchmore muchmore more He1S He \ was \\1S 1S ' a truly grecaalrJman great gre\ gre . \ cavalryman ca\alrJman ca alrJman cavalr3man \ Of him himGeneral himGeneral himGeneral General Lee once sjid said , ' 'He He 'lIe lIe ' never neer neter ne\ ne \ er sent me apiece a apiece apiece piece of false information Inform'ltlon Informltlon ' , , ' ' and in Civil Cnil Cnll war wardavs wardays wardays davs days military millt'lry milltlry miiitary ' leaders Je'lrJprs JelrJprs ' had h\d h d ' \ to depend upon theircavalry theJr their theJrC'l theircat C'l\ C'l Cl cat C'l1lry ' \ 1lry alry ' for [ information nformatlOn and anrl accurate nccur'lte nccurlte ' informa informabon informatrop information bon trop was \ as all alllmport'1nt alllmport1nt important ' As an 'ln ln 'in in ' ' adored commanderof comlD'ln comlDln commander ' er erof of the horsemen in gray gr'lY grlY ' ( 'Teb Teb "Teb ' " he never says "Go Go says"Go saysGo " " He lie . . ' I " ' " on S.lJ SlJ s.is sis sa s 'Come Come on they used to re remark remark remark mark ) he led them diem [ in n some of the \ wildest \ ldest ! c'nalry caval c'nal- c'nal cnal catal- catal cavalry catalry ' - ry escapades esc'1pades esc1pades ' of the ' " war var nr . Of or |