Stuart was born in Dzheniya, Patrick County, Virginia on February 6, 1983. He is the son of a manor owner, and his family owns laurel Hill Manor, one of the largest manors in Virginia. Stuart studied at Emory and Henry College from 1848 to 1850, and was officially admitted to West Point Military Academy on 185 1.
Military school life is not as interesting as he imagined. Stuart is very tired of boring drills and classroom teaching all day. There is no doubt that teachers in the school don't like the habit caused by this kind of thinking, and Stuart belongs to the role that makes teachers have a headache. However, Stuart has an excellent reputation among his classmates because of his straightforward personality. Because he often stands up for the disadvantaged students, he has a high prestige among the students. 1854, Stuart graduated from West Point Military Academy with the penultimate score, was awarded the rank of second lieutenant, and was assigned to 1 cavalry regiment to fight against local Indians in Kansas, and was also responsible for eliminating local bandits and bandits. Comparatively speaking, perhaps actual combat life is more suitable for Stuart, but also more favored by him. Because of his outstanding combat ability, Stuart took the lead in the battle, just as he was supported by his classmates at school, he was also supported by soldiers in the army. However, he is not that kind of soldier: Stuart is bold and cautious in actual combat, and can keep calm judgment while making decisive decisions. Excellent observation also gave him important potential to become an excellent cavalry general. During his service, he was also praised and commended by his superiors.
1859, Stuart ushered in a turning point in his life. He cooperated with robert edward lee, who later became the supreme general of the South, to suppress the armed terrorist actions launched by radical abolitionist john brown. At that time, Steyat was on his honeymoon in his hometown of Dzhniya because of his wedding leave, while Li was actually serving in Texas at that time. Only because his wife was seriously ill did he rush back to his home in Dzhniya. The war department urgently recruited them to take leave to take charge of the crackdown. At this time, Stuart had been promoted to captain and became Li's assistant at that time. At that time, john brown and about 30 followers occupied Hubble Ferry's national arsenal, and held its managers hostage, immediately demanding that * * * declare national slavery illegal, or take hostages to detonate the ammunition depot together. Then a local celebrity went to negotiate and begged for the release of the hostages. Finally, he himself was detained by these abolitionists. And this man is Levi's Washington, the grandson of George Washington, the founding father of the United States of America, and the nephew of Li Furen. When Li and Stuart arrived and took over the local militia, Li planned to carry out bayonet assault at night to rescue the hostages. The rescue operation was directly directed by Stuart. At midnight, Stuart made a diversion and suddenly rushed in through the back door of the armory, disarming the other side in lightning speed. The whole operation only lasted 10 minutes, and no one was killed or injured. Later, both Lee and Stuart were awarded medals by the War Department.
In May, Stuart came to Richmond with the title of captain of the United States Army, where he was summoned by the governor of Virginia and was appointed as an officer of the state militia. Stuart accepted this request out of affection for his hometown, gave up his position in the federal army and became an army lieutenant colonel in Virginia. On the 24th of the same month, he was appointed commander of the cavalry of the Confederate Army.
At that time, the situation of the Confederate army was very bad. On the whole, Richmond is seriously threatened by Mike Allen and is in danger of being attacked at any time. At that time, Li was far inferior to Mike Allen in strength and equipment. Si Tuleideng cavalry went deep into the rear of the North Army to harass its supply line alone, but the most outstanding contribution was to keenly observe that the right wing of the Botmark Army was extremely weak and unprepared, and informed Li in time. General Lee's quick attack made Mike Allen feel unprepared, thus disintegrating the North Army's offensive against Richmond. In the future, his report was published in southern newspapers and became a hero in the eyes of the public. After the seven-day battle, it performed equally well, and Li learned in time that Mike Allen planned to launch the "base change" action, which broke the blow. So that in the future, Mike Allen lamented that "I was almost defeated by that man".
1in July, 862, Stuart led his cavalry into the enemy's rear again, and launched a series of harassing attacks on the rear of the northern army in the second bull run, which was a great success. Later, in the battle of Antim, Stuart did the same thing again, got rid of the surveillance of the northern cavalry, and went around to the rear of Ek Allen, where the raid was successful. At the Battle of Charlesville, due to thomas jackson's accident, he temporarily took over the command and commanded Jackson's army. And he himself was injured in the fierce battle and was carried out of the battlefield.
In the Battle of Gettysburg, Stuart made the biggest mistake of his military career. His cavalry moved to the flank of the Potomac regiment of the Union Army without authorization, so they lost contact with Lee's Northern Virginia regiment and did not report after the two armies met at Gettysburg. Like a blind man, the whole Confederate army knew nothing about the enemy's strength, battlefield terrain, enemy's firepower deployment and so on throughout the campaign. And he himself returned to the northern Virginia legion headquarters the night after the battle began. Li was furious at that time. It was the first time in his life that he was angry with Stuart. He severely criticized Stuart at that time. "Sir, you and your troops are really the eyes of this army." . Without you, we would be blind. If it weren't for God's blessing, the present situation would be unimaginable! "Afterwards, when people summed up the reasons for the defeat of the Confederate army, Stuart's mistakes were undoubtedly an important part.
After this campaign, he did not receive any substantial punishment and continued to serve as the cavalry commander in the south. He has been active in the eastern battlefield and sneaked into the northern battlefield many times, which made the northern army have a headache. In Grant's other attack on Richmond, Stuart shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending the southern capital. In the Battle of the Yellow Tavern, he was seriously injured in the battle with Philip Henry Xie Lidan in order to fend off the bullets fired at the adjutant, and fell off his horse. Although seriously injured, his troops successfully resisted the invasion of the North Army and temporarily kept Richmond safe. The next day, on May 1864, Stuart's injury was irreparable, and he died in the evening with the rank of Major General at the age of 3 1. His last words before he died were: "Apologize to my wife for me, I can't accompany her for her birthday." When Li learned the news, he was very sad, which became another great blow to him after Si Tong's death in the battle. Li also gave the cavalry general his highest evaluation: "He never gave me even the slightest wrong information." Li has always felt very guilty about Si Tuleideng's death and felt that he had been unkind to him. Later, Li wrote in his diary: "Every time I think of him, I can't help crying." The love between Stuart and his wife has always been a story. This painting depicts their final farewell for the sake of "eternal roses". During World War II, Britain named American M3/M5 series light tanks after General Stuart.