Class of 1854

James Ewell Brown Stuart: Born Feb. 6, 1833, Patrick Co., VA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1850, to July 1, 1854, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Mounted Rifle­men, July 1, 1854.

Served: on frontier duty, en route to Texas, 1854‑55, — Scouting

(Second Lieut., Mounted Rifle­men, Oct. 31, 1854)

against Mescalero Apache Indians, 1855, — and at Ft. McIntosh, Tex.,

(Second Lieut., 1st Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855)

1855; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1855; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1855, — as Quartermaster, 1st Cavalry, July 5, 1855, to May 31, 1857, — Sioux Expedition, 1855, — Ft. Leavenworth,

(First Lieut., 1st Cavalry, Dec. 20, 1855)

1855‑57, quelling Kansas Disturbances, — Cheyenne Expedition, 1857, being engaged in the Combat on Solomon's Fork, Kan., July 29, 1857, where he was severely wounded, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1857, — Convoying Santa Fé mail, 1857, — Ft. Riley, Kan., 1858, — Utah Expedition, 1858, — and Ft. Riley, 1858‑59, quelling Kansas Disturbances, — on leave of absence, 1859; as Volunteer Aide-de‑Camp to Colonel R. E. Lee on the Harper's Ferry Expedition to suppress John Brown's Raid, 1859; and on frontier duty at Ft. Riley, Kan., 1859‑60, — Kiowa and Comanche Expedition, 1860, being engaged in a Skirmish near Bent's Fort, Col., July 11, 1860, — and at Ft. Wise, Col., 1860‑61.

Captain, 1st Cavalry, Apr. 22, 1861.

Resigned, May 14, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a
and was Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Va.

Died of Wounds, May 12, 1864, at Richmond, Va.: Aged 31.

Buried, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.