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- English
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About this book
Many people are aware that Jeb Stuart was a famous cavalry general who rode for the Confederacy. Yet, how did this twenty-nine-year-old former US Army lieutenant become the 1860s version of a media sensation? At the beginning of June 1862, George McClellan s huge Union Army stood poised to decimate the Confederate capital of Richmond. The city faced chaos as thousands of civilians fled. Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee wanted to launch his own attack, but he needed to know what stood on McClellan s right flank. John Fox s new book, Stuart s Finest Hour, uses numerous eyewitness accounts to place the reader in the dusty saddle of both the hunter and the hunted as Stuart s men sliced deep behind Union lines to gather information for Lee. This first-ever book written about the raid follows the Confederate horsemen on their 110-mile ride, all the while chased by Union troopers commanded by Stuart s father-in-law, Philip St. George Cooke.
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Table of contents
- Coverpage
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. On to Richmond
- 2. White House Landing on the Pamunkey River
- 3. Jeb Stuart and Philip St. George Cooke: The In-Law Problem
- 4. More Indecision Near Richmond
- 5. Big Decisions for General Lee
- 6. What Is On the Union Right Flank?
- 7. The Battles of George McClellan
- 8. Planning for the Great Chickahominy Raid
- 9. The Raid Begins
- 10. First Contact at Hanover Court House
- 11. Hawâs Shop to Totopotomoy Creek: A Running Fight
- 12. Collision Near Linneyâs Corner
- 13. A Momentous Decision at Old Church
- 14. Deeper Behind Federal Lines
- 15. Panic on the Pamunkey River
- 16. Cutting the Union Supply Line at Tunstallâs Station
- 17. Chaos at White House Landing
- 18. The Fog of War
- 19. A Brief Respite at Talleysville
- 20. Trapped?
- 21. âHope To Punish Themâ
- 22. Headed for Richmond
- 23. Safe Again
- Appendix A: Order of Battle
- Appendix B: The Burial of Captain William Latane
- Appendix C: The Old Church Decision
- Appendix D: Route of the Ride
- Appendix E: Directions for Tracing Stuartâs Route Today
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author