Stuart's Finest Hour
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Stuart's Finest Hour

The Ride Around McClellan, June 1862

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Stuart's Finest Hour

The Ride Around McClellan, June 1862

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

  1. Coverpage
  2. Titlepage
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Maps
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1. On to Richmond
  10. 2. White House Landing on the Pamunkey River
  11. 3. Jeb Stuart and Philip St. George Cooke: The In-Law Problem
  12. 4. More Indecision Near Richmond
  13. 5. Big Decisions for General Lee
  14. 6. What Is On the Union Right Flank?
  15. 7. The Battles of George McClellan
  16. 8. Planning for the Great Chickahominy Raid
  17. 9. The Raid Begins
  18. 10. First Contact at Hanover Court House
  19. 11. Haw’s Shop to Totopotomoy Creek: A Running Fight
  20. 12. Collision Near Linney’s Corner
  21. 13. A Momentous Decision at Old Church
  22. 14. Deeper Behind Federal Lines
  23. 15. Panic on the Pamunkey River
  24. 16. Cutting the Union Supply Line at Tunstall’s Station
  25. 17. Chaos at White House Landing
  26. 18. The Fog of War
  27. 19. A Brief Respite at Talleysville
  28. 20. Trapped?
  29. 21. “Hope To Punish Them”
  30. 22. Headed for Richmond
  31. 23. Safe Again
  32. Appendix A: Order of Battle
  33. Appendix B: The Burial of Captain William Latane
  34. Appendix C: The Old Church Decision
  35. Appendix D: Route of the Ride
  36. Appendix E: Directions for Tracing Stuart’s Route Today
  37. Notes
  38. Bibliography
  39. Index
  40. About the Author