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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VV0_stuart-the-raider-historical_Ararat-VA.html
"Raiding with General Stuart is poor fun and a hard business. Thunder, lighting, rain, storm, mud, nor darkness can stop him when he is on a warm fresh trail of Yankee game." Horse artilleryman George M. Neese's opinion of Stuart following the Cat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VUZ_stuart-the-scout-historical_Ararat-VA.html
He never brought me a "fat" piece information." Robert E. Lee's words, uttered upon his hearing of Stuart's death, were a fitting epitaph for "the eyes of the army." General Joseph E. Johnston, on his transfer to the war's western theater, wrote t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VUY_stuart-the-commander-historical_Ararat-VA.html
Maj. General Stuart's concept of command focused on one word - attack. If the enemy was before him, on his flank, or behind him, he had one response - attack. A saber in its scabbard was useless. It must be drawn and used to strike a blow, and Stu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VUX_stuart-the-leader-historical_Ararat-VA.html
"Jeb never says, 'Go boys,' but always 'Come, boys.'" In writing these words George Cary Eggleston of the 1st Virginia Cavalry summed up his commander's philosophy of leadership. Stuart never sent his men where he could not go and never asked them…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VUW_flora-and-jeb-historical_Ararat-VA.html
"His dear lady did not suffer me to quit the house until I had promised to watch over her husband in the hour of battle." The words of Maj. Heros von Borcke, one of Stuart's most famous staff officers, describe Flora's admonition to him as he and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU7_house-site-historical_Ararat-VA.html
The home of Archibald and Elizabeth Pannill Stuart was constructed on this site c. 1830. It was in this house that their most famous son. James Ewell Brown was born on February 6, 1833. Six other Stuart children would also be born in this house. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU6_the-stuart-kitchen-historical_Ararat-VA.html
On this site, stood the outbuilding that served as the kitchen for the Stuart family. As was the custom in those days kitchens were housed in buildings separate from the main dwelling for protection against a fire that might erupt as a result of c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU5_the-stuart-graveyard-historical_Ararat-VA.html
This small graveyard has presented a historical mystery. In 1855, Archibald Stuart, the father of General Stuart passed away and was buried in the graveyard before you. In July 1859, his wife, Elizabeth Pannill Stuart sold the property and in so d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU4_native-americans-at-laurel-hill-historical_Ararat-VA.html
The investigation of the Laurel Hill property by the College Of William and Mary's Center for Archaeological Research in 1993, revealed the presence of Native American activity on the crest during the Archaic and Woodland periods (c. 12000 BC to 9…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VU3_the-lee-tree-historical_Ararat-VA.html
This white oak tree is the offspring of the mighty white oak which stood in Hanover County, Virginia, for
more than 400 years before being destroyed by Hurricane Isabel in 2003
History relates it provided shade for Robert E. Lee and his staff d…