Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1878 - 1943) was an 1899 graduate of Harvard, lecturer on military history at M.I.T., and prolific author of many books on the American West, such as “Custer’s Last Stand”; “Famous Indian Chiefs”; “Famous Scouts” James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was a United States Army officer from the U.S. state of Virginia, who later became a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape, yellow sash, hat cocked to the side with an ostrich plume, red flower in his lapel, often sporting cologne), his serious work made him the trusted eyes and ears of Robert E. Lee's army and inspired Southern morale. THE greatest leader of Southern cavalry during the war between the Northern and Southern States in America, was General Joseph Ewell Brown Stuart, familiarly known as Jeb. He possessed all the qualities which make the true leader of cavalry. He was a man of the most winning personality. He was courteous; affectionate; kind; yet he possessed courage; dash; and a great fighting spirit. He was physically strong, fearless, and bold. He had the fire and imagination that is essential to the leader of light horse, and a sufficient amount of caution to make him respected by more conservative leaders of the Confederacy. Blessed with a cheerfulness which no reverse could dampen, he stands forth in the history of that great war as one's true idea of a hero. Beloved by all his followers and by the people of the South, his death, at the early age of thirty-one, was a blow to the Confederate cavalry service from which it never recovered. Less