Stuart's Birthplace

Laurel Hill, built about 1830, stood to the west and was the birthplace of Confederate Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, who was born there on 6 Feb. 1833 to Archibald Stuart, a lawyer and politician, and Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart. The house burned in the winter of 1847-1848. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1854, Stuart served as a U.S. Army officer until May 1861, when he joined the Confederate army. In 1862, he became cavalry commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, and his fame became part of that army's history. Wounded while defending Richmond on 11 May 1864, Stuart died there the next day and was buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

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