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MILITARY PERSONNEL

J. E. B. Stuart

1833 - 1864

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James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was 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, the yellow waist sash of a regular cavalry officer, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. E. B. Stuart has received more than 1,756,263 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. J. E. B. Stuart is the 1,345th most popular military personnel (down from 1,253rd in 2019), the 4,807th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,925th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 1,345 out of 1,468. Before him are Maher al-Assad, Charles Warren, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Constantine Diogenes, Sergei Shtemenko, and Ivan Gudovich. After him are Trafford Leigh-Mallory, George Browne, François Perrier, Benjamin Briggs, José Enrique Varela, and Kakutsa Cholokashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 44. Before him are Louis Paulsen, Benedykt Dybowski, Lazarus Fuchs, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Maurice Loewy, and Félix Bracquemond. After him are François Perrier, Dimitrie Sturdza, Manuel González Flores, Fredrik von Otter, Johan Ehrnrooth, and John Anderson. Among people deceased in 1864, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 48. Before him are Luke Howard, Sakuma Shōzan, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg, Simonas Daukantas, Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, and Simon von Stampfer. After him are Charles Julien Brianchon, Rudolf Wagner, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Gonçalves Dias, Gaetano Bedini, and Walter Savage Landor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 4,807 out of 18,182. Before him are John Elkann (1976), Debbie Allen (1950), Michael Freedman (1951), John Hay (1838), Signe Toly Anderson (1941), and Judy Collins (1939). After him are Nate Thurmond (1941), Dianne Feinstein (1933), Patrick Leahy (1940), Nikos Galis (1957), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Eriq La Salle (1962).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 83. Before him are Braxton Bragg (1817), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Courtney Hodges (1887), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Hal Moore (1922), and Carl Spaatz (1891). After him are Benjamin Briggs (1835), Tommy Franks (1945), William D. Leahy (1875), Richard Marcinko (1940), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), and Anthony McAuliffe (1898).

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