he graduated from west point in 1844 commissioned into the first u.s. jeb stewart drove his oum. he had ambition and there were tests coming if for him in the next weeks to see if he might be able to, umm, past those tests and seek more of the command, promotion, and fame he might have been seeking. and, finally, we come to the officer in the center, james brown stewart. better known as jeb stewart. he s the guy who kind of instigates and will carry it out. quick overview on his life up to that point. he was born on february 6th, 1833. he attempted to enlist in the u.s. military but was told he was too young. he spent two years at emory and henry college. in 1850 he received his appointment. during stewart s time there, robert e. lee arrived in 1852 and served as the military academy s superintendent. at the same time fitz lee arrived. stewart was honored for his cavalry skill during his time at west point. he graduated 13th in a class of 46. he served in the u.s. re
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because of the covid pandemic we had to postpone this year s in prison symposium and all the work kevin and dan did to get ready for that. we postponed until next year. tickets are available at this time, but they also stepped up to make today s virtual symposium possible. thank you, dan and kevin for your work. i would like to introduce our next speaker sarah kay bierle. is the managing editor of emerging who was working behind civil war who was working behind the scenes to keep the blog up and going and to make sure that all of that free content is coming to you every day. her work is invaluable to our organization. she is the author of call out the cadet. she is also at work on the biography of the gallant pelham. she will present some of her research associated with that book today. sarah kay bierle. ms. bierle: good morning, good afternoon, good evening. i m not exactly sure when you will be viewing this, but i hope you are safe and well and we going to go ahead and di
that are available at this time. they also stepped up to make today s virtual symposium possible. thank you for your work. i would like now to introduce our next speaker. barely.y the managing editor of emerging civil war who was working behind the scenes to keep the blog up and going and to make sure that all of that free content is coming to you every day. her work is invaluable to our organization. she is the author of call out the cadet a book series. she is also at work on a biography of the gallant pelham. herwill present some of research associated with that book. sarah kay barely. bierle. kay good morning, good afternoon, good evening. i m not exactly sure when you will be viewing this but i hope you are safe and well and we going to go ahead and i ve right into the history. as chris said, i will be sharing some about the research i have been doing about the stewart artillery and john pelham but we will take a much broader range on it. we won t the focused on that u
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