Bold Dragoon

Emory M. Thomas, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, takes a fresh look at a much-examined hero: Jeb Stuart, the Confederacy's famous cavalry chief. From his childhood in Virginia to his astonishing exploits on the battlefields of the Civil War, from his controversial role in the Battle of Gettysburg to his untimely death at Appomatox, Jeb Stuart rises to life more vividly than ever before.