The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-17
Colonel lst. VIRGINIA
Cavalry, 1861
DRAWING by JoHh W. THoMAsoN,sP,

victory. He was spared the grinding agony Of
the nine months siege, the bleak months that
brought eliminating disasters and the laying
down of the swords at Appomattox. He took his
death wound in the front of battle, as he want
ed it, and he granted some brief hours to
press the hands of men who loved him. and to
arrange himself in order to report before the
God of Battles, Whom he served"
Almost as romantic and exotic figure as
Beauty" Stuart was another young cavalry gen.
eral on the other side of the lines-Gen. George
Armstrong Custer, the Beau Sabreur of the Blue.
There a striking similarity between the per-
sonalites Of the two men and the paralelism
persists down to their similar manner Of dying.
The recent unwilling of monument to Custer
in his home town in Ohio has served to recall
the picturesque figure whose career in the Civil
war would have been enough to win him endur-
ing fame if his tragic death in the most
widely known Indian battle in American history
had not imperishably preserved his name in the
minds of his countrymen.
Stuart was not quite thirty when he became
a major-general. Custer was brigadier-general
at twenty-three and major-general at twenty
four, hence the sobriquet of 1.-THE Boy General
attached to him. But to his men he was "Old
Curly" because he let his yellow. curly hair grow
long and sweep his shoulders. His battle cos
tune nearly matched that of Beauty" Stuart
commanding officer was at Gettysburg.
His Jacket and trousers were of velveteen, his
sleeves were ornamented with gold braid to show
his rank, the star of brigadier was worked
in one corner of the broad, falling collar of his
soft blue wooden shirt and high topboots were
drawn over his trousers. His necktie was scarlet
and of ample dimensions and on his head was
q wide sombrero captured from Confederate
soldier.
nf eofC rcfa o1-
rymen during the Civil war, his farewell address
to the Third division tells the story: 1.-The rec
ord established by your indomitable courage is
unparalleled in the annals of war. Your prowess
has won for you even the respect and admra-
ton of your enemies During the past six months,
although in most cases confronted by superior
numbers you have captured from the enemy in
open battle, III pieces of field artillery. 65 bat
tie flags and upwards of 10000 prisoners of war,
including seven general officers. Within the past
ten days, and included in the above, you have
captured 46 field pieces of artillery and 81 bat
tie flags.
'You have never lost a gun, never lost color,
and you have never been defeated and notwith-
standing the numerous engagements in which
you have borne a prominent part, including those
memorable battles of the Shenandoah, you have
captured every piece of artillery which the en-
envy has dared to open upon you.
'And now, speaking for myself alone, when
the war is ended and the task of the historian
begins, when these deeds of daring, which have
rendered the name and fame of the Third Caval.
~ division imperishable, are inscribed upon the
bright pages of our countrys history, I only
ask that my name be written as that of the
commander of the Third Cavalry division"
But how differently his name was to be writ.
ten For as Frazier Hunt in his biography Gus.
ter, the Last of the Cavaliers" has said: ITO
the millions of plain Americans, he Is remem.
bered not as the commander of a dashing and
victorious division of cavalry that captured 10000
prisoners and 65 battle flags from gallant and
stubborn foe but as Indian fighter who with
a handful of troopers II years later galoped to
a tragic death He had fought Lee and Stonewall
Jackson, Jeb Stuart and the gallant Pelham
but it was the naked Sioux warriors of the
plains who sent him to his deathess fame The
gods of battle have their own inscrutable way
of making heroes"
One cannot help thinking, however that
Custer the Beau Sabreur of the Blue like Jeb
Stuart the Beau Sabreur of the Gray died as
he would have wanted to de-in the hot tumult
of the battlefield.
&c By Western Newspaper Uuion-)