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The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
nd that he had been assigned to the command of the advance, the most important post of the army. Considering this, a few words about Gen. Stuart may not be amiss. He was born in Partrick county, Va. in 1833, and is now but twenty-eight years of age.--He was appointed a cadet in the West Point Military Academy, and graduated in the class of 1854. His first commission in the United States army was as Brevet Second Lieutenant in the mounted rifles, and was dated July 1st, 1854. On the 20th of December, 1855, he received a commission as First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry, and was afterwards breveted a Captain, after seven years service in the army. This latter rank he held at the time of his resignation to join in the defence of his native State. He immediately entered the service of the Confederate States, was made Colonel of the First Mounted Regiment from Virginia, and a short time since was promoted to a Brigadier-Generalcy, and assigned to the command of cavalry.