Tom Perry will present Brothers In Arms: J. E. B. Stuart and his brothers in the Civil War, and discuss the lives of Major General James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart and his brothers, William Alexander Stuart, who ran the saltworks in Saltville, Virginia, and Dr. John Dabney Stuart, who served as a physician in the 54th Virginia Infantry during the War Between The States on May 3, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
All Programs are at the Ararat Ruritan Club, 4711 Ararat Highway, Ararat, VA 24053
Programs are FREE.
Donations are welcomed for the Perry Family Scholarship, which has donated $4,000 to Patrick County High School Seniors in memory of Erie Meredith and Betty Hobbs Perry.
On May 10, at 11 a.m., J. E. B. Stuart and Yellow Tavern; Perry will discuss the final battle that James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart fought at Yellow Tavern, north of Richmond on May 11, 1864, and his subsequent death the following day. Stuart is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
Yellow Tavern Marker at 10112 Telegraph Road, Glen Allen, Virginia.
Sponsored by the Hanover Dragoons Camp #827, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
