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General Stuart's Raid to the White House [Virginia]:
In June 1862, during the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia, General Jeb Stuart led his Confederate cavalry on a raid around General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, cutting Union communication lines from the army's large supply base near White House, Virginia, on the Pamunkey River. Stuart was able to disrupt Union operations while providing Robert E. Lee with valuable intelligence about enemy movements. The raid was a boost to southern morale after Confederate losses at New Orleans and Shiloh, Tennessee, in April. In this scene, Volck depicts Stuart's troops plundering Yankee supplies.
Etching, 1863 |