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Stuart’s Revenge – June ‘95 Civil War Times FeatureCivil War Times | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Soon the coat made it to Stuart’s hands. Here, at last, was payback for the humiliating loss of his hat and cloak to Pope’s marauders at Verdiersville. Stuart promptly sent it off to Governor John Letcher in Richmond as a prize of war. For the next several weeks it would be one of the Confederate capital’s great attractions, for Letcher hung it in the state library for all to see. Subscribe Today
Before sending the coat away, Stuart could not resist one last bit of merriment. To John Pope he wrote a message and sent it through the lines:General.You have my hat and plume. I have your best coat. I have the honor to propose a cartel for the fair exchange of the prisoners.Very RespectfullyJ.E.B. StuartMaj. Genl. C.S.A. John Pope never responded, but J.E.B. Stuart had his revenge.
John Hennessy is author of Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas (1992) and End to Innocence: The First Battle of Manassas (1984). Formerly a historian at Manassas National Battlefield Park, he is now an exhibit planner for the National Park Service Interpretive Design Center at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
           
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