[BenLurkin]

The greatest American cavalry commander in history.

(Though Lee sure could have used him at Gettysburg.)

[John S Mosby]

Agree he was great. Second, however to Nathan Bedford Forrest. Both are still studied at West Point,though we have not had cavalry units except ceremonial for some time.

[BlackElk]

Stuart was undoubtedly a great man and a great cavalry commander. Would you really rate him over Nathan Bedford Forrest? Or in the modern mechanized cavalry George S. Patton, Jr.? They were both Southern by heritage. I believe that Forrest suffered a certain lack of stature among Confederate leaders because he lacked much formal education but few fought and led more capably and forcefully on the battlefield. If Stonewall Jackson had not died and he and Forrest had served under, the result at Gettysburg might well have been very different.

In any event, Julianne Moore can take her silly impertinent Hollyweird nonsense and put it where the sun shineth not. Acting in a few movies does not make her fit to muck the stalls of Stuart's horses.

[DoodleDawg]

The greatest American cavalry commander in history.

I imagine there are those who would say that Nathan Bedford Forrest was better.