tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339622291414876468.post6730772850338708926..comments2024-03-27T06:27:32.712-07:00Comments on The Civil War of the United States: J.E.B. Stuart, died May 12, 1864Elyce Felizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02186284669812274877noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339622291414876468.post-40605629979100446772014-09-06T20:29:19.879-07:002014-09-06T20:29:19.879-07:00Dear Alyce, This is an interesting article. Thanks...Dear Alyce, This is an interesting article. Thanks for your blog. I want to call attention to two errors, however. The first is that you refer to Flora's death in 1923 but you call her Flora Jackson. The second is that on the battlefield, Stuart states that his spurs are to go to Lily Parran Lee, of Shepherdstown, not Robert E. Lee. This is well documented. Lily was married to William Fitzhugh Lee, son of the Rev. William Fitzhugh Lee of Richmond who was a first cousin to Robert E. Lee. His son, Willie graduated from VMI and was a student of Stonewall Jackson. He was also valedictorian of his class at VMI. Shortly after Willie married Lily, the began serving the US Army in both Fort Riley, Kansas and Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. There, the young couple became fast friends with Flora and J.E.B. In honor of their friendship and to support Lee, who was a less experienced officer, gave William Fitzhugh Lee a pair of spurs. After they both resigned their commissions so they could join the Army of Virginia, Lily Lee hid the spurs under her skirts, afraid they would be confiscated by US Army personnel. Her husband wore those spurs during his brief Civil War experience, but he died in the first battle, at Manassas. Lily later sent the spurs back to Stuart through her sister, and when Stuart died, he proclaimed that they be returned to Lily. If you want to read about William Fitzhugh Lee, please read the following article:<br /><br />http://civilwarscholars.com/2011/10/william-fitzhugh-lee-humble-heroic-ann-c-reeves/<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Ann C. ReevesAnnie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781382733529837695noreply@blogger.com