UNDER THE CONFEDERACY
ber 14, 1855, to Flora, daughter of Col.
Philip St. George Cooke, and was promoted
first lieutenant, December 20, 1855. He
served as volunteer aide-de-camp to Col.
Robert E. Lee, on the Harper's Ferry expe-
dition to suppress John Brown's raid in
1859 ; was on frontier duty in Kansas, 1859-
60 ; took part in the Keowa and Comanche
expedition of i860 ,and was promoted cap-
tain, April 22, 1861, but upon the secession
of Virginia, he resigned his commission and
was promoted lieutenant-colonel of Virginia
infantry, Alay 10, 1861. He reported to Col.
Thomas J. Jackson at Harper's Ferry ; was
'promoted colonel of cavalry, July 16, 1861,
and was given command of the First Vir-
ginia Cavalry, which he commanded at the
first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, driv-
ing back the Union attack. He was pro-
moted brigadier-general, September 24,
1861 ; guarded the rear of the Confederate
retreat from Yorktown to Richmond ; com-
manded four regiments of infantry at the
battle of Dranesville, December 20, 1861,
but was defeated by Gen. E. O. C. Ord, and
commanded the Confederate cavalry during
the seven days' battles before Richmond,
June 25-July I, 1862. He was promoted
major-general, July 25, 1862; made a raid
on Gen. John Pope's camp at Catlett's Sta-
tion, August 22, 1862, and captured his offi-
cial correspondence, and on August 23, made
a similar attack on Manassas Junction. He
commanded the cavalry division. Army of
Northern Virginia, at the second battle of
Bull Run, August 29-30, 1862 ; commanded
the cavalry in the Maryland campaign ; took
part in the battle of Antietam, where he led
the movement that resulted in the defeat
oi Gen. Edwin V. Sumner's corps. On Oc-
tober TO, 1872, he started <in his famous
"ride around McClellan," crossing the Po-
tomac near Williamsport, and riding as far
north as Mercersburg, Pennsylvania ; re- ■
turned on the other side of McClellan's
army, eluding Pleasanton's vigorous pur-
suit, and recrossed the river near the mouth
of the Monocacy. He commanded the cav-
alry corps, Army of Northern Virginia, at
the battle of Fredericksburg, guarding the
extreme Confederate right. His cavalry
took part in the battle of Chancellorsville,
and when Gen. T. J. Jackson was mortally
wounded, and Gen. Ambrose Hill disabled,
he succeeded to the command of the Second
Army Corps ; retook the position at Hazel
Grove, from which Jackson had been re-
pulsed, and forced the Federal army to fall
back from Chancellorsville and Fairview.
He commanded the cavalry division at
Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863; was detailed to
guard the flanks of the advance guard of
Gen. Lee's army, but was checked by Fleet-
wood and Stevensburg by the Federal cav-
alry. He made a raid in the rear of the
Federal army, rejoining the Army of North-
ern Virginia, July 3, 1863, and guarded the
mountain gaps during the retreat from
Gettysburg. During the remainder of the
summer of 1863, he engaged in skirmishes
with the cavalry under Gens. Kilpatrick and
Buford, and defeated the cavalry under Gen.
Pleasonton at Brandy Station, and the brig-
ade under Gen. Henry E. Danes near Buck-
land. He commanded the cavalry corps,
Army of Northern Virginia, during Grant's
campaign against Richmond, taking part in
the battles of the Wilderness and Cold Har-
bor. On hearing of Sheridan's advance to
Richmond, he concentrated his forces at
Yellow Tavern, where, on May 11, 1864, he
v.as mortally wounded while urging on his
