Site of J. E. B. Stuart's Death

Site of J. E. B. Stuart's Death is a Virginia historical marker in Richmond (Ind. City) County, dedicated 1989.

Richmond (Ind. City) County · dedicated 1989 · 200 West Grace Street.

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Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, C.S.A., Commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, died here on May 12, 1864, in the home of his brother-in-law, Dr. Charles Brewer. Cause of his death was a wound received the previous day in the defense of Richmond at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Dr. Brewer's house was demolished in 1893.

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