Stuart begins ride around the Army of the Potomac 150 years ago today (1862)


Video: Stuart's troops begin ride (at 19:10)

(Thursday, June 12, 1862, part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War) — Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart began his ride around the Army of the Potomac today in Virginia after being sent on a reconnaissance of Union positions by Robert E. Lee in a prelude of the Seven Days Battles.