From the Richmond Whig, 5/13/1864, p. 1, c. 1
GEN. J. E. B. STUART.
Gen. Stuart was reported as improving last
evening. The rumor of his death at noon, which caused so deep a sensation among
the resident and transient population of Richmond, was speedily dissipated by an
announcement from his surgeon that he was getting on well, and that his symptoms
were hopeful. We trust that he may live to meet and repel many a Yankee raid.
We learned with the saddest regret, since
the above was in type, that Gen. Stuart died at 8 o’clock last night. We must
defer any notice of his services, owing to the lateness of the hour at which we
write, until tomorrow’s issue.
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