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Battle of Yellow Tavern

Confederate Order of Battle

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There were no Confederate Official Records which discussed this battle.

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May 11, 1864

Henrico County, Virginia

Union Victory

Part of the Overland Campaign

 

National Park Service

The Battle of Yellow Tavern

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Battlefield Trust

Lost Battlefield of Yellow Tavern

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Stone Sentinels

Yellow Tavern

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HistoryNet

Battle of Yellow Tavern

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YouTube

When Stuart Fell - Yellow Tavern

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Southern Historical Society Papers

Stuart's Last Dispatch

A Striking War Incident

Soldier's Story of JEB Stuart's Death

General Fitz. Lee's Eulogy on Stuart

A Tribute to JEB Stuart

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan

Commander, Cavalry Corps

Brig. Gen. George A. Custer

Commander, 1st Brigade

Lieut. Col. Peter Stagg

1st Michigan Cavalry

Col. Thomas C. Devin

6th New York Cavalry

Commander, 2nd Brigade

Col. Alfred Gibbs

19th New York Cavalry (1st Dragoons)

Commander, Reserve Brigade

Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg

Commander, 2nd Division

Col. J. Irwin Gregg

16th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Commander, 2nd Brigade

Itinerary of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Itinerary of the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson

Commander, 3rd Division

Col. George H. Chapman

3rd Indiana Cavalry

Commander, 2nd Brigade

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 951-952

"The Death of General J. E. B. Stuart." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition. Volume IV-Part I. Robert

          Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2006. p

          194

Gofffried, Bradley M. The Maps of Spotsylvania Through Cold Harbor. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2023. p 94-108

McClellan, H. B. The Campaigns of Stuart's Cavalry. Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, 1993. p 406-417

Wert, Jeffery D. The Cavalryman of the Lost Cause A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. p 349-359

Wheeler, Joseph. Terrible Swift Sword The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan. Cambridge, MA: De Capo Press, 2012. p 77-92

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