Virginia novelist, poet, and writer John Esten Cooke (1830-1886), engraving by an unknown artist.
J. E. Cooke was first cousin to J. E. B. Stuart's wife, Flora, and Stuart's aide during the American Civil War until Stuart's death in 1864 at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Cooke accompanied Stuart on his famous "Ride Around McClellan" in June 1862 and wrote one of the most entertaining and accurate narratives of the event.
University of Virginia Special Collections.
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