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| | Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart |
 | | STUART, Alexander Hugh Holmes, secretary of the interior, born in Staunton, Virginia, 2 April, 1807. |
 | | His father, Archibald Stuart, saw service in the war of the Revolution, studied law under Thomas Jefferson, was a member of the convention that ratified the United States constitution, and became president of the state senate and judge of the general court of Virginia. |
 | | When General Philip H. Sheridan with his cavalry moved on Richmond, Stuart, by a rapid circuitous march, interposed his cavalry, concentrating his forces at Yellow Tavern, where he was mortally wounded in the obstinate engagement that ended in the defeat of the Confederates. |
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