Editing J. E. B. Stuart (section)

===Northern Virginia===
[[File:JEBStuart.jpg|thumb|CSA Cavalry General J. E. B. Stuart]]
Early in the [[Northern Virginia Campaign]], Stuart was promoted to [[Maj. Gen. (CSA)|major general]] on July 25, 1862, and his command was upgraded to the [[Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia|Cavalry Division]]—the fact that the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry had been brigaded and were now a full division made for an important organizational advantage over the Army of the Potomac's mounted arm, which was ineffectually organized as regiments attached to infantry brigades and treated as an extension of the army signal corps.<ref name="Wert pp. 125">Wert, pp. 125–29; Davis, pp. 167–72.</ref> He was nearly captured and lost his signature plumed hat and cloak to pursuing Federals during a raid in August, but in a retaliatory raid at Catlett's Station the following day, managed to overrun Union army commander Major General [[John Pope (general)|John Pope's]] headquarters, and not only captured Pope's full dress uniform, but also intercepted orders that provided Lee with valuable intelligence concerning reinforcements for Pope's army.<ref name="Wert pp. 125"/>

At the [[Second Battle of Bull Run]] (Second Manassas), Stuart's cavalry followed the massive assault by Longstreet's infantry against Pope's army, protecting its flank with artillery batteries. Stuart ordered Brigadier General [[Beverly Robertson]]'s brigade to pursue the Federals and in a sharp fight against Brigadier General [[John Buford]]'s brigade, Colonel [[Thomas T. Munford]]'s [[2nd Virginia Cavalry]] was overwhelmed until Stuart sent in two more regiments as reinforcements. Buford's men, many of whom were new to combat, retreated across Lewis's Ford and Stuart's troopers captured over 300 of them. Stuart's men harassed the retreating Union columns until the campaign ended at the [[Battle of Chantilly]].<ref>Wert, pp. 136–37; Davis, pp. 183–84.</ref>