Editing J. E. B. Stuart (section)

===Bleeding Kansas===
Stuart's leadership capabilities were soon recognized. He was a veteran of the frontier conflicts with Native Americans and the antebellum violence of [[Bleeding Kansas]]. He was wounded on July 29, 1857, while fighting at [[Solomon River]], [[Kansas]], against the [[Cheyenne]]. Colonel Sumner ordered a charge with drawn sabers against a wave of Native American arrows. Scattering the under-armed warriors, Stuart and three other lieutenants chased one down, whom Stuart wounded in the thigh with his pistol. The Cheyenne turned and fired at Stuart with a .36 caliber Allen & Thurber pepperbox pistol, striking him in the chest with a bullet, which did little more damage than to pierce the skin.<ref>Davis, p. 40; Wert, pp. 33–35.</ref> Stuart returned in September to Fort Leavenworth and was reunited with his wife.