Editing J. E. B. Stuart (section)

===John Brown===
In 1859, Stuart developed a new piece of cavalry equipment, for which he received [[United States patent law|patent]] number 25,684 on October 4—a saber hook, or an "improved method of attaching sabers to belts." The U.S. government paid Stuart $5,000 for a "right to use" license and Stuart contracted with Knorr, Nece and Co. of [[Philadelphia]] to manufacture his hook. While in [[Washington, D.C.]], to discuss government contracts, and in conjunction with his application for an appointment into the quartermaster department, Stuart heard about [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]'s raid on the U.S. Arsenal at [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia|Harpers Ferry]]. Stuart volunteered to be [[aide-de-camp]] to Col. Robert E. Lee and accompanied Lee with a company of [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] from the [[Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.|Marine Barracks, 8th & I, Washington, DC]]<ref>Hoffman, Colonel Jon T., ''USMC: A Complete History'', Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA, (2002), p. 84.</ref> and four companies of Maryland militia. While delivering Lee's written surrender ultimatum to the leader of the group, who had been calling himself Isaac Smith, Stuart recognized "Old Osawatomie Brown" from his days in Kansas.<ref>Wert, pp. 37–39.</ref>