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February 2, 2012
Historian and author Thomas D. Perry will present “Brothers in Arms: J.E.B. Stuart and His Brothers in the Civil War” on Sunday, February 5, at 3:00 PM in the Historic Henry County Courthouse and Heritage Center and Museum, located at 1 East Main Street in Uptown Martinsville. Perry discusses the different roles J.E.B. Stuart and his brothers, William Alexander Stuart and John Dabney Stuart, played in the Southern war effort and also other men from J.E.B. Stuart's life who served in the Civil War. William Alexander Stuart ran the saltworks in Saltville, Virginia, one of the few resources for the vital element of salt for the Confederacy. John Dabney Stuart served as a physician in the 54th Virginia Infantry, mainly in Tennessee.
The program is being held in conjunction with the opening of the exhibit "Stuart of Laurel Hill" which will feature all known images of J.E.B. Stuart, the original painting, "Laurel Hill 1842" by artist Pat Woltz depicting Stuart's homeplace and the 1932 Virginia Historical Highway marker of Stuart's Birthplace. The exhibit coincides with the release of "Whatever May Be My Fate May You Be Happy:" J.E.B. Stuart, Bettie Hairston and the Beaver Creek Plantation by Thomas D. Perry and William T. Moore telling the history of the Hairston family in Henry County and the relationship between J.E.B. Stuart and Bettie Hairston of Beaver Creek. The exhibit is sponsored by Laurel Hill Publishing and Thomas D. Perry.
Additionally, original dining room chairs from Beaver Creek plantation will also be on display. These chairs are a recent gift from Anne Wilson Covington Thompson.
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