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Stuart Monument, Richmond, Va.
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I looked to my left, in which direction Gen. Stuart was, and saw him wheeling his horse around and start towards the rear. He sat so straight and so firmly on his horse that I doubted whether he had been shot, though I saw him only a moment . . . I asked [Norvell] Harris what made him think Gen. Stuart had been shot. He replied that he 'saw the dust or lint fly from his coat where the bullet struck him.' This made an impression on me, because I was not then familiar with the fact (not having been long in the army) that such an appearance of dust, or lint, often accompanied a bullet wound, though afterwards I noticed it frequently."
- Hill Carter, 1st Va. Cavalry, from Vaughan, B.B., "A Trooper's Reminiscences: Wilderness to Yellow Tavern," in
Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard and His Fellow Veterans.