Charles B. Stuart was Professor of Moral, Mental, and Natural Science as well as President of Mansfield Female College in Mansfield, LA when he enlisted as a private in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry. A Methodist minister, he served as the regiment's chaplain. He was paroled in Shreveport, LA on June 22, 1865.
He returned to Mansfield after the war's end, where he resumed his position as president of Mansfield Female College. He later moved to Texas, where he was president of Marshall Masonic Female Institute from 1874-1886. He died January 24, 1890 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, TX.
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