J.E.B. Stuart was given the nickname at West Point by his classmates which they described as "personal comeliness in inverse ratio to the term employed."
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart acquired the nickname "Beauty" at West Point. . Although not handsome in his teen years, his classmates called him by the nickname "Beauty", which they described as his "personal comeliness in inverse ratio to the term employed.
James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart was nicknamed "Beauty while attending West Point Military Academy by his classmates.
They described as his "personal comeliness in inverse ratio to the term employed." with a chin "so short and retiring as positively to disfigure his otherwise fine countenance." He quickly grew a beard after graduation and a fellow officer remarked that he was "the only man he ever saw that a beard improved." Expired Image Removed
J. E. B. Stuart. Stuart received this nickname whilst a student at West Point.
From Wikipedia: Stuart was a popular student and was happy at the Academy. Although not handsome in his teen years, his classmates called him by the nickname "Beauty", which they described as his "personal comeliness in inverse ratio to the term employed."[11] He possessed a chin "so short and retiring as positively to disfigure his otherwise fine countenance." He quickly grew a beard after graduation and a fellow officer remarked that he was "the only man he ever saw that [a] beard improved."[12]