This confederate general was also an inventor.
- P. G. T. Beauregard
- Thomas J. Jackson
- Robert E. Lee
- J.E.B. Stuart
J.E.B. Stuart. While a young officer, Stuart patented an “Improved Method of Attaching Sabers to Belts.” The Army paid him a licensing fee of $5000 dollars, more than $140,000 today to use the device.
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