Rudely Stamp’d is pleased to welcome a new player to the mix – Jess Scheuerman.  Recently introduced as part of our upcoming performance for the Brunswick (NC) Civil War Round Table, Jess will make her debut as Julia Dent Grant in our play Now We Stand by Each Other Always before an audience of over 500.

A reference librarian at Genesee Community College, Jess is a graduate of Adelphi University and SUNY at Buffalo, where she received her MLIS in 2018. Jess is also an ardent student of history and intends to enroll again at SUNY at Buffalo for a History M.A. in the near future.

Julia Dent Grant (1826-1902) was the wife of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.  Born near St. Louis, MO, Julia was the daughter of Col. Frederick and Ellen Dent.  She and Ulysses had four children together – Fred, Ulysses, Jr., Nellie and Jesse.  A frequent visitor to the Civil War camps where her husband served, she went on to be First Lady of the United States.

Julia makes her appearance in the play in Act III when Sherman and Grant meet at City Point to plot out an end to the war.