 Lt. Col. Heros von Borcke, who served on the staff of Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart, is the most famous German officer in the Confederacy.Von Borcke, a Prussian Army officer and military observer, slipped through the Union blockade into Charleston Harbor and eventually became one of Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B.Stuart's closest confidants and his Adjutant and Chief of Staff.