The seven days. Gaines' MillLongman, Green, 1919 A biography of Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, who fought for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. |
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A. P. Hill advance advanced-guard already Antietam army corps Army of Northern artillery attack bank batteries Bridge brigade Bull Run Burnside campaign captured cavalry Cedar Run Centreville Chancellorsville Chickahominy Colonel column command Confederate army counterstroke Court House covered Creek crossed Culpeper D. H. Hill defeat enemy enemy's Ewell Ewell's Federal army field fight fire flank force Ford forest forward Fredericksburg Frémont front Gordonsville ground Groveton guns Harper's Ferry Hazel Grove Hooker infantry intrenchments Junction Lawton Lee and Jackson Lee's Longstreet Malvern Hill Manassas manoeuvres McClellan McLaws miles morning move movement never night Northern Virginia numbers officers ordered plank road Pope Pope's position Potomac ranks Rappahannock rear regiments reinforced reported reserve retreat Richmond ridge river rode Second Manassas sent Sharpsburg skirmishers soldiers Southern staff Stonewall Brigade Stonewall Jackson strength strong Stuart success troops turnpike Valley victory Warrenton whole woods wounded
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Stran 469 - Order AP Hill to prepare for action ! pass the infantry to the front rapidly ! tell Major Hawks " — then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished.
Stran 285 - Banks— he's fond of shell; Lord save his soul ! we'll give him " well, That's "Stonewall Jackson's way.
Stran 417 - It is with, heartfelt satisfaction that the Commanding General announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Stran 469 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...
Stran 286 - He's in the saddle now. Fall in, Steady the whole brigade ! Hill's at the ford, cut off; we'll win His way out, ball and blade. What matter if our shoes are worn ? What matter if our feet are torn? Quick step ! We're with him before morn — > That's Stonewall Jackson's way.
Stran 285 - Come, stack arms, men! Pile on the rails, Stir up the camp-fire bright; No matter if the canteen fails, We'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, There burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, To swell the brigade's rousing song Of "'Stonewall
Stran 81 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them, — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas.
Stran 398 - We must make this campaign," said Jackson, "an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger. It must make up in activity what it lacks in strength, and a defensive campaign can only be made successful by taking the aggressive at the proper time.
Stran 14 - Virginia Cavalry, the cavalry of Cobb's Legion and the Jeff Davis Legion, will cross the Chickahominy to-morrow and take position to the left of General Jackson's line of march. The main body will be held in reserve, with scouts well extended to the front and left. General Stuart will keep General Jackson informed of the movements of the enemy on his left, and will co-operate with him in his advance. The Tenth Virginia Cavalry, Colonel Davis, will remain on the Nine-mile road.
Stran 468 - Give him," he said in his half-playful and tender manner, " my affectionate regards, and tell him to make haste and get well, and come back to me as soon as he can. He has lost his left arm, but I have lost "my right arm.