Life of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson)J. Nisbet, 1866 |
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A. P. Hill approach arms arrived artillery Ashby assailants attack bank batteries bridge Brigadier-General Burnside campaign cannonade captured cavalry centre Chancellorsville chaplains Chickahominy Colonel column command Confederate army corps cross D. H. Hill detachment directed division of A. P. enemy enemy's Ewell Federal army Federalists field fire flank force Ford Fredericksburg Fremont front Front Royal Gordonsville ground guns Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg heights Hooker horses hundred infantry Jackson labours line of battle Longstreet loss M'Clellan M'Dowell M'Laws Malvern Hill Manassas ment miles military morning mountain movement night numbers o'clock occupied officers passed Pope Port Republic position Potomac railroad Rappahannock rear regiments remained retired retreat Richmond river road Sabbath sent Shenandoah side skirmishers soldiers speedily Staunton Stonewall Brigade Strasbourg stream struggle Stuart Swift Run Gap thousand tion town troops turnpike Valley victory village Virginia whole Winchester woods wounded
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Page 51 - May our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while we look not at the things which are seen and temporal, but at the things unseen and eternal.
Page 508 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 51 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 135 - An official report is not an appropriate place for more than a passing notice of the distinguished dead, but the close relation which General Ashby bore to my command for most of the previous twelve months will justify me in saying that as a partisan officer I never knew his superior. His daring was proverbial, his powers of endurance almost incredible, his tone of character heroic, and his sagacity almost intuitive in divining the purposes and movements of the enemy.
Page 303 - General Walker, with his division, after accomplishing the object in which he is now engaged, will cross the Potomac at Cheek's Ford, ascend its right bank to Lovettsville, take possession of Loudoun Heights, if practicable, by Friday morning, Keys' Ford on his left, and the road between the end of the mountain and the Potomac on his right.
Page 115 - Providence in the brilliant successes of the last three days (which have given us the results of a great victory without great losses), and to make the oblation of our thanks to God for his mercies to us and our country in heartfelt acts of religious worship.
Page 329 - Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have been lost. Lee's army might then have marched as it pleased on Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country ; extorted tribute from wealthy and populous cities ; and nowhere east of the Alleghanies was there another organized force able to arrest its march.
Page 281 - General, this day has been won by nothing but stark and stern fighting." "No," said Jackson, "It has been won by nothing but the blessing and protection of Providence.
Page 24 - What I desire is to hold the country, as far as practicable, until we are in a condition to advance; and then, with God's blessing, let us make thorough work of it.
Page 79 - I congratulate you on your recent victory at McDowell. I request you to unite with me this morning in thanksgiving to Almighty God for thus having crowned your arms with success, and in praying that He will continue to lead you on from victory to victory until our independence shall be established, and make us that people whose God is the Lord. The chaplains will hold Divine Service at 10 o'clock AM this day, in their respective regiments.