Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, (Stonewall Jackson)Blelock & Company, 1866 - 742 pages |
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... latter district , the northern counties were at first the more cultivated , and the southern bore to them the relation of frontiers . The emigrants found that they had not descended very far from the loftier ranges of the Alleghany and ...
... latter district , the northern counties were at first the more cultivated , and the southern bore to them the relation of frontiers . The emigrants found that they had not descended very far from the loftier ranges of the Alleghany and ...
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... latter , and Jackson secured the prize triumphantly in the stable , while yet he respected , at least in the letter , the common law of the neighborhood . But these occupations proved more favorable to the health of his body than of his ...
... latter , and Jackson secured the prize triumphantly in the stable , while yet he respected , at least in the letter , the common law of the neighborhood . But these occupations proved more favorable to the health of his body than of his ...
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... latter would reply , " Yea , but you must recollect them ; " and , by his firm countenance and reference to attendant circumstances , would constrain his unwilling party to make the just admissions . In this way he forced him to allow ...
... latter would reply , " Yea , but you must recollect them ; " and , by his firm countenance and reference to attendant circumstances , would constrain his unwilling party to make the just admissions . In this way he forced him to allow ...
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... latter , by his manly decision , made of the same opportunity " a tide , which , taken at the flood , led on to fortune . " There was then living in the village of Weston a German smith , one of those neighborly , ingenious , gossiping ...
... latter , by his manly decision , made of the same opportunity " a tide , which , taken at the flood , led on to fortune . " There was then living in the village of Weston a German smith , one of those neighborly , ingenious , gossiping ...
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... latter , that if the course were two years longer than it was , Jackson would assuredly graduate at the head of his class . - His manners , when he appeared at West Point , have been already described . When he returned upon furlough to ...
... latter , that if the course were two years longer than it was , Jackson would assuredly graduate at the head of his class . - His manners , when he appeared at West Point , have been already described . When he returned upon furlough to ...
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Page 104 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 3 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 327 - 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 146 - That it is the duty of the Federal Government, in all its departments, to protect, when necessary, the rights of persons and property in the Territories, and wherever else its constitutional authority extends.
Page 544 - 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 544 - Ford on his left, and the road between the end of the mountain and the Potomac on his right. He will, as far as practicable, co-operate with General McLaws and General Jackson in intercepting the retreat of the enemy "General DH Hill's division will form the rear guard of the army, pursuing the road taken by the main body.
Page 710 - Give him 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.
Page 227 - Yesterday we fought a great battle, and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone.
Page 247 - a brilliant and deservedly high reputation throughout the army of the whole Confederacy, and I trust, in the future, by your deeds on the field, and by the assistance of the same kind Providence who has heretofore favored our cause, you will gain more victories and add additional lustre to the reputation you now enjoy. You have already gained a proud position in the future history of this our second war of independence. I shall look with great anxiety to your future movements; and I trust, whenever...
Page 246 - I am not here to make a speech, but simply to say farewell. I first met you at Harper's Ferry in the commencement of this war, and I cannot take leave of you without giving expression to my admiration of your conduct from that day to this — whether on the march, the bivouac, the tented field, or on the bloody Plains of Manassas, where you gained the welldeserved reputation of having decided the fate of the battle.