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" Yesterday we fought a great battle, and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone. "
Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, (Stonewall Jackson) - Page 227
by Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 742 pages
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Life of lieut.-gen. T.J. Jackson, abridged from the work of professor Dabney

Robert Lewis DABNEY - 1868 - 310 pages
...had many a rival. To his wife he writes, — and the letter shows the modesty of his spirit : — " Yesterday we fought a great battle, and gained a great...victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone, to Whom be all the glory, honour, and praise. Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant...
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The Life of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, ("Stonewall" Jackson)

Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1876 - 402 pages
...shot. We find Jackson writing on the day after the battle of Manassas to Mrs. Jackson as follows : "Yesterday we fought a great battle, and gained a...largest finger of the left hand; but the doctor says * Holmes and Tucker Conrad, of Martinsburg, Virginia. the finger can be saved. My horse was wounded,...
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The Life of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, ("Stonewall" Jackson)

Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1876 - 394 pages
...shot. We find Jackson writing on the day after the battle of Manassas to Mrs. Jackson as follows : "Yesterday we fought a great battle, and gained a...the largest finger of the left hand; but the doctor * Holmes mid Tucker Conrad, of Jlnrtinsburg, Virginia the finger can be saved. My horse was wounded,...
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Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson)

Mary Anna Jackson - 1891 - 526 pages
...and the following day was the memorable 21st of July." "MANASSAS, July 22d. " MY PRECIOUS PET, — Yesterday we fought a great battle and gained a great...victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone. Although under a heavy lire for several continuous hours, I received only one And with the murmured...
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Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson)

Mary Anna Jackson - 1892 - 524 pages
...following day was the memorable 21st of July." " MANASSAS, July 22d. " MY PRECIOUS PET,—Yesterday we. fought a great battle and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone. Although under a heavy fire for several continuous hours, I received only one And with the murmured...
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History Reader for Elementary Schools: Arranged with Special ..., Part 4

Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1898 - 130 pages
...was a very modest man ! He did not boast of his great deeds. In a letter to his wife he says : — " Yesterday we fought a great battle and gained a great...victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone." Whenever the soldiers caught sight of him, they rent the air with their cheers. He always lifted his...
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Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War, Volume 1

George Francis Robert Henderson - 1898 - 654 pages
...yours faithfully, T. .1. Jackson.' To his wife, however, he was less reserved. 'Yesterday,' he wrote, we ' fought a great battle and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone. . . . Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant army, God made my brigade more instrumental...
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Hearst's International, Volume 24

1913 - 1066 pages
...Manassas, where they rested. Then came the news of the big battle. Manassas, July 22d. My Precious Pet, — Yesterday we fought a great battle and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to Cod alone. Although under heavy fire for several continuous hours, I received only one wound, the breaking...
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The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...

Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 506 pages
...reached the field on July 19, and on July 21, to quote his own words in a letter to his wife, he " fought a great battle and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone." In this battle he was wounded in the finger and his horse was shot. It was in this fight that General...
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Leading American Soldiers

Robert Matteson Johnston - 1907 - 428 pages
...the spirit in which Jackson looked on victory. Writing to his wife he declared his thankfulness for "a great victory for which all the glory is due to God alone. . . . Whilst credit is due to other parts of our gallant army, God made my brigade more instrumental...
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