Life of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson)J. Nisbet, 1864 |
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Strana 119 - 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.
Strana 170 - 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.
Strana 325 - Your order, requiring me to direct General Loring to return with his command to Winchester immediately, has been received and promptly complied with. With such interference in my command, I cannot expect to be of much service in the field...
Strana 292 - In the army of the Shenandoah you were the First Brigade ! In the army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the second corps of the army you are the First Brigade ! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your General; and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity as the First Brigade in this our second war of independence. Farewell...
Strana 291 - 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.
Strana 291 - 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 I shall hear of the First Brigade on the field of battle, it will be of still nobler deeds...
Strana 267 - Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant army, God made my brigade more instrumental than any other in repulsing the main...
Strana 117 - eye was single, and his whole body was full of light." This is the best explanation which can be given of that almost infallible judgment in practical affairs, which he never failed to display, whenever he felt it his duty to examine and decide. And this refers his greatness primarily to his Christianity ; a solution which...
Strana 324 - Our news indicates that a movement is making to cut off General Loring's command; order him back to Winchester immediately.