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the customary outward badges Of mourning
be worn by all the Officers and Cadets OF
the Institution.
By command.
VIM. fl. RICHARDSON, A. G.
HEADQUARTERS, Va. MIL. INSTITUTE,
May 18th, 1868.
GENERAL ORDEn,
No. 80.
It is the painful duty Of the Superinten-
dent to announce to the officers and cadets
Of this Institution, the death of their late
associate and Professor, Lieut.. Gen.
THOMAS j. JACKSON. He died at Guinea
Station Caroline Co Va, on the 10th inst.
Of Pneumonia, after short but violent i'll
ness, supervening upon the severe wounds
received in the battle Of Charlottesville.
A nation mourns the loss Of General Jack
son. First in the hearts Of the brave men
he has so often led to victory. there is not
home in the Confederacy that will not
feel the loss, and lament it as great ma
tional calamity. But our loss is distinc-
tive. He was peculiarly our oaon. He
came to us IN 1851, Lieutenant and Bre-
vet Major Of Artillery from the army Of the
late United States. upon the unanimous ap-
pointment of the Board of Visitors as Pro-
lessor of Natural and Experimental Phi
losophy, and Instructor of Artillery
Here he labored with scrupulous fidelity
| for 10 years in the duties of these impor-
tant offices. Here be became soldier Of
the Cross, and as an humble. conscientious
and useful christian man, he established
the character which has developed into the
world renowned christian Hero.
Upon the Goth Of April, 1861. upon the
order Of his Excellency, Gov. Letcber, he
left the Institute in command of the Corps
of Cadets for Camp Lee, Richmond for
service in the defence of his native State
and country. and he has never known a
day Of rest, until called by the Divine COM
maad to cease from his labors.
The military career Of Gen. jackson fills
the most brilliant and momen ious page in
the history Of our country and in the
achievements of our arms, and he stands
forth a colossal figure 4h this war for our
independence. His country now returns
him to us--not as he was when be left us
bis spirit has gone to God who gave it
his mutilated body comes back to us-to
his home-to be laid by us in the tomb
Reverently and affectionately we will dis
charge this last solemn duty And
'.Thou9h his earthly sun has set
''lts light sballdinger round US yet,
sBright -7-radiant-best."
Young gentlemen of the corps of cadets
the memory Of General jackson is very
precious to you-you know how faithfully
and conscientiously he discharged every
( duty-you know that he was cmphatically
man of God, and that christian principle
| impressed every act Of bis life-you know
how he sustained the honor of our arms
when he commanded wallpapers Ferry
how CALAMITY he repulsed Patterson at
Huntsville invincible stand he made
With his Stouewall Brigade at Manassas, -
you know the brilliant series of successes
and victories which immortalized his Valley
campaign-for many of you were under his
standard at Mcdowell and pursued the dis
comfted Mi]roy and Schenk to Franklin
you know his rapid march to the Chicka-
hominy how he turned the flank of Nc
Clellan at Gaines mill-his subsequent vic
tory over Pope at Cedar Mountain-the
part he bore in the great victory at I'd Ma
nassas-his investment and capture of Har-
per's Ferry.-his rapid march and great
conflict at Sharpsburg- and when his last
conflict was passed the tribute of the mag
unanimous Lee, who would gladly have suf
fered in his own person. could he by that
sacri6ce, have saved General Jackson, and
to whom, alone, under God. he gave the
whole glory of the great victory at Chan
cellorsville, surely, the Va Military In
stiute has precious Inheritance in the
memory Of Gen. jackson.
His work is finished God gave him to
us and to his country-He fitted him for
| us work. and when his work was done. He
called him to Himself submissive to the
Will of his Heavenly Father-it may be
said of him, that while, in every other heart,
there may be some murmnring His ,oill
| ,oas to do ona suffer The wiW Of God
| Reverence the memory of such man as
6 eneral jackson. Initiate his virtues and
here over his lifeless remains dedicate your
service, and your life if need be, in defence
of that cause so dear to his heart-the cause
for which he fought and bled-the cause in
which he died.
| Let the Cadet Battery which he so long
commanded, honor his memory by half-houl
guns tomorrow, from sunrise to sunset un.
der the direction Of Major S. Ship, COM
mandant of Cadets
Let the flag the State and Confsderacy
be hung at half-mast to morrow
Let the Lecture Room be draped in mourn
ing for the period of six months.
Let the officers and cadets Of the Inssi.
tutc wear the usual badge Of mourning fol
the period Of thirty days, and it is respect
fully recommended to all the Alumni Of the
Institution to unite in this last tribute Of re-
spect to the memory of their late Professor
By command Of
Maj Gen. +. II. SMITH.
| (Signed) A. G. HILL.
! A. A. Y. NJ. I.
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