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get to Hancock, Md, before Jackson arrived,
and old Stonewall played baby.
The next day Stonewal sent flag of
truce, asking the surrender of Hancock and
tho troops there, about 1900. He was told
to come over and take them. He wasted n
lot of ammunition, then marched away in
disgust. This was Stonewalls first lesson
from VIM. G.. Murry, of the saith Pa.
Then, this big brag of reb was not pres
ent with Stonewall Jackson and his 10000
Southerners at Winchester (Kernstown), Va,
Nov. %, 1862, when Gen. Shields, with his
1000 Yankees, let Stonewall come up and
take his position. Then Kimball, who was
second in command, gave the command to
charge the whole line, which was done in
fine style by the mud-sills of the North, and
after short but stubborn fight what was
left of Stonewal and his 10000 Southern
chivalry was going down the Shenandoah
Valley toward Strasburg in somewhat Of a
hurry.
The troops that Stonewall had at Win
chester that day were as good men as ever
served in the rebel army, but it failed 10
take 10 Yankees to whip one of them. 1t
really took just seven-tenths of one Yankee
to do il. Stonewall Jackson got lesson No.
from Gen. Shields.
Then, again, this big rebel brag was not
present at Front Royal, Va, May 30, 1862,
when Gen. Shields charged his advance
guard into town to drive out long line
of those Southern gentlemen that were
drawn up in line-ofbattle to dispute his adj
vance. The troops with which Gen. Shields
charged at Front Royal were 80 men of the
New Hampshire battalion of the 1st r. /.
Cav. They took 26O Southern gentlemen
prisoners also several pieces of artillery,
and quite number of wagons. They re-
captured quite number of Union prisoners
that the rebels had there. The 80 Yankees
only lost eight men killed. That don't look
as if it took 10 Yankees to whip one rebel.
Stonewall got lesson here from Gen.
Shields on dash-lesson No. g.
| guess we had better take this rebel Drag
up to Port Republic, as l am sure he was
not there, for if he had been he would have
reversed his statement, and acknowledged
that it took 10 rebels to whip one Yankee
in this fight. StOnewall Jackson had about
10000 men, and he had to put up q good,
stiff fight to drive Gen. Carroll Brick Top
and 1900 Yankees away from Port Repub-
lie If Gen Shields had been allowed to go
to Port Republic with his whole division
old Stonewal would have had the disgrace
of second thrashing by Shields and his
1000 Yankees. Mcdowell, who had COM
mand in that section, was afraid to let
Shields at Jackson the second time for fear
he would do him up for good. Mcdowell
loved the rebels better than victory.
Gen. Carroll gave Stonewall his fourth
lesson, and showed him that it took 10
rebels to whip one Yankee.
/ take Stonewall jackson and his men, for
i believe that they were as good if not the
very best in the rebel army.
don't write from hearsay, but from facts
as l saw them, and as this was early in the
war it showed me to my entire satisfaction
that good Yankee that went into the war
through spirit of patriotism was as good a
man, with or without gun, as any rebel
that ever lived. One of Shields's old divis-
ion-L. b. SAMPSON, Captain, Saith Pa.