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tmately acquainted with Major Jack
sons character, talents and record, rs
was also Judge Allen. who was for
many years citizen, resident and dis
tinSuishcd representative of Clarks-
burg and OF Harrison County in
northwestern Virginia. the home coun-
" of Stonewall jackson and his
family.
While Jackson's career character
and talents were we'll known To "A great
number of people in and out of Nir-
sinia. in 1861, there were Doubtless
number of Intelligent people. citi-
zcns of the State. who knew little or
nothing of his merits, for il is mar
rated that when his nomination as
colonel i'll command OF the army and
the post At liarpcr's Ferry came up In
the convention for confirmation some
member inquired:
WHO is This Major Jack son. to whom
II is proposed TO commit this RESPONSE
bic rost?"
To which inquiry samuel Mcdowell
Moore. a distinguished delegate to the
convention from tockhridgc, who was
Il netGhhor of Major jackson. and
knew him we'll, made this now historic
reply:
II will tell YOU who Major Jackson
is: lie is man who. ii YOU order him
TO hold post will never leave it alive
TO be occupied by the enemy"
And Jacksons appointment was in
stantly confirmed
And now the civilized world knows
what manner OF man Major Jackson
was. for within two wears he wrote
his name across the heavens
STONEWAIL JAtiISON'S
PLACE IN HISTORY
While Jackson was startling the
world by his victories. and still more
since death untimcly closed his great
career, the question has been raised
as TO what is and what will he his
place in history? Eminent soldiers.
students, and some Of them makers OF
history have given this inquiry care
ful consideration. and have assigned
To Jackson very high rank among tho
great captains of the world Colonel
henderson. the accomplished English
soldier. the author of that admirable
life OF Jackson, which is used as a
textbook in some Of the foremost
military schools OF the world one Of
the most intelligent and competent of
military critics. gives his answer to
this question in the following lam
Suage. which is so just and so true
that We may safely adopt IL as our
own:
so far as his opportunities had per-
mitted. he had shown himself in no
of the century-Wellington Napoleon
and Lee. That Jackson was equal to
the highest demands of strategy his
deeds and conceptions show: that he
was equal To the task of handling y
large army on the field Of battle must
he left 10 conjecture; but. through
out The whole of his soldiers life he
was never entrusted with any do
tached mission which he failed 10
execute with complete success
No general made fewer mistakes
, NO general so persistently outwitted
his opponents. No general better
understood the use OF ground or the
value of time No general was more
highly endowed with courage. both
physical and moral, and none ever Sc
cured TO a greater degree the trust
and affection OF his troops"
JACKSON's PLACE AS
MILITARY CHIEFTtIN
And then this impartial and accur-
ate historian crowns his just tribute
10 jackson as military chieftain
with the following splendid culocy
upon him a man:
md yet. so upright was his life.
so profound his faith. so exquisite his
tenderness that .Iacksons many vic
tories arc almost his least claim to he
ranked among the worlds true
IN Affirmative answer to any mies
ton as to Jackson's supreme ability
as commander OF armies must be
dcduced from the tremendous facts
thus forcihly grouped by Cononel Hen
delson.
y similar conclusion would he in
ferred from significant statement
made by another distinguished and i'm
partial military critic. Licutenant-
General Richard Taylor who in n
paper upon "Stoncwall Jackson and the
Valley Campaign OF 1852" published
in the North American Review in 1878.
says: