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by Davis, Burke;

Ancestry, 88–89

  Anecdotes, 11, 48–49, 52, 57, 116–117, 128, 130–131, 159, 170, 196, 201, 261, 267, 274, 276, 290, 291, 314, 316–317, 322–323, 342, 389–390, 391

  Appearance, 5, 10, 15, 27, 93, 117, 123, 206, 327–328, 346–347, 356–357

  Artillery of, 34, 35, 36, 52, 54, 84–85, 238–239

  Boyhood, 89–91

  At John Brown hanging, 5–8

  Captures, 61, 139, 191, 193, 236–237, 328

  Children of, 127, 349–350, 395–399, 436, 451

  Citations, 103, 105, 345, 366

  Clashes with Judah Benjamin, 162–165

  Clashes with brother officers, 61, 162, 171–172, 174–175, 270–272, 274–275, 286, 314–316, 318, 344

  Commissioned, 96

  As Constable, 91

  Death of, 436–446

  Discipline of, 12–13, 42, 47–48, 64, 66, 68, 130, 138, 154, 158–159, 287, 318

  Dream of invasion, 62–63, 152, 161, 197, 261–262

  European tour, 120–121

  Health of, 10, 91, 94, 109, 127, 129

  Honeymoons, 118–119, 125

  Humanity of, 292, 298, 307

  Humor of, 159–160, 347, 391

  Idiosyncrasies of, 22–23, 26, 126–127, 128, 302–303

  Income, 159

  Lemons, 9, 225–226

  Letters:

  To Anna Jackson: 6, 7–8, 56, 67, 123–124, 131, 138, 140–141, 142, 144, 153, 156, 159, 171, 172–173, 177–178, 180, 237, 259, 272, 283, 312, 345–346, 349–350, 351, 368, 384, 386, 395–397

  To Laura Jackson: 95–96, 98, 100, 106–107, 110, 111, 114, 117–118, 124–125

  To R. E. Lee: 76, 275–276, 327, 417

  Liquor, 64–65, 160–161, 342

  Marching of, 11–12, 41–42, 65, 167, 177, 192–193, 203–205, 213–219, 256, 275–276, 288–292, 328, 415

  Maxims of, 94

  In Mexico, 96–108

  Mystifies Federals, 173, 178

  Newspapers, 57, 71, 140

  Nicknames of, 5, 10, 22, 48, 116, 149

  Photographs of, 348, 399

  Portrait of, 362

  Presidency, 170–171

  Promotions of, 97, 105, 141, 156, 344

  Reading of, 260

  Relatives of, 89

  Religion of, 13, 55, 100, 108–109, 110, 112–115, 127, 130, 134–135, 156–157, 172, 204, 224, 269, 303, 317, 335, 343–344, 387, 390, 394, 395, 401, 419, 441, 444

  Reports of, 74, 144, 244, 283, 384–385

  Resigns from army, 162–165

  At Richmond, 136–137, 263–265

  Secrecy of, 20, 27, 33, 48–49, 63–64, 83, 167, 195–196, 198, 199, 201, 204, 285, 290–291, 321

  As sentry, 50, 145

  Staff of, 14, 49, 71–72

  Sternness of, 191–192, 299, 310, 364, 392, 393, 415

  Strategy of, 29–30, 37, 194

  Temper of, 294

  Tenacity of, 50

  Troops of, 16–18, 41

  Views:

  On home, 125

  On Hooker, 439

  On Lee, 136, 262

  On Secession, 120, 131, 132

  On war, 132, 133

  On wounds, 259

  At Virginia Military Institute, 112–135

  At West Point, 92–96

  Wounded, 148, 420–429

  Johnson, Col. Bradley, C.S.A., 30, 73, 219, 251

  Johnson, Gen. Edward, C.S.A., 18, 32, 173, 178

  Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., C.S.A., 24, 61, 75, 140, 144, 147, 163, 164, 166

  Jones, Gen. D. R., C.S.A., 335

  Jones, J. B., 186

  Jones, Gen. W. E., C.S.A., 271

  Junkin, Rev. George, 118, 119

  Junkin, John, 365

  Kane, Col. Thomas, U.S.A., 73

  Kearny, Gen. Phil, U.S.A., 301, 310

  Kenly, Col. John R., U.S.A., 31, 34, 39

  Kernstown, W. Va., 49, 167–170

  Kyle, David, 424

  Lacy, Rev. B. T., 398, 400, 409, 410, 437, 445

  Lane, Gen. James, C.S.A., 343, 356, 366–367, 412, 424

  Lawler, Francis, 390–391

  Lawton, Gen. A. R., C.S.A., 42, 298, 332

  Lee, Gen. Fitz, C.S.A., 285, 408, 415–416

  Lee, Gen. Robert E., C.S.A., 12, 19–20, 75, 99, 100, 102, 120, 136, 137, 184, 198, 205–208, 213–214, 221–222, 227, 229, 231–232, 235–236, 245–251, 257, 266, 270–271, 284, 287–288, 294, 299, 302, 308–313, 317–318, 319, 320, 328–330, 335–340, 345, 353–354, 355, 360, 362, 364, 366, 383, 388, 389, 393, 401, 403, 404, 406–408, 410–411, 415, 417, 434, 435, 437–438, 446, 447, 448

  Lee, Gen. W. H. F., C.S.A., 231

  Leesburg, Va., 314

  Letcher, John, 136, 137, 163, 187, 449, 450

  Lincoln, A., 56, 325, 340, 371–381, 402, 403, 446

  Lincoln, Mary, 374–375, 376–377, 380–381

  Lincoln, “Tad,” 374, 376, 377, 379

  Livermore, Thomas, 238, 333

  Long, Col. Armistead, C.S.A., 409, 410

  Longstreet, Gen. James, C.S.A., 206, 208, 209, 241, 246, 248, 254, 264, 284, 285, 298–299, 302, 303–307, 320, 333, 337, 360, 389

  Loring, Gen. W. W., C.S.A., 159, 161–162, 165

  Lost Order of Sharpsburg (Antietam), 321, 323–325

  Lowe, Prof. S. T. C., 212

  Luray Valley, 28, 31

  Magruder, Gen. John, C.S.A., 100, 104, 141, 213, 231, 247, 249–250

  Malvern Hill, 247–254

  Manassas Gap, Va., 43

  Manassas Junction, Va., 141, 289–293

  Marsh, Dr. N. F., 246

  Martinsburg, W. Va., 33, 55, 319, 322–323

  Mason, Maj. Claiborne R., 231

  Massanutton Mountains, 27–28, 31, 33, 66, 70, 71, 75, 180

  Maury, Gen. D. H., C.S.A., 92, 129

  McClellan, Gen. Geo. B., U.S.A., 20, 75, 158, 166, 205, 213, 217, 220, 228–229, 284, 316, 323, 324–326, 330

  McDowell, W. Va., 11, 18, 178–179

  McDowell, Gen. Irvin, U.S.A., 20, 56, 146, 303

  McGuire, Betty, 348

  McGuire, Capt. Hugh, Jr., C.S.A., 260, 368

  McGuire, Dr. Hugh, 348

  McGuire, Dr. Hunter, 49, 155, 167, 168, 234, 273, 295, 302, 335, 361, 364, 415, 427, 429–432, 436–445

  McLaws, Gen. Lafayette, C.S.A., 313, 319, 326, 327, 334–335, 353, 387, 404, 405

  Mechanicsville, Va., 219, 220–221

  Mechum’s River, Va., 201

  Middletown, Md., 322

  Middletown, Va., 37, 38, 43–47

  Milroy, Gen. R. H., U.S.A., 178, 180

  Mitchell, Pvt. B. W., U.S.A., 324

  Moore, E. A., 309

  Morrison family, 129

  Morrison, Capt. Joseph, C.S.A., 263, 283, 400, 425, 426–428, 429, 436

  Mosby, Capt. John, C.S.A., 267

  Moss Neck, 367–368, 384, 385–386

  Mount Jackson, Va., 170

  Munford, Gen. T. T., C.S.A., 23, 30, 67, 198–199, 202, 234–235, 238, 239, 241, 412, 416

  Neale, Mrs. Alfred, 114

  New Market, Va., 9, 33

  Newtown, Va., 43, 44, 47

  New York Mercury, 57

  Osborn, Capt., Hartwell, U.S.A., 419

  Owen, William, 359

  Parks, Leighton, 315–316

  Patterson, Gen. Robt., U.S.A., 143

  Patton, Col. J. M., C.S.A., 68, 81, 82

  Paxton, Gen. E. F., 393, 437, 443

  Pelham, Maj. John, C.S.A., 358, 394

  Pender, Gen. Dorsey, 302, 428

  Pendleton, “Sandie,” 14, 44, 55, 57, 58, 59, 68, 69, 142, 263, 358, 363, 408–409, 432, 445, 449

  Pendleton, Gen. W. N., C.S.A., 58, 138, 144, 249, 258–259, 341, 383

  Pierce, Edwin, 354

  Pinkerton, Alan, 229

  Pittman, Col. Sam, U.S.A., 324

  Poague, Capt. W. T., C.S.A., 77, 85

  Polley, J. B., 305

  Pope, Gen. John, U.S.A., 261, 266–268, 274–276, 285, 287, 288, 293, 296, 303, 308

  Porter,
Gen. Fitz John, U.S.A., 212, 301–303

  Port Republic, 70, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81–87, 190

  Potomac River, 55, 315, 341, passim

  Preston, Maj. J. T. L., 6, 138, 159

  Preston, Margaret J., 113, 118, 119, 122

  Ransom, Gen. Matt, C.S.A., 334

  Rice, Maj. Owen, U.S.A., 414

  Richmond, Va., 24, 60

  bread riot, 183–189

  Robertson, Gen. Beverly, C.S.A., 271–276

  Rockbridge Artillery, 41, 47, 51, 58, 138, 303

  Rodes, Gen. R. E., C.S.A., 401, 405, 411, 412, 416, 417, 421, 439–440

  Romney, W. Va., 161

  Russell, Wm. H., 151

  Salm-Salm, Princess, 380

  Savage’s Station, 231, 232, 297–308

  Schenck, Gen. Robt. C., U.S.A., 178–179

  Scott, Gen. Winfield, 96, 136, 158, 377

  Sedgwick, Gen. John, U.S.A., 447

  Seven Pines, 75

  Seward, William, 381

  Sharpsburg (Antietam), 328–340

  Shenandoah Valley, 20, 61, passim

  Sherman, Gen. W. T., U.S.A., 146

  Shields, Gen. James, U.S.A., 19, 23, 60, 63, 66, 71, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 87

  Sickles, General Dan, U.S.A., 381, 433

  Smith, Col. Francis, 116, 137

  Smith, Capt. J. P., C.S.A., 318–319, 357–358, 362–363, 365, 408, 428–429, 430, 433, 437, 441

  Sorrel, Jackson’s horse, 16, 47, 76, 141, 314, 316, 426–427

  Sorrel, Gen. G. Moxley, C.S.A., 253

  South Mountain, 325

  Spotsylvania Courthouse, 404, 439

  Stanton, Edwin M., 38, 217, 371

  Starke, Gen. Wm. E., C.S.A., 298, 299, 332

  Staunton, Va., 178, 200

  Steuart, Gen. G. H., C.S.A., 32, 43, 44, 54, 55, 67, 79

  Stiles, Maj. Robt., C.S.A., 235, 353

  Stonewall Brigade, 48, 53, 65, 67, 81, 84, 85, 157, 158, 226, 281, 289, 296, 305, 411, 437, 450

  Strasburg, Va., 19, 31, 37, 44, 46, 63, 64

  Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., C.S.A., 142–144, 148–149, 212, 216–217, 222, 256, 267, 282, 285, 286–287, 298–299, 346, 347, 383, 406, 408, 432, 435

  Sweeny, Joe, banjoist, 143, 347

  Sydnor, Lincoln, 213, 214

  Sydnor, Lt. T. W., C.S.A., 220

  Talcott, Col. T. M. R., C.S.A., 407–408

  Taliaferro, Gen. Wm. B., C.S.A., 174, 279, 280, 295

  Taylor, Gen. Richard, C.S.A., 15, 26, 27, 32, 33, 37, 43, 44, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 65, 67, 76, 84, 86, 87, 190, 202, 203, 214, 216, 255

  Taylor, Col. Walter, C.S.A., 224, 232, 434

  Thompson, David, U.S.A., 337–338

  Thomson, Lieut. James T., C.S.A., 73

  Thoroughfare Gap, 290, 294

  Toombs, Gen. Robt., C.S.A., 258, 259, 285, 336

  Totopotomoy Creek, 208, 219

  Townsend, G. A., 212, 222, 227, 278

  Trimble, Gen. Isaac, C.S.A., 78, 79, 291, 302

  de Trobriand, Gen. Regis, U.S.A., 413

  Tyler, Gen. E. B., U.S.A., 83

  University of Virginia, 41, 120, 170

  Vera Cruz, 97–98

  Virginia Military Institute, 4, 5, 110, 111, 177, 180, 263, 343, 412, 416, 451, passim

  Volck, Adalbert, 362

  Volck, Frederick, 362, 449

  Von Borcke, Maj. Heros, C.S.A., 315, 328, 346, 355, 358–359, 411

  Walker, Col. J. A., C.S.A., 22

  Walker, Gen. John G., C.S.A., 313, 319–320, 326, 329, 334, 336–337, 339

  Walker, Gen. R. L., C.S.A., 412

  Washington College, 41, 118

  Washington Morning Chronicle, 403

  Waynesboro, Va., 200

  Wellford, Charles, Jr., 409

  West Point, 38, 92–96

  Wheat, Maj. Roberdeau, C.S.A., 32, 44, 72, 147, 155, 226

  White, Gen. Julius, U.S.A., 327

  White, Rev. Wm. S., 112, 114–115, 132, 134–135, 156–157, 451

  White Oak Swamp, 230, 234–244

  Whiting, Gen. W. H. C., C.S.A., 195–196, 204, 218, 226, 227, 412

  Whitman, Walt, 376

  Wilbourn, Capt. R. E., C.S.A., 419, 425–428, 434, 435

  Williamsport, Md., 55

  Willis, Lieut. Ed, C.S.A., 76, 77

  Winchester, Va., 31, 37, 39, 40–57, 58, 62, 63, 65, 66, 158, 160, 347, 348

  Winder, Gen. Chas. S., C.S.A., 67, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 171, 175, 178, 202, 203, 217, 268, 273, 277, 279–280

  Wise, Henry A., 3

  Woodson, Capt. Blake, 89

  Woodstock, Va., 66

  Wright, Gen. A. R., 239–240

  Wynn, Lieut., C.S.A., 425–426

  Wyndham, Sir Percy, 72, 74

  Zamboggi, Pietro, 449

  Acknowledgment

  For aid in writing this book, I am indebted to my wife, Evangeline, critic, goad and typist; to Lettie Rogers, grammarian, stylist and indispensable consultant; to Carroll G. Bowen and Mattie Straughan, who proposed it; to Robert D. Loomis, its enthusiastic editor; to the Confederate Museum and the Valentine Museum of Richmond; to the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library; to the North Carolina Department of Archives and History; to the Greensboro Public Library, in particular Olivia Burwell and Irene Hester; to the libraries of the Woman’s College, University of North Carolina, and of Guilford College.

  I am also indebted to North Carolinians who opened their private libraries to allow use of valuable books or manuscripts, among them: Keith F. Cooper, Mrs. Edgar C. Garber, Mrs. C. T. Lipscomb, Mrs. Mary R. Lomax and Mrs. Henry Myers.

  For contributions neither literary nor historical, I am indebted to my neighbors, Eve and Floyd Hugh Craft of Melwood; to Joseph B. Stevens, M.D., and his elixir for burdened writers; and to Miles H. Wolff, a helpful and understanding newspaper editor.

  Burke Davis

  Cornwallis House,

  Guilford College, N.C.

  April 21, 1954

  About the Author

  Burke Davis (1913–2006) was an American author and journalist best known for his narrative histories of the Civil War, including To Appomattox: Nine April Days, 1865 (1959), Sherman’s March (1980), and The Last Surrender (1985). His acclaimed biographies of military and political figures include They Called Him Stonewall (1954), Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War (1956), Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller (1962), and Old Hickory: A Life of Andrew Jackson (1977). A longtime special projects writer for Colonial Williamsburg, Davis also published many works of historical nonfiction for young readers. His numerous honors include the Mayflower Cup, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and election to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.

  All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

  Grateful acknowledgment is made to the publishers and copyright owners who have so generously granted permission for the use of excerpts from their publications; especially to:

  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, for permission to reprint selections from THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARGARET J. PRESTON, edited by Elizabeth Preston Allan, copyright, 1903, by Elizabeth Preston Allan.

  Fleming H. Revell Company, Westwood, New Jersey, for permission to reprint excerpts from EARLY LIFE AND LETTERS OF GENERAL THOMANS J. (STONEWALL) JACKSON, by T. J. Arnold, copyright, 1916, by Fleming H. Revell Company.

  Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York, New York, for permission to adapt and reprint excerpts from WAR YEARS WITH JEB STUART, by W. W. Blackford, copyright, 1945, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

  The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for permission to reprint excerpts from NATURAL BENT, by Paul Barringer, copyright, 1949, by Anna Barringer; I RODE WITH STONEWALL, by R. K. Douglas, copyright, 1940, by The University of North
Carolina Press; FOREIGNERS IN THE CONFEDERACY, by Ella Lonn, copyright, 1945, by The University of North Carolina Press; and RUSTICS IN REBELLION, by G. A. Townsend, copyright, 1950, by The University of North Carolina Press.

  Copyright © 1954 by Burke Davis

  Cover design by Drew Padrutt

  ISBN: 978-1-5040-3443-2

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