They Called Him Stonewall
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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.
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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.
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