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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.26 (search)
and instantly advanced to the rescue amidst the shouts of the Confederates: Here comes old Jubal, he'll straighten that fence. And he did straighten it, driving the enemy far out on the plain, and having the satisfaction of presently receiving Jackson's orders to do just what he had done. Early commanded the right wing of Lee's army during the battle of Chancellorsville, while Lee and Jackson surrounded Hooker with less than half of his numbers. With his division of four brigades and Barksdale's Brigade, and the reserve artillery, all told less than 10,000 men. Early held a line four miles long against three corps at first, then against two, and at last had it out with Sedgwick 30,000 strong. The latter, by a sudden rush in the afternoon, captured Marye's Hill, but at dawn next day Early straightened that fence, and later joined in the assault at Salem Church, which led to the discomfiture and retreat of the enemy. On the 15th of June, 1863, Lee telegraphed from his headqua