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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], The fighting in North Carolina. (search)
ay, he was Born.--The ancestry of S. J. has hitherto been shrouded in doubt. Some have asserted that he is descended from Jack, surnamed the Giant Killer, and that the "seven-league boots" of the aforesaid J. the G. K. are yet in his possession, whiledge." He married, and in the course of time had four sons, whom he named — to commemorate his favorite game — High, Low, Jack, and the Game. Jack followed the example of his father, married, and had one son, the subject of this sketch, who was natJack followed the example of his father, married, and had one son, the subject of this sketch, who was naturally called Jack's son, and in course of time Jackson. A family trait lurks in Stonewall, for at any critical stage of the game he is sure to "turn" up and become the trump. Young Jackson in his youth gave great promise of future usefulness, Jack's son, and in course of time Jackson. A family trait lurks in Stonewall, for at any critical stage of the game he is sure to "turn" up and become the trump. Young Jackson in his youth gave great promise of future usefulness, so much so that when he was sent to school he invariably ran away to play "tag" and "leap frog," to the constant study of which he owes his agility. One day Jackson's pere, learning of his son's truancy, determined to chastise it out of him, and so