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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in the Valley. (search)
nd drag my artillery with ropes across Cragg's creek seven times in twenty four hours. On my return I found six separate commands, Gens. Early, Jones, Fitz Lee, Jackson, Echols, and McCourtin, arranged in a from Staunton to New port, upon all the available roads to prevent my return. I captured a dispatch from Gen. Jones to Gen. Early, giving me the position (and that of Jackson at Clifton Porge and Covington.) which he was selected to carry. I marched from the front of Jones to that of Jackson during the night. His were pressed in at a gallop by the 8th Virginia mounted infantry, and the two bridges across Jackson river saved. Although faggots had bJackson during the night. His were pressed in at a gallop by the 8th Virginia mounted infantry, and the two bridges across Jackson river saved. Although faggots had been piled ready to ignite, my column, four miles long, hastened across, regardless of the enemy, until all but my ambulances and a few wagons and one regiment had passed, when a strong effort was made to retake the first bridge, which did not succeed. The ambulances and some sick men were lost, and by the darkness and difficulties
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Attempted escape of Confederate officers from Fort Warren. (search)
An example for military men. Gen. Jackson, like all great military commanders, was especially remarkable for his attention to details. Nothing was too small to escape his eagle eye. Upon a march be was always to be found with his wagon train. On one occasion, when one of his wagons was stuck in the mud, and the wagoners wera firma. He then superintended the filling up of the hole in which it had sunk, so as to secure the uninterrupted transit of the rest of the train. This was Gen. Jackson's style of doing business. He knew how much the great operations of war depend upon what appear to be the most trifling details. He never lost a thousand dol to fight battles, make an egregious mistake. Some of our military popinjays seem to think that the of the battle-field and fuss and feathers make up the sum of military glory. If they would emulate the fame of Jackson they must adopt his habits of patient, practical labor, and his thorough and absorbing attention to details.