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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Thomas J. Jackson. (search)
Jackson that I was very sorry to give up Father——; that he was one of the most useful chaplains in the service. He replied: If that is the case he shall have a tent. And so far as I know this Roman Catholic priest was the only man in the corps who had one. In my opinion those people who have made General Jackson a narrow-minded, bigoted Presbyterian have belittled him. He was a true Presbyterian and Christian, but not a narrow one. I remember one night he was in my tent very near Charleston, W. Va. It was a bitter cold, snowy night and he was sitting by the fire that I had made. He said to me: I would not give one-thousandth part of my chances for Heaven for all the earthly reputation I have or can make. Relations with Mr. Davis. Was Jackson intimate with President Davis? When did you see him for the first time? queried the scribe. The first time General Jackson ever saw President Davis was at First Manassas, replied Dr. McGuire. The enemy had been routed an