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The Daily Dispatch: May 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], General Greene--retreat through the Carolinas. (search)
the idea of filling the place he had left vacant. Our informant says, that one day. while it was raining exceedingly hard. he burst suddenly into his office, the rain streaming from his clothes, and told him that he must give him a letter to Mr. Hayes, at that time representative in Congress from the Lewis district. Upon being asked what he wanted with such a letter, he replied he wished to go to West Point. His friend pointed out to him what he regarded as the absurdity of such a scheme, Jackson sent the horse back, instead of riding him on in pursuit of the stage, and took it on foot through the mud. After a run of thirteen miles, he overtook the stage, jumped in, went to Washington all muddy as he was, presented his letter to Mr. Hayes, and was by him, intern, presented to the Secretary of War, who gave him the coveted warrant. At West Point he severely felt the want of early education, but his indomitable spirit overcame every obstacle. He was never marked for a demerit du