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The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Major General John B. Floyd. (search)
the fatal stroke. We miss the eager eye and the ready head of a Cromwell or a Conde, inspired by their soldier instinct when to launch forth their strength, and stake everything on the result of a single blow." The examples of Cæsar and of Hannibal are cited as proofs of the pre-eminent importance of energy to the soldier, for although Cæsar was great in everything he undertook yet his military skill was not as remarkable as that of some others, but, as Dr. Arnold remarks, it was Cæsar's rs. "As a General," says that historian, "it is needless to pronounce his eulogy, we may observe, however, that the quality which most contributed to his success on several occasions was his great activity." Energy was also the leading quality of Hannibal, and whenever great results are attained, will be found, though not the sole, yet the dominating quality, whether in civilized or barbarian war. Energy was the prominent characteristic of our immortal Jackson, and furnishes the solution of