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nnumbering four or five to his one, he found that he was in a difficult position, and the daring was the best way to extricate himself. He calculated justly. The suddenness and severity of the blow paralyzed the assailed party, and he could not follow him effectually, whereas had he evaded him, he would but have encouraged him to follow with increased activity. Besides, this attack, so blamed for rashness at the time, was made, it was said, to prevent Shields from falling on the flank of Johnston in his retreat from Manassas. Jackson's march against Milroy, evading Banks, who was in his front, was a daring enterprise, and a beautiful exhibition of the importance of interior lines. He struck Milroy first--crushed him — and then returned to annihilate Banks. The whole was boldly conceived, and admirably executed. It places his name among those of the first military men of the age. Above all, Jackson has shown what a bold heart and ready wit can do with the most inadequate