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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 122 4 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 48 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 39 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 22 2 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 11 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 11 1 Browse Search
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John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., Jackson. (search)
re thousands. Well, said Jackson, with his dry smile, you can go. My men can whip any army that comes well provisioned. Of wit, properly speaking, he had little. But at times his brief, wise, matter-of-fact sentences became epigrammatic. Dr. Hunter McGuire, his medical director, once gave him some whiskey when he was wet and fatigued. Jackson made a wry face in swallowing it, and Dr. McGuire asked if it was not good whiskey. Oh, yes, replied Jackson, I like liquor, the taste and effect-thatDr. McGuire asked if it was not good whiskey. Oh, yes, replied Jackson, I like liquor, the taste and effect-that's why I don't drink it. Iii. I have endeavoured to draw an outline of Jackson on horseback --the stiff, gaunt figure, dingy costume, piercing eyes; the large, firm, iron mouth, and the strong fighting-jaw. A few more words upon these personal peculiarities. The soldier's face was one of decided character, but not eminently striking. One circumstance always puzzled me-Jackson's lofty forehead seemed to indicate unmistakably a strong predominance of the imagination and fancy, and a ver
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War., Jackson's death-wound. (search)
the road and laid under a small tree, where Captain Wilbourn supported his head while his companion went for a surgeon and ambulance to carry him to the rear, receiving strict instructions, however, not to mention the occurrence to any one but Dr. McGuire, or other surgeon. Captain Wilbourn then made an examination of the General's wounds. Removing his fieldglasses and haversack, which latter contained some paper and envelopes for dispatches, and two religious tracts, he put these on his own bing of his wounds with soldierly patience. It was obviously necessary to amputate the arm, and one of his surgeons asked, If we find amputation necessary, General, shall it be done at once? to which he replied with alacrity, Yes, certainly, Dr. McGuire, do for me whatever you think right. The arm was then taken off, and he slept soundly after the operation, and on waking, began to converse about the battle. If I had not been wounded, he said, or had had one hour more of daylight, I would h