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Williamsburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
the objectionable paragraph as follows: General Ewell did not have a high opinion of General Jackson's natural ability,—and continues: General Jubal A. Early has written a letter denying this, and showing that General Ewell had the very highest regard and esteem for his commanding general. The following interview with Colonel Benjamin Ewell, of near Williamsburg, president emeritus of William and Mary College, and brother of the General, confirms General Early's statement: Williamsburg, Va., June 8, 1892. Colonel Benjamin S. Ewell, president emeritus of William and and Mary College, who is closely verging on eighty-two, yet retains that vigorous, genial manhood which was such a pleasant characteristic of his earlier years, resides about four miles above town. Meeting him not long since, I asked him to tell me what he knew of the relations between Generals Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall) and his brother, General Richard S. Ewell. With pleasure, he replied, and said he ha
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.2
ked admission to church fellowship. What Colonel Ewell says. Colonel Ewell says respecting this letter that if correctly reported the writer or his informant made mistakes, as some of its statements are supported by no known records; indeed, are directly contradicted by them. I regret I cannot deny what is said of General Ewell's profanity, but since Uncle Toby told that our army in Flanders swore terribly, armies of English-speaking people have followed the bad example. Our army in Mexico swore terribly. General Twiggs, that he might inspire the young volunteer officers with a suitable respect for the regulars, swore terribly when in their presence, and would scold his staff officers for not following his example. When, in 1861, General Ewell found that he had men to deal with of a different type than his old regulars, and heeding the judicious advice given him by the Rev. Dr. Hoge, soon he began to abate the bad habit. He was a church-goer when he had the opportunity, a
Rockbridge (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
quested that the division be kept where it then was with Jackson. This General Cooper told him should be done, and no change was made. I did not see General Ewell again till after he was wounded, August 28, 1862. I found him at the house of his uncle, Dr. Jesse Ewell, in the northern part of Prince William county, slowly convalescing and in fair spirits, thanks to the affectionate and careful nursing of the doctor and his interesting family, and to his skillful surgeon, Dr. Morrison, of Rockbridge. Anxiety about Jackson. I was with him when the battle of Antietam was fought, September 17, 1862, distant in air line about thirty miles. From morning till night the roar of the artillery was distinct and incessant. During the day I noticed that General Ewell became excited to such a degree that I spoke to Dr. Morrison on the subject, and finally to him. After awhile he told me with evident emotion he could not listen to the sounds of the battle without fearing the loss of General
Port Republic (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
of Jackson.) General early's views. General Jubal A. Early, as true and unselfish as he is brave, always ready to break a lance to defend the memory of a comrade unjustly and unduly criticised or censured, writes in the Southern Historical Society Papers, No. 1877, of General Ewell: His military record for the year 1862 is so intimately identified with that of Stonewall Jackson that one cannot exist without the other. The fight and pursuit of Banks down the Valley, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Cold Harbor, Slaughter's Mountain and that most wonderful dash to Pope's rear, in 1862, would be shorn of half their proportions if Ewell's name was blotted from the record. Jackson's men made a demand upon his energy, courage and skill that was not promptly honored, and he was maimed for life in earnestly seconding his immortal leader in that most brilliant of all his achievements—the bewildering display of grand tactics between the armies of Pope and McClellan in the plains of Manass
Williamsburg, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
ss, and construed, it may be apprehended, as it was not intended or expected they would be. The Times in an introductory note cites the objectionable paragraph as follows: General Ewell did not have a high opinion of General Jackson's natural ability,—and continues: General Jubal A. Early has written a letter denying this, and showing that General Ewell had the very highest regard and esteem for his commanding general. The following interview with Colonel Benjamin Ewell, of near Williamsburg, president emeritus of William and Mary College, and brother of the General, confirms General Early's statement: Williamsburg, Va., June 8, 1892. Colonel Benjamin S. Ewell, president emeritus of William and and Mary College, who is closely verging on eighty-two, yet retains that vigorous, genial manhood which was such a pleasant characteristic of his earlier years, resides about four miles above town. Meeting him not long since, I asked him to tell me what he knew of the relations
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
General Ewell did not have a high opinion of Jackson's natural ability, and often remarked in the to join in with him in deriding the claims of Jackson's friends to his being a great general. But wounded, but he still held the opinion as to Jackson's natural ability, and there was, therefore, no other way to explain Jackson's success, except that prayer had power with God, and that this fang extract from Dr. Dabney's Life of Jackson: Jackson's army, marching from the Valley to join Gene. Two of the commanders of divisions went to Jackson's tent and advised that he should move the armind. A moment after, the second returned to Jackson's quarters to get his sword, which he had forwere trying to have the division ordered from Jackson, and had applied to General Cooper for that parlboroughs, Napoleons or Von Moltkes. Under Jackson's example doubts and delays would have been rn of his lunacy, and that he never saw one of Jackson's couriers approach without expecting an orde[7 more...]
Louisville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
enjamin S. Ewell, ex-president of William and Mary—His brother's relations to Jackson. [From the Richmond Times June 12, 1892.] On Tuesday, October 13, 1891, General John Echols delivered before the Confederate Association of Kentucky, at Louisville, an Address on Stonewall Jackson, which the Louisville Courier-Journal, in an article in its issue of October 17th, 1891, characterizes as an impressive tribute to Christianity, and as a thrilling recital of General Jackson's matchless movement he knew of the relations between Generals Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall) and his brother, General Richard S. Ewell. With pleasure, he replied, and said he had failed to get a copy of an address recently delivered by General John Echols in Louisville, Kentucky, on Stonewall Jackson, in which mention was made of General Ewell, and from which he expected much accurate information on the Valley campaign of 1862, as the General was a prominent and active officer in it till severely wounded at the ba
Malvern Hill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
being the case he might as well be there as anywhere else, or words to that effect. This I was told by General Ewell the next morning. During the night of July 1st McClellan retreated to Harrison's Landing, less than half a day's march from Malvern Hill. The Confederate army reached his front about midday Friday, July 4th. General Jackson was chafing like a lion at the delay, and found the position too strong to be attacked. (Dabney's Life of Jackson.) General Barnard, United States engineer, a prominent member of McClellan's staff, told me since 1865 that when the United States army reached Harrison's Landing, after Malvern Hill, it was so disorganized in every respect if it had been followed within twelve hours by the Confederate army and the heights commanding the landing occupied, a surrender would have been inevitable. By that time order had been evolved from chaos and the position made tenable. In the April number of 1873 of the Southern Historical Society Papers General Le
Prince William (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
e told me that some of his officers were trying to have the division ordered from Jackson, and had applied to General Cooper for that purpose; that he had been to see General Cooper, and had requested that the division be kept where it then was with Jackson. This General Cooper told him should be done, and no change was made. I did not see General Ewell again till after he was wounded, August 28, 1862. I found him at the house of his uncle, Dr. Jesse Ewell, in the northern part of Prince William county, slowly convalescing and in fair spirits, thanks to the affectionate and careful nursing of the doctor and his interesting family, and to his skillful surgeon, Dr. Morrison, of Rockbridge. Anxiety about Jackson. I was with him when the battle of Antietam was fought, September 17, 1862, distant in air line about thirty miles. From morning till night the roar of the artillery was distinct and incessant. During the day I noticed that General Ewell became excited to such a degree
Ashland (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.2
hols was a member. General Ewell was never examined by the session of any Presbyterian church, and therefore never gave his experience in the manner described, nor did he join that church. In the spring of 1863 he was confirmed by Bishop Johns at St. Paul's, Richmond, as a member of the Episcopal church. Origin of the story. The whole story is founded on the following extract from Dr. Dabney's Life of Jackson: Jackson's army, marching from the Valley to join General Lee, encamped at Ashland, June 25, 1862, late at night. Two of the commanders of divisions went to Jackson's tent and advised that he should move the army by two columns, on parallel roads, instead of by one. He listened respectfully, but requested that they would wait his decision until morning. When they left him the one said to the other: Do you know why General Jackson would not decide upon our suggestion at once? It was because he has to pray over it before he makes up his mind. A moment after, the secon
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