A history of the United States for schools . enrise of the river nearly cutthe army in two. John-ston seized the opportunityto strike the southern half,and, in the bloody battleof Fair Oaks, May 31, itbarely escaped this battle Johnston waswounded, and the chiefcommand was taken byRobert Edward Lee. Meanwhile, the famousThomas Jonathan Jackson— already better known as Stonewall Jackson ^ —had been doing remarkable things in the Shenandoahvalley. He began operations in March, while the greaterpart of McClellans army was upon the ocean on its wayto the Yorktown peninsula. On March
A history of the United States for schools . enrise of the river nearly cutthe army in two. John-ston seized the opportunityto strike the southern half,and, in the bloody battleof Fair Oaks, May 31, itbarely escaped this battle Johnston waswounded, and the chiefcommand was taken byRobert Edward Lee. Meanwhile, the famousThomas Jonathan Jackson— already better known as Stonewall Jackson ^ —had been doing remarkable things in the Shenandoahvalley. He began operations in March, while the greaterpart of McClellans army was upon the ocean on its wayto the Yorktown peninsula. On March 23, with less than5,000 men, Jackson attacked Shieldss division of 9,000at Kernstown, and was defeated after a sharp fight in 1 At one time during the first battle of Bull Run, the Confederatesseemed to be defeated, and some were retreating in disorder when theypassed Jackson and his men still bravely holding their ground. Look ! shouted General Bernard Bee, as he was rallying his men, Look ! thereis Jackson standing like a stone wall!. stonewall JACKSON. § 144- SLAVERY AND SECESSION. 395 which some 1,200 men were killed and wounded. It wasthis evidence of Jacksons activity that led Mr. , , _ - - Jackson m Lincoln to retain McDowells corps upon the the shen-Manassas-Fredericksburg route instead of send- vaiiey;ing it by sea with McClellan. It is interesting ^^^^o^ showing how even a defeat may sometimes win the
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