. Highways and byways of the South. The Spot where Stonewall Jackson was Wounded guns were in much commoner use in the Souththan in the North, and familiarity with weapons has a 234 Highways and Byways of the South great deal to do with making troops effective in Southern men, too, were more accustomed to thesaddle, and so, as a whole, they had better they never at any time had better soldiers thanthe men from our newer states. Im not saying thosefrom the older states had less natural courage thanthose from the frontiers ; only that they in the begin-ning were at a disad
. Highways and byways of the South. The Spot where Stonewall Jackson was Wounded guns were in much commoner use in the Souththan in the North, and familiarity with weapons has a 234 Highways and Byways of the South great deal to do with making troops effective in Southern men, too, were more accustomed to thesaddle, and so, as a whole, they had better they never at any time had better soldiers thanthe men from our newer states. Im not saying thosefrom the older states had less natural courage thanthose from the frontiers ; only that they in the begin-ning were at a disadvantage in the matter of shootingand rough living. About all the Confederate veteransIve talked with have the idea one of their men wasequal to three or four of ours; but after making. . f-trp- On the Battle-field allowance for the advantage of being on the defensiveand in their home country, they didnt average a bitbettern we did after our men got trained.* The Battle-field of Bull Run ^3S The Bull Run losses in killed and wounded weretwo or three thousand on a side — not nearly what
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