. Bomb. of Rockbridge, Hon. Moore, replied : I can tell _\-ou who he is. If you put Jackson in command at Norfolk, he will never leave it alive, unlessyou order him to do so. Such was the impress made upon his neighbors and friends in his quiet life as a Professor at the ZEbe Mcst ipoiiit of tbc a;o^tc^cvac\ UOVS IN BATTLE AT X1£\V MARKET. XIKIWNIA, MA\ I 5, I article is coyrighted by the Century Co. Through whose courtesy we are permitted to publish it. , Mrginia, is a somewhat historic spot now, being the burial-place of Robert E. Lee aiul of


. Bomb. of Rockbridge, Hon. Moore, replied : I can tell _\-ou who he is. If you put Jackson in command at Norfolk, he will never leave it alive, unlessyou order him to do so. Such was the impress made upon his neighbors and friends in his quiet life as a Professor at the ZEbe Mcst ipoiiit of tbc a;o^tc^cvac\ UOVS IN BATTLE AT X1£\V MARKET. XIKIWNIA, MA\ I 5, I article is coyrighted by the Century Co. Through whose courtesy we are permitted to publish it. , Mrginia, is a somewhat historic spot now, being the burial-place of Robert E. Lee aiul of Stonewall Jackson ;and it is by no means inaccessible, having no fewer than three railroads. When I first knew it. nearly tuent>-fi\e years ago, it not onlyhad little pretense to fame, but was one of the most out-of-the-way spots in the State. In the year 1839 the State of Virginia, having an arsenal at Lexington, established there a military school and placed herpropert)- in charge of the officers and cadets of the Virginia Militaiy Institute. Lender the control of its superintendent. Colonel FrancisH. Smith, a West Point graduate, the Virginia Militaiy Institute prospered up to the period of the war of iS6t It was conducted in many respects like the National Academy at West Point. Virgi


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