Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . f Smith after they had captured him ? What did they determineto do with him? Who saved his life? What became of Smith? Whatdid the Indians think of the cannon and grindstone ? Can you describethe attack made on the settlers in 1622. STONEWALL JACKSON THE BBILLIANT CONFEDERATE GENERAL. ^^_ HALL I tell you to-day, said Uncle Frank, of one of(^j the great commanders in the Civil War ? He wascalled Stonewall; who can tell me what was hisreal name ? Jackson, said James very promptly,
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . f Smith after they had captured him ? What did they determineto do with him? Who saved his life? What became of Smith? Whatdid the Indians think of the cannon and grindstone ? Can you describethe attack made on the settlers in 1622. STONEWALL JACKSON THE BBILLIANT CONFEDERATE GENERAL. ^^_ HALL I tell you to-day, said Uncle Frank, of one of(^j the great commanders in the Civil War ? He wascalled Stonewall; who can tell me what was hisreal name ? Jackson, said James very promptly, but I do notremember what his Christian name was. It was Thomas Jonathan, said Elsie; I rememberreading it in my history. I think that was his name, continued UncleFrank. He was born in Virginia and graduated from the Military Acad-emy at West Point and was sent fresh from the Academy into the midstof the Mexican War the year it broke out—that is, in 1846. He soon wonthe rank of first lieutenant. After the war was over he helped to buildthe forts about New York Harbor and then went to Florida to take part in. STONEWALL JACKSON. 179 settling the troubles with the Seminole Indians. Soon after this—in 1852—he was chosen one of the instructors in the Virginia Military Academ}^at Lexington, where the Washington and Lee University was afterwardsestablished. He taught natural philosophy and military tactics. Hemade a good teacher, but he was so very bashful that the students used tohave a great deal of fun about him. He had very strong opinions about States rights, and as soon as thewar broke out he enlisted at once in the Confederate Army, where he wasmade a colonel and placed in command at Harpers Ferry. From thatmoment all his shyness lefthim. He took the lead with hismen, as if he had always beena commander. When he had been threemonths in the army he wascalled to take part in the firstgreat battle of the war—thatof Bull Run, which was foughtJuly 21, 1861, between thearmi
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