. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . comparednotes since the war, and am con-vinced that a much greater numberof men in both Federal and Con-federate armies died from sicknessincident to camp life than werekilled or died in consequence ofwounds received. We were with Stonewall Jack-son in his immortal campaign of thevalley, in the spring of 18()2, whichequaled, if it did not surpass, that ofNapoleon in Italy. We were calledJacksons foot cavalry. His rulewas to march fifty mi
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . comparednotes since the war, and am con-vinced that a much greater numberof men in both Federal and Con-federate armies died from sicknessincident to camp life than werekilled or died in consequence ofwounds received. We were with Stonewall Jack-son in his immortal campaign of thevalley, in the spring of 18()2, whichequaled, if it did not surpass, that ofNapoleon in Italy. We were calledJacksons foot cavalry. His rulewas to march fifty minutes rapidly, then halt the column, stack arms, and letthe men rest for ten minutes; then the drum would sound at the head of thebrigade, the men would take arms and be off, marching at a rapid rate foranother fifty minutes. This system of marching carried Jacksons troops agreater distance per day than was marched by any other command, and itaccounts largely for the rapidity of his movements. He was an eccentricman, as well as a great commander. General Ewell, who commanded one ofhis divisions, once remarked of him that he believed that he was crazy,. ;>«5rtic.^:^-- - Stonewall Jackson on the Field. AMERICAN HEROISM. 833 because he heard him say at a dinner in the country that he never ate pepper,because it weakened him in his left leg. On Sunday, the first day of June, 1N()2, after a ^ery hard march whichbrought us fiom Winchester to Stiaslnirg, we turned up the Romney road forfive miles, met Fremonts advance, checked it, about-faced and went back toStrasburg. We were stationed on an elevation which overlooked the valleyand could see Shields army coming up on the south side of the ShenandoahRiver. Each of the Federal armies being stronger than Jacksons force, whichwas then only thirteen thousand, they intended to crush him between rain poured down in torrents that evening and night. We were in the rearand in marching down that long slope which was muddy and slipp
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