. The great American book of biography . d sent her away delighted. Jackson was carefully temperate in his habits. On one occasion, when hewas wet and fatigued, his physician, gave him some whiskey. He made a wryface in swallowing it, and the doctor inquired if it was not good whiskey. Oh,yes, he replied, its good. I like liquor ; thats why I doii t drink it! 374 THOMAS JON A THAN J A CKSON. One of the most curious peculiarities of Jackson was a fashion he had ofraisins^ his right hand aloft, and then letting it fall suddenly to his side. Heoften held his hand, sometimes both hands, thus aloft
. The great American book of biography . d sent her away delighted. Jackson was carefully temperate in his habits. On one occasion, when hewas wet and fatigued, his physician, gave him some whiskey. He made a wryface in swallowing it, and the doctor inquired if it was not good whiskey. Oh,yes, he replied, its good. I like liquor ; thats why I doii t drink it! 374 THOMAS JON A THAN J A CKSON. One of the most curious peculiarities of Jackson was a fashion he had ofraisins^ his right hand aloft, and then letting it fall suddenly to his side. Heoften held his hand, sometimes both hands, thus aloft in battle, and his lips wereseen to move, evidently in prayer. Not once, but many times, has the singularspectacle been presented of a commander sitting on his horse silently as hiscolumn moved before him, his hands raised to heaven, his eyes closed, his lipsmoving in prayer. At Chancellorsville, as he recognized the corpse of any ofhis veterans, he would check his horse, raise his hands to heaven, and utter aprayer over the dead HOUSE IN WHICH STON , JACKSON IllhU, RICIIMONIJ, VA. Jackson was a great hero and favorite throughout the .South among bothsoldiers and people. They had the most implicit faith in his abilities, and thegreatest love and reverence for his character. Their sentiments were wellexpressed in the prayer of old Father Hubert, of Hays Louisiana Brigade,who, in his prayer at the unveiling of the Jackson monument in New Orleans,said as his climax: And Thou knowest, O Lord! that when Thou didst decidethat the Confederacy should not succeed, Thou hadst first to remove Thy ser-vant, Stonewall Jackson.
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