The story of a connoneer under Stonewall Jackson, in which is told the part taken by the Rockbridge artillery in the Army of northern Virginia . December 28, 1862. My dear Doctor: I have grieved mostdeeply at the death of your noble son. I havewatched his conduct from the commencement ofthe war, and have pointed with pride to the pa-triotism, self-denial, and manliness of characterhe has exhibited. I had hoped that an opportu-nity would have occurred for the promotion hedeserved; not that it would have elevated him,but have shown that his devotion to duty wasappreciated by his country. Such an
The story of a connoneer under Stonewall Jackson, in which is told the part taken by the Rockbridge artillery in the Army of northern Virginia . December 28, 1862. My dear Doctor: I have grieved mostdeeply at the death of your noble son. I havewatched his conduct from the commencement ofthe war, and have pointed with pride to the pa-triotism, self-denial, and manliness of characterhe has exhibited. I had hoped that an opportu-nity would have occurred for the promotion hedeserved; not that it would have elevated him,but have shown that his devotion to duty wasappreciated by his country. Such an opportu-nity would undoubtedly have occurred; but hehas been translated to a better world for whichhis purity and his piety have eminently fittedhim. You do not require to be told how greathis gain. It is the living for whom I sorrow. Ibeg you will offer to Mrs. Fairfax and yourdaughters my heartfelt sympathy, for I knowthe depth of their grief. That God may giveyou and them strength to bear this great afflic-tion is the earnest prayer of your early friend, <R. E. Lee. Dr. Orlando Fairfax. A son and two nephews of Hon. A. R. Randolph Fairfax FACING 240 UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON 241 A son of Governor Gilmer, of Virginia. S. H. Letcher, brother of War-Governor JohnLetcher. Mercer Otey, graduate of Virginia MilitaryInstitute and son of Bishop Otey, of Tennessee. Launcelot M. Blackford, , of Universityof Virginia, who became adjutant of the Twen-ty-sixth Virginia Infantry, and Superintendentof the Alexandria High School from the closeof the war to the present time—forty-one has said to the writer since the war that hecherished the fact of his having been a privatein the Rockbridge Artillery with more pridethan he felt in any honors he has since achieved. Robert A. Gibson, of Petersburg, Virginia,now a bishop of Virginia. Livingston Massie, of Waynesboro, who be-came captain of another battery and was killedin General Earlys battle of Winchester. Hugh McG
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