. Lest we forget. lled tomake and save the crops upon which their lives depended. HEROISM OF THE SOUTH. The heroism of those engaged in the struggle, on the part ofthe South, can never be denied. It was a great battle at closerange, with the old muzzle loading gun, black powder, ])ercussioncap, and the bayonet, which needs nmst have a man ])ehind thegun. Gen. Stonewall Jackson placed under arrest a general officer atKernstown, wdio attempted to witlidraw his men out of range,when their ammunition failed. At Siiarpsburg, a Confederate command stood in line of battlefor hours, without a single r
. Lest we forget. lled tomake and save the crops upon which their lives depended. HEROISM OF THE SOUTH. The heroism of those engaged in the struggle, on the part ofthe South, can never be denied. It was a great battle at closerange, with the old muzzle loading gun, black powder, ])ercussioncap, and the bayonet, which needs nmst have a man ])ehind thegun. Gen. Stonewall Jackson placed under arrest a general officer atKernstown, wdio attempted to witlidraw his men out of range,when their ammunition failed. At Siiarpsburg, a Confederate command stood in line of battlefor hours, without a single round of ammunition in their cartridgeboxes. At I^irst Manassas, a young \irginian struck down foe witha rock, which took the place of an empty gun. The hand of the reaper takes the ears that are hoary,But the voice of the weeper wails manhood in glory;The autumn winds rtishing waft the leaves that are searest;lUit our flower was in Hushing when blighting was nearest. — (The Coronach, from Sir Walter Scott.). GEN. THOMAS J. STONEWALL) JACKSON. /;; ///<• ./;•;;;V of tJic you Xivrr the Imrst Bricade! /;; flu- .Innyof tlic Pflt,niuic. von were the Imrst ! In the Second Corps of tlie tire tJie Imrst I 3^)./ are the First Bricaue /;; the atfeelions of yonr(ienerul. and I hufe. by your future deeds and hearin,s:. you zeill be lunided downto posterilv (IS ilie Jmrst liRicAHE. in tins onr second wur of Independence.^Farezvell! (See John Esten Cookes IJfe of Sloneieull Juckson. Chap. II. pages 8-86). Lest We Forget 41 Just Where the White Oaks Grew A clump of white oak trees on road that goes from mih,just where the pathway leads to bluff of Castle Hill,From whieh to view, outstretched before, the river-way,A village custom of the long ago, on Sunday. For you could see, on left, from rocky-ridging crest,The Great North Mountain swinging away to the west;On right, the line of bluff where ragged cedars run,With Cyclopean towers amon
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