Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"

[civilwartalk]

"People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event."

--Stonewall Jackson

[civilwartalk]

"Duty is ours, consequences are God's."

--Stonewall Jackson

[civilwartalk]

"Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."

-- Last words of Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, Guinea Station, Virginia, 3:15 pm Sunday, May 10, 1863

[traveller]

"So great is my confidence in General Lee that I am willing to follow him blindfolded."

-- Discussion with Congressman Alex Boteler after the Seven Days Campaign.

[traveller]

"I see from the number of physicians that you think my condition dangerous, but I thank God, if it is His will, that I am ready to go."

-- General Jackson on his deathbed at Guinea Station

[traveller]

I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.

-- "Stonewall" Jackson

[traveller]

"We must do more than defeat their armies, we must destroy them."

-- Gen. T. Jackson on seeing the looting done in Fredericksburg

[thea_447]

Before Virginia's Secession Convention, an incident threatened bloodshed in Lexington. In the absence of officers, a group of cadets fired on a United States flag. The town's volunteer militiamen drove off the cadet guard and went about restoring the American flag. Drums beat the alarm on the Institute campus, and most of the corps poured out the gates, ready for a skirmish. Only the sudden arrival of Colonel Smith halted it. The cadets were marched back to their barracks, where, in an exciting scene, they were harangued by their officers on the nation's crisis.

After several men had spoken, cadets began to call for Jackson, and the tradition is that, this time, with all traces of his customary shyness gone, he shouted:

"I admire the spirit you have shown in rushing to the defence of your comrades; and I commend the way in which you obeyed the commands of your superior officer. The time may come young gentlemen, when your state will need your services, and if that time comes, draw your swords and throw away your scabbards."

(<u>They Called Him Stonewall</u>, Burke Davis,Burford Books,North Carolina Press, pg. 133-134)

[traveller]

"I can whip any man who doesn't know his headquarters from his hindquarters."

__ Thomas Jackson's remarks after Pope had arrived from the Western Theater and was reported to have said "My headquarters are in the saddle"

[thea_447]

"In my tent last night, after a fatiguing day's service, I remembered that I failed to send a contribution for our colored Sunday school. Enclosed you will find a check for that object, which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience and oblige yours faithfully."
- Lt. General Thomas Jackson, in a letter
to his Pastor, Dr. White after the Battle of First Manassas.