NF Stonewall Jackson : The Man, the Soldier, the Legend

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Stonewall Jackson:
The Man, the Soldier, the Legend

by James Robertson


A portrait of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson traces his life from his humble beginnings through his military career, to his untimely death in 1863.

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Robertson's research methods must be viewed with a skeptical eye. On page 229, he states "Delightful as the story {of Jackson's capture of the B&O RR rolling stock and Sharp's hauling the locomotives, cars, shop equipment and railroad rails south, over country roads, to be used on Confederate railroads} is, it is totally fictional. Jackson could not have committed these actions on his own, and he had no orders to disrupt the B&O completely. The Confederate government would not have issued such a directive while making overtures of cooperation with Maryland. If such destruction had occurred, the Union government would have screamed in protest and initiated retribution. No such reactions are recorded.

For Jackson to have severed the B&O would have been a large and direct act of war against civilian commerce. The struggle between North and South had not yet reached that stage. Jackson was under strict orders not to interrupt civilian life. Further, it is inconceivable that the B&O's brilliant and hard-working president, John W. Garrett, or his indefatigable master of transportation, William Prescott Smith, would not have immediately seen through such a transparent ploy."

On my web site, www.csa-railroads.com, I post transcriptions of 516 documents that prove the Haul took place, by Jackson and then under Johnston's military cover. Sharp worked almost an entire year removing the B&O equipment and hauling it to Richmond. My book, Locomotives Up the Turnpike, provides a heavily footnoted recounting of the operation. Use Robertson with care.
 
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