[22] O.R., vol. xi, part iii,p. 503.
[23] Ibid, p. 506.
[24] Macaulay.
[25] Memoirs of W. N. Pendleton, D.D., Brigadier-General, C.S.A., p. 201.
[26] It is worth remark that Jackson’s methods of punishment showed his deep knowledge of his soldiers. The sentence on the men who were tempted from their duty, during Banks’ retreat, by the plunder on the Winchester road was that they should not be allowed to serve with the advanced guard until further orders. It was considered terribly severe. O.R., vol. xii, part iii, p. 902.
[27] Battles and Leaders, p. 297.
[28] Letter to the author.
[29] Dabney, Southern Historical Society Papers, vol. xi, p. 152.
[30] His devout habits were no secret in the camp. Jim, most faithful of servants, declared that he could always tell when there was going to be a battle. “The general,” he said, “is a great man for prayin’. He pray night and morning—all times. But when I see him git up several times in the night, an’ go off an’ pray, den I know there is goin’ to be somethin’ to pay,” an’ I go right away and pack his haversack!”
[31] Dabney, vol. ii, pp. 114–5.