Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Stonewall Jackson: The Life and Military Career of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Lieutenant-General in the Confederate Army
The following Biographical Sketch is given to the public in obedience to a general desire for information relative to the soldier who has during the past two years occupied so much of the public attention, and has played so important a part in the stirring scenes of the great American Rebellion. The work claims to be a narrative of facts and a detailed description of the leading events in General Jackson's military career - events exhibiting such a high order of military skill, such indomitable energy, and such exalted courage, that they have caused the story of his deeds to travel far and wide, and have stamped his name as being that of the most brilliant commander (if the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
