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I want my army to be an army of the living God.
Stonewall Jackson
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Stonewall Jackson
Age: 39 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 21
Died: 1863
Died: May 10
Military Commander
Military Leader
Slaveholder
Teacher
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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War
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Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!
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Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished
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We are all but instruments of God.
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We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.
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Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.
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Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit...
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He is cautious. He ought to be. But he is NOT slow. Lee is a phenomenon. He is the only man whom I would follow blindfolded.
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I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.
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It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. They do not know its horrors. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.
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Press on, press on, men.
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My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.
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