The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson

by Edward Alexander Moore

Overview

Enter heated combat in the aerial arena. Jets howl through the skies, engaging their enemies with every weapon and evasive maneuver at their disposal. Fly along with the top guns as they go head-to-head and wing-to-wing on the horizon. You'll feel as though you're strapped into the cockpit with these pilots. ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781022915640
Publisher:	Anson Street Press
Publication date:	03/28/2025
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

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CHAPTER II ENTERING THE SERVICE MY FIRST BATTLE BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN Jackson's first engagement took place at Haines- ville, near Martinsburg, on July 2, one of the Rock- bridge Artillery guns firing the first hostile cannon- shot fired in the Valley of Virginia. This gun is now in the possession of the Virginia Military Institute, and my brother David fired the shot. Before we knew that Jackson was out of the Valley, news came of the battle of First Manassas, in which General Bee conferred upon him and his brigade the soubriquet of "Stonewall," and by so doing likened himself to "Homer, who immortalized the victory won by Achilles." In this battle the Rockbridge Artillery did splendid execution without losing a man, while the infantry in their rear, and for their support, suffered dreadfully. The College company alone (now Company I of the Fourth Virginia Regiment) lost seven killed and many wounded. In August it was reported that a force of Federal cavalry was near the White Sulphur Springs, on their way to Lexington. Numbers of men from the hills and mountains around gathered at Colliers- town, a straggling village in the western portion ofthe county, and I spent the greater part of the night drilling them in the town-hall, getting news from time to time from the pickets in the mountain-pass. The prospect of meeting so formidable a band had doubtless kept the Federals from even contemplating such an expedition. The winter passed drearily along, the armies in all directions having only mud to contend with. Since my failure to leave with the College company it had been my intention to join it the first opportunity; but, hearing it would be disbanded in the spring, I enlisted in theRockbridge Artillery attached to the Stonewall Brigade, and with about fifty ot...