Stonewall's Lieutenant: The Life of General Elisha Franklin Paxton, Commander of the Stonewall Brigade

This is not only the first biography of Brigadier General Elisha Paxton; it is a fresh insight into the nature of Stonewall Jackson, the Confederate army, and the secessionist movement.

Like Stonewall Jackson, Elisha Franklin Paxton enjoyed status among the economic, social, and intellectual elite of Lexington, Virginia before the Civil War. Political debates at Lexington's Franklin Society put Elisha Paxton and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on icy terms before the war. Just a few years later...