Lt. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson
"I see from the number of physicians that you think my condition dangerous, but I thank God, if it is His will, that I am ready to go."
General Jackson on his deathbed at Guinea Station
The US National Park Service
| General" I remarked, "How is it
that you can keep so cool and appear so utterly insensible to danger in
such a storm of shell and bullets as rained about you when your hand was
hit?" He instantly became grave and reverential in his manner, and
answered, in a low tone of great earnestness: "Captain, my religious
belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the
time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always
ready, no matter when it may overtake me." He added, after a pause,
looking me full in the face: "That is the way all men should live, and
then all would be equally brave"
Lt. General Thomas Jackson speaking to then
Captain John D. Imboden, |
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H. T. Walker Chapter 2253 |
Atlanta Chapter 18 Atlanta, Ga. |
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Valdosta Chapter 471 Valdosta, Ga. |
Gen. James Longstreet Chapt. 46, Gainesville, Ga. |
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Sidney Lanier Chapter, 25 Macon, Ga. |
Alfred Holt Colquitt
Chapter 2018 Atlanta,Ga. |
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James S. Boynton Chapter 222 Griffin , Georgia |
Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074 Jonesboro, Ga. |
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Savannah Chapter 2 Savannah, Ga. |
Robert E. Lee Chapter 115 Milledgeville, Ga. |
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Mary Brantley Chapter 446 Dawson, Ga. |
Emanuel Rangers Chapter
2318 Swainsboro, Georgia |
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Wallace-Edwards Chapter 4830 UDC Reynolds, Ga. |
| "In my tent last night, after a
fatiguing day's service, I remembered that I failed to send a contribution
for our colored Sunday school. Enclosed you will find a check for that
object, which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience and oblige
yours faithfully."
Lt. General Thomas Jackson, in a letter to his
Pastor, |
