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To: Pikachu_Dad; GranTorino

Read Mary Chesnut’s entry for today on the other thread. Her husband gave he a first-hand account of the incident in question.


18 posted on 07/24/2021 7:52:22 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Took a bit of searching to find it.

Your post 78.
Here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3977607/posts?page=74#74

“Here Mr Chestnut opened my door and walked in. Out of the fulness of my heart the mouth speaketh. I had to ask no questions. He gave me the account of the battle as he saw it (walking up and down my room , occasionally seating on the window sill, but to restless to remain still for many moments); and told what regiments he was to bring up. He took the orders to Colonel Jackson, whos regiment under fire stood so stock still under fire that they were called a “stone wall”. July 24th


22 posted on 07/24/2021 7:08:44 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

“ The field officers of the commands of Evans and Bee were making desperate efforts to rally their men and reorganize them, but to no purpose, although Johnston and Beauregard had joined in the effort. Strong masses of Federal infantry were rapidly advancing, and disaster seemed imminent. Bee, exhausted in his fruitless effort to rally his men, rode up to Jackson, who was steadily holding his brigade in a full fronting position, and cried out in a tone of despair: “General, they are beating us back!” Jackson replied calmly, “Then we will give them the bayonet.”

Jackson’s Stonewall Brigade

Jackson’s blazing and defiant look, his bold and prompt determination, and the steady line of brave men that supported him gave new life to General Bee. Galloping back to his disorganized command, he shouted, waving his hand to the left: “Look! There is Jackson, standing like a stonewall. Rally behind the Virginians! Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer. Follow me!” Obedient to this distinct call to duty, several of Bee’s men rallied and followed him in a charge to the left against the advancing enemy. Bee was fatally felled by a ball, however, and his charge faltered. But general rally held. And his words also had their mark—from that time forward, Thomas Jackson became, and will continue to be, “Stonewall” Jackson, and his brigade the “Stonewall Brigade.””

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-union-almost-won-first-battle-bull-run-119591


24 posted on 07/24/2021 7:26:10 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

There is a nice monument to Bee at the battle site where he fell.

“ A tall shaft of whote marble marks the spot where General Barnard E. Bee fell mortally wounded at the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) on July 21,1861. While attempting to rally his broken troops on Henry Hill, Bee pointed to General Thomas J. Jackson and his Virginians and declared, “There stands Jackson like a stonewall!”, thus christening both Jackson and his brigade with their famous sobriquet. Bee died of his wounds the following day and was the highest ranking officer to die at First Manassas. The monument was erected by the Mary Taliferro Thompson Southern Memorial Association of Washington, D.C., on July 21, 1939.

Inscription:
Front: General Barnard Elliott Bee of South Carolina. Commander, Third Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, was killed here July 21, 1861. Just before his death, to rally his scattered troops, he gave the command “Form, form, there stands Jackson like a stone wall, rally behind the Virginians!” Presented by the Mary Taliaferro Thompson Southern Memorial Association of Washington, D.C. July 21, 1939. Rear: Lucy Steele Clay, Chairman. Alice Boswell Morrison. Julia Neason Streater. Maude Bird Phares. Norma Hardy Britton. “

https://www.nps.gov/places/000/bee-monument.htm


25 posted on 07/24/2021 9:22:54 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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