Stonewall Jackson1824–1863The quotations of
Stonewall Jackson
General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War
1824–1863
4 quotes, most often on War & Peace.
Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
Last words (May 10, 1863); as quoted in “Stonewall Jackson’s Last Days” by Joe D. Haines, Jr. in America’s Civil War- Speech to cadets at the Virginia Military Institute (March 1861); as quoted in The War (1910) by James H. Wood
- Reply to Colonel Barnard E. Bee when he reported that the enemy were beating them back. At the First Battle of Bull Run (21 July 1861); as quoted in Stonewall Jackson As Military Commander (2000) by John Selby, p. 21
- To Col. Sam Fulkerson, who reported on the weariness of their troops and suggested that they should be given an hour or so to rest from a forced march in the night. (24 May 1862); as quoted in Mighty Stonewall (1957) by Frank E. Vandiver, p. 250
