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Thread ID: 18073 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2005-05-02
2005-05-02 21:49 | User Profile
[COLOR=DarkRed][I][B]The Darkest Day in the History of the Southern People is today, May 2nd, when at the moment of a decisive victory at Chancellorsville in our struggle for Independence, our greatest field commander, Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded and removed from the struggle...
He was called to cross over the River, and if there ever was a day to ask God, why???--this would be the day...[/B][/I][/COLOR]
'On the morning of May 2, Lt. Gen. T.J. Jackson directed his corps on a march against the Federal left flank, which was reported to be "hanging in the air." Fighting was sporadic on other portions of the field throughout the day, as Jackson's column reached its jump-off point. At 5:20 pm, Jackson's line surged forward in an overwhelming attack that crushed the Union XI Corps. Federal troops rallied, resisted the advance, and counterattacked. Disorganization on both sides and darkness ended the fighting. While making a night reconnaissance, Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men and carried from the field.' [url]http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va032.htm[/url]
=== The renowned partisan Col. John S. Mosby wrote in 1894: "I've always understood that we went to war on account of the thing we quarreled with the North about. I've never heard of any other cause than slavery."