Lion of the Valley sail boat Lincoln was greeted with a

Lincoln was greeted with a round of cheers

Lee politely said that he could not advise the remaining Confederate commands without first consulting President Jefferson Davis

they formed a division of troops under the command of General Thomas J

and an overpowering force of Federal infantry

The courthouse became a beacon among the sea of gray uniformed masses

Lion of the Valley sail boat Lincoln was greeted with aStonewall Jackson in Winchester; Virginia, November 6, 1861 No longer was he Tom Fool Jackson. Thats what some cadets had called Major Thomas J. Jackson a year earlier at the Virginia Military Institute, where he had lectured on artillery principles, astronomy and physics. He was an expert at artillery, and he memorized his other subjects, but his classroom presentation was anything but inspiring. One student called him the worst teacher God ever