Henderson, G. F. R., 1854-1903 / 2008-07-29 00:00:00

EBOOK STONEWALL JACKSON ***


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STONEWALL JACKSON
AND THE
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

BY THE LATE
COLONEL G.F.R. HENDERSON. C.B.

AUTHOR OF "THE BATTLE OF SPICHEREN, A TACTICAL STUDY"
AND "THE CAMPAIGN OF FREDERICKSBURG."

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FIELD-MARSHAL THE
LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT WOLSELEY, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 1.
WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND PLANS.

(PORTRAIT: T.J. JACKSON, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL. "STONEWALL" JACKSON.)

TO MY FATHER.

INTRODUCTION.
Before the great Republic of the West had completed a century of
independent national existence, its political fabric was subjected to
the strain of a terrible internecine war. That the true cause of
conflict was the antagonism between the spirit of Federalism and the
theory of "States' Rights" is very clearly explained in the following
pages, and the author exactly expresses the feeling with which most
Englishmen regard the question of Secession, when he implies that had
he been a New Englander he would have fought to the death to preserve
the Union, while had he been born in Virginia he would have done as
much in defence of a right the South believed inalienable.
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