We were engaged with the enemy at and near Manassas Junction
Tuesday and Wednesday, and again near the battle-field of Manassas on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday; in all of which God gave us the victory. May He ever be
with us, and we ever be His devoted people, is my earnest prayer. It greatly
encourages me to feel that so many of God's people are praying for that part of
our force under my command. The Lord has answered their prayers; He has again
placed us across Bull Run; and I pray that He will make our arms entirely
successful, and that all the glory will be given to His holy name, and none of
it to man. God has blessed and preserved me through His great mercy. On
Saturday, Colonel Baylor and Hugh White were both killed, and Willie Preston
was mortally wounded.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 341
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