Saturday, August 16, 2014

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, March 7, 1863

March 7th.

I have just finished my report of the battle of McDowell.  . . . There is a good deal of religious interest in the army. Rev. Mr. Lacy is with me now, and I expect will continue with the army during the war. Rev. William J. Hoge is here, and has preached several sermons. Rev. Mr. Hopkins is chaplain of the Second Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. If you were here you would find a number of friends

SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 418

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