GENERAL ORDERS, No. 61.
HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA,
May 11, 1863.
With deep grief the commanding general announces to the army
the death of Lieut. Gen. T. J. Jackson, who expired on the 10th instant, at
3.15 p.m. The daring, skill, and energy of this great and good soldier, by the
decree of an all-wise Providence, are now lost to us. But while we mourn his
death, we feel that his spirit still lives, and will inspire the whole army
with his indomitable courage and unshaken confidence in God as our hope and our
strength. Let his name be a watchword to his corps, who have followed him to
victory on so many fields. Let officers and soldiers emulate his invincible
determination to do everything in the defense of our beloved country.
R. E. LEE,
General.
SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
25, Part 2 (Serial No. 40), p. 793; John William Jones, Life
and Letters of Robert Edward Lee: Soldier and Man, p. 242; John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 321-3
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