Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson

LIFE AXD LETTERSOFGENERAL THOMAS J. JACKSONCHAPTER I.THE OLD ENGLISH AXD SCOTCH-IRISH STOCK.Ln~ the year 174S a ship sailed from the coast of England, bearing a number of passengers who were seeking new homes in the British colonies of America. In this vessel were a voting man and a voimg woman, both from the city of London, but who were probably unknown to each other when they embarked for the strange land to which thev were bound.The young man. John Jackson, was about twenty-three vears of age. and was endowed with many of the qualities which insure success in life-being true and upright, active and energetic, of quiet but determined character: and he needed only the help of the noble woman whom God gave him as a wife to make his home in the forest a happy and prosperous one. He was small of stature, but of good mind and sound judgment, and left the impress upon his generation of great goodness, industry, and tranquil courage. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and when, fifAbout the Pu