De grands américains et leurs actes nobles ; contenant la vie de presque cinquante de nos héros et héroïnes .. . ^à Lexington, où l'Université de Washington and Lee était afterwardsestablished. Il enseigne la philosophie naturelle et la tactique militaire. Hemade un bon professeur, mais il était très gêné que les étudiants utilisé avoir beaucoup de plaisir de lui. Il avait des opinions très fermes au sujet de membres de l'homme, et dès qu'thewar a éclaté, il s'engagea à la fois dans l'armée confédérée, où il wasmade un colonel et placé à la tête de Harpers Ferry. De thatmoment lefthim toutes sa timidité. Il à

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Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ^at Lexington, where the Washington and Lee University was afterwardsestablished. He taught natural philosophy and military tactics. Hemade a good teacher, but he was so very bashful that the students used tohave a great deal of fun about him. He had very strong opinions about States rights, and as soon as thewar broke out he enlisted at once in the Confederate Army, where he wasmade a colonel and placed in command at Harpers Ferry. From thatmoment all his shyness lefthim. He took the lead with hismen, as if he had always beena commander. When he had been threemonths in the army he wascalled to take part in the firstgreat battle of the war—thatof Bull Run, which was foughtJuly 21, 1861, between thearmies of General P. G. T. Beau-regard of the South, and Gen-eral Irwin McDowell of theNorth. During the battle someof the heavy charges from theNorth made the Southern lineswaver, but Jackson and his menstood firm. One of his fellow-officers caught sight of him and. STONEWALL JACKSON. exclaimed to his own men, See Jackson standing there like a stone wall I *From that time he was called Stonewall Jackson; but it is also saidthat his troops were first called the Stonewall Brigade because theycame from the stone wall counties of Virginia. In September, after the conflict at Bull Run, Jackson was made amajor-general; in January he was sent North to keep General Banksoccupied and prevent him from making any serious movements. He har-assed the Union forces all he could, but did not dare to risk any open bat-tles because he had not enough men. In March twenty thousand morewere added to his force; then he was ready to fight. 10 *STONEWALL JACKSON. In tlie meantime the Northern Army had been divided. General Mc-lellan with the greater part had started for Richmond by water, nother body under General McDowell set out for the same place bynd, and another under Genera

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