 | John Esten Cooke - 1863 - 316 pages
...immortal Jackson, what he thought of Turner Ashby. " An official report," writes General Jackson, " is not an appropriate place for more than a passing...divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." Such are the words of Jackson upon Ashby — one hero's estimate of another. That epitaph shall remain... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1863 - 328 pages
...superior. His daring was proverbial L his powers of endurance almost incredible ; his tone of charScter heroic, and his sagacity almost intuitive in divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." Such are the words of Jackson upon Ashby — one hero's estimate of another. That epitaph shall remain... | |
 | Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 1266 pages
...relation which General Ashby bore to my command for most of the previous twelve months, will justify mo in saying that as a 'partisan officer I never knew...sagacity almost intuitive in divining the purposes and %novements of the enemy. • • The main body of my command had now reached the vicinity of Port Republic.... | |
 | Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 764 pages
...his official report paid this brief but emphatic tribute to his companion in arms. " In this aflair, General Turner Ashby was killed. An official report...of jetty black, while his eye was a clear, piercing gray. Accomplished from his youth in all the feats of horsemanship and wood-craft, he was already trained... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - United States - 1866 - 520 pages
...opinion of that officer was afterward expressed in his report. " An official report," wrote Jackson, "is not an appropriate place for more than a passing...divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." Such was the epitaph of Ashby, traced by the hand of Jackson, it will live in the memories of the people... | |
 | Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 772 pages
...His daring was proverbial, his powers of endurance almost incredible, his tone of character heroie, and his sagacity almost intuitive in divining the...of jetty black, while his eye was a clear, piercing gray. Accomplished from his youth in all the feats of horsemanship and wood-craft, he was already trained... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 496 pages
...man." He took command of Jackeon's cavalry in the autumn of 1861, and his commander wrote of hi™ ; " As a partisan officer I never knew his superior. His...divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." This partisan, of character so heroic, of sagacity so intuitive, was the. native and untrained growth... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 782 pages
...of this great man's words. He wrote of Ashby : " As a partisan officer I never knew his superiour. His daring was proverbial ; his powers of endurance...divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." RATTLES OF CROSS-KEYS AND POET REFURLKJ. On the 7th of June the main body of Gen. Jackson's command... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - American literature - 1867 - 630 pages
...as well as one human being ever knew another ; and after the fall of the cavalier he wrote of him, "As a partisan officer, I never knew his superior....divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." The man who wrote these words — himself daring, enduring, and heroic — had himself some sagacity... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 894 pages
...previous twelve months, will justify me in saying that, as a partisan officer, I never knew his superiour. His daring was proverbial, his powers of endurance...divining the purposes and movements of the enemy." The obsequies of Gen. Ashby were celebrated at Charlottesville, Virginia. The services were performed... | |
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An official report is not an appropriate place for more than a passing notice of the distinguished dead, but the close relation which General Ashby bore to my command for most of the previous twelve months will justify me in saying that as a partisan... 
