 | John Warwick Daniel - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1911 - 818 pages
..."Jackson has lost his left arm ; I have lost my right arm," and wrote to him: "Could I have dictated events I should have chosen for the good of the country to have heen disabled in your stead." "Far better for the Confederacy," exclaimed Jackson, when he read the... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 542 pages
...he penned to his wounded lieutenant his reply: GENERAL: I have just received your note ininforming me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret...should have chosen, for the good of the country, to be disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 544 pages
...he penned to his wounded lieutenant his reply: GENERAL: I have just received your note ininforming me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret...should have chosen, for the good of the country, to be disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - Southern States - 1912 - 538 pages
...he penned to his wounded lieutenant his reply: GENERAL: I have just received your note ininforming me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret...should have chosen, for the good of the country, to be disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.... | |
 | Family & Relationships - 1912 - 344 pages
...fought by Jackson's side. Not so Jackson himself; for when, on hearing of his wound, Lee wrote to him, 'Could I have directed events, I should have chosen,...the country, to have been disabled in your stead,' answered "No," No! Better loose twenty Jacksons than one Lee!' And now though Jackson was dead, Lee... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 462 pages
...returning from a reconnaissance beyond the lines, and died a week later. STONEWALL JACKSON'S DEATH ULD I have directed events, I should have chosen, for...the country, to have been disabled in your stead," Lee wrote to Jackson, who was really dying. His physicians could see the end of his illness, and Mrs.... | |
 | Thomas Dixon - 1913 - 620 pages
...across the pommel of his saddle: "GENERAL: I have just received your note informing me that you are wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence....should have chosen, for the good of the country, to be disabled in your stead. "I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.... | |
 | Bradley Gilman - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 244 pages
...between them at the close of this battle. Lee wrote to Jackson: "I cannot express my regret at this occurrence; could I have directed events, I should...have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you on the victory, which is due to your skill and energy." This was before the full seriousness of Jackson's... | |
 | Jennings C. Wise - United States - 1915 - 538 pages
...general on the 3d, in the midst of battle had already declared that, could he have directed events, he should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in Jackson's stead. In closing his message, he congratulated Jackson upon the victory his "skill and energy"... | |
 | Jennings Cropper Wise - Military education - 1915 - 650 pages
...general on the 3d, in the midst of the battle, had declared that could he have directed events, he should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in Jackson's stead. In closing his message, he congratulated Jackson upon the victory his "skill and energy"... | |
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I have just received your note informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you... 
