Confederate General TA Jackson received his 'name from holding his line, to the praises of his Commander Gen RE Lee. "There stands Jackson, like a stone wall!" Jackson was know as a man of HONOR! and in his student days at west point, when Taps -lights out was sounded.. would bank his fireplace with coal to continue to study after putting out his light... For his own use he began to compose a code of conduct for himself- "Through life, let your principal object be the discharge of duty" "Sacrifice your life, rather than fail your word" In the Mexican war he was promoted to General for his valor under fire. Though his Commander had fallen he did not run.. When asked he replied: "I was not ordered to retreat, I was ordered to hold my position and I have no right to abandon my duty" Stonewall Jackson was a man of honor who admitted telling one lie. "I stood in the fight and proclaimed to my men that there was no danger to fear, when a cannon ball passed between my legs.. * I lied..." Stonewall Jackson was also a man of faith, and famous for holding rousing evangelical services around the campfire. He was mortally wounded by his own men, and died in Honor. _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
