No one could tell. Just then a gust of wind spread the colors. The flag was the Stars and Bars--General Early's brigade, not a moment too soon. "We must have a more distinct flag," announced General Beauregard vehemently, in infinite relief: "One that we can recognize when we see it." In that instant was conceived the Confederate Battle Flag, used thereafter throughout the Civil strife. After the battle, the design--St. Andrew's Cross--was submitted by General Beauregard, and, approved by General Joseph E. Johnston, was adopted by the Confederate Congress. "Conceived on the field of battle, it lived on the field of battle, and was proudly borne on every field from Manassas to Appomattox." * * * * * The Confederates were routed and running in disorder. General Jackson was standing immovable. General Bee rode to his side. "They will beat us back!" "No, Sir," replied Jackson, "we will give them the bayonet." General Bee rode back to his brigade. "Look at Jackson," said he, "standing there like a stone wall. Rally behind him." With this his brigade fell into line. * * * * * Early's troops arrived and formed. The Federals were beaten into a tumultuous retreat that never slacked until Centerville was reached. From that day the name "Stonewall" attached to Thomas Jonathan Jackson and was peculiarly appropriate as indicating the adamantine, unyielding character of the man. The motto of his life was: "A man can do what he wills to do," and in his resolves he depended for guidance upon Divine leading. He tried always to throw a religious atmosphere about his men; and out of respect to his feelings, if for no other reason, they often refrained from evil. His mount was a little sorrel horse, that the men affirmed was strikingly like him as it could not run except towards the enemy. The ardent love of his troops for him made the tragedy of his death the more deplorable. Mistaking him for the enemy as he was returning from the front, in the gathering darkness at Chancellorsville, May, 1863, his own men shot him,--shot him down with victory in his grasp. The whole country was horror-struck. Friend and foe alike paused in sympathy at such a situation. To the Southern cause it was more than the taking off of a leader; it was an irreparable loss. By his death was left a gap in the Confederate ranks that no one else could fill. Prior to the breaking out of the war Jackson had been unknown, but in the two years of his service he accomplished more than any other officer on his side. He saved Richmond from early fall by keeping the Union forces apart, until he was joined by Lee, when together they drove McClellan from within a few miles of the Confederate Capital and cleared the James River of gunboats. In his report from Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee pays tribute to the illustrious officer thus:--