Produced by Suzanne Shell,Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON [Illustration: GENERAL "STONEWALL" JACKSON FRONTISPIECE] The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson IN WHICH IS TOLD THE PART TAKEN BY THE ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA BY EDWARD A. MOORE Of the Rockbridge Artillery WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY CAPT. ROBERT E. LEE, JR., and HON. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER _Fully Illustrated by Portraits_ NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1907 Copyright, 1907, by E. A. MOORE TO MY COMRADES OF THE ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY CONTENTS PAGE Introduction by Capt. Robert E. Lee, Jr 13 Introduction by Henry St. George Tucker 15 I--Washington College--Lexington--Virginia Military Institute 19 II--Entering the Service--My First Battle--Battle of Kernstown 25 III--The Retreat--Cedar Creek--General Ashby--Skirmishes--McGaheysville 34 IV--Swift Run Gap--Reorganization of the Battery--Wading in the Mud--Crossing and Recrossing the Blue Ridge--Battle of McDowell--Return to the Valley 43 V--Bridgewater--Luray Valley--Front Royal--Following General Banks--Night March--Battle of Winchester--Banks's Retreat 52 VI--Capturing Federal Cavalry--Charlestown--Extraordinary March 60 VII--General Jackson Narrowly Escapes Being Captured at Port Republic--Contest Between Confederates and Federals for Bridge over Shenandoah 66 VIII--Battle of Port Republic 72 IX--From Brown's Gap to Staunton--From Staunton to Richmond--Cold Harbor--General Lee Visits His Son in the Battery 77 X--General Jackson Compliments the Battery--Malvern Hill--My Visit to Richmond 86 XI--From Richmond to Gordonsville--Battle of Cedar Run--Death of General Winder--Deserters Shot--Cross the Rappahannock 93 XII--Capture of Railroad Trains at Manassas Junction--Battle with Taylor's New Jersey Brigade--Night March by Light of Burning Cars 102 XIII--Circuitous Night March--First Day of Second Manassas--Arrival of Longstreet's Corps 110 XIV--The Second Battle of Manassas--Incidents and Scenes on the Battlefield 117 XV--Battle of Chantilly--Leesburg--Crossing the Potomac 125