Thomas Jonathan Jackson: aka Stonewall Jackson
{January 21,1824 - May 10, 1863}
"Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!"
July 21, 1861, at First Manassas, Virginia
"Kill them, sir, kill every man!"
December 14, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Virginia
"Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. that is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave."
"To move swiftly, strke vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory, is the secret of successful war."
Jackson, 1863
"Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy an dcrush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible"
Jackson to General Imboden
War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, to live in camps, but to find the enemy and strike him; to invade his country, and do him all possible damage in the shortest possible time. This will involve great destruction of life and property while it lasts; but such a war will of necessisty be of brief continuance, and so would be an economy of life and property in the end.
-Jackson
The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats
-Jackson to Colonel Munford, June 13, 1862
I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tommorrow.
-Jackson to Col. Sam Fulkerson, May 24, 1862
Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time.
-Jackson ?
We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength. A defensive campaign can only be made successful by taking the aggressive at the proper time. Napoleon never waited for his adversary to become fully prepared, but struck him the first blow
-Jackson Chancellorsville, 1863
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