From Mary Chestnut's Diary;
July 24, 1861
Here Mr. Chesnut opened my door--and walked in. Of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh. I had to ask no questions. He gave me an account of the battle as he saw it (walking up and down my room, occasioonallh seating himself on a window sill, but too restless to remain still many moments). Told what regiments he was sent to bring up. He took orders to Colonel Jackson*--whose regiment stood so stock-still under fire they were called a stone wall. Also, they call Beauregard "Engine" and Johnston "Marlboro" (s'en va--enguerre). Mr. C rode with Lay's cavalry after the retreating enemy, in the pursuit, they following them until midnight. There then came such a rain--rain such as is only known in semitropical lands.
The editors note at the bottom of the page reads;
*For this stand, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, a former West Pointer and instructor at Va. Military Institue, received a promotion to brigadier general as well as an enduring nickname.
Snippy note:
I am into June 1862 now and whenever she does mention Jackson it is with high regard, they are putting a lot of hope in him.
