Blog 4

Back to the War.  I forgot to mention that Jackson arrived at the battle late, but luckily for him McClellan, being cautious as usual, did not attack the rebel army.  That gave the south one more day to prepare for the battle at hand.  The battle went back and forth, once a side would gain ground then they would lose it. Finally, Jackson charges his men into battle, a fatal mistake.  The confederate  army had many casualties, and the invasion of maryland was over.  While the men rested, Jackson, took the bottle of whisky that the men had been drinking and drank plenty of it.  This was a miraculous sight, because the General rarely drank at all.   He wished to avoid it's temptation.  I liked this part of the book a lot, because I saw a different side of Stonewall that I had not seen in him.  It was also one of his biggest failures, he won a majority of his battle's or caused great discomfort to the enemy.