After 'Manassas Jackson was sent to command in the valley of the Shenandah. This. was familiar ground' to him, for, Lexington, where he had lived for ten, years, width of the valley is twenty-four miles. ' Its western boundary is formed by the Alleghany The newly raised troops inves te, defence of the alloy newly raised troops intended commander was a sorry substitute for the brilliant figures he had The militia gonarale had surrounded themealves with numerous had but two assistants, who, like himself, still wore the plain blue uniform of the Military Institute. To eyes accustomed steods of his predoccscors there' seemed to the splendid trappings and. princi an almost want of pomp and circumstanco about this colonel of volunteers. There was not a particle of Ince about him. Ho rode & boree a cist as biinesls Goa in the saddle was always ied evoe His "eyes; ho. was ungraceful. His well-worn cadet cap was sparing 3 tls voice' was quiet and he seldom smiled. He Pos no orations; hho held no reviews; and his orders were remarkable for their brevity. Even with his officers he had little intercourse, He confided his plans to no one, -and not a single item of information, useful or otherwise, escaped his. lips." ' Nor
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