General Lee asked the government to divide his army into two corps, with Old Jack in command of one and Longstreet in charge of the other.

The government has seen fit to do what General Lee advises it to do, and we are now the Second Army Corps, two thousand officers, twenty-five thousand men and one hundred and thirty guns, commanded by Lieutenant-General Thomas Jonathan Jackson, better known to his enemy as 'Stonewall' Jackson and to his men as 'Old Jack.'" "Splendid!" exclaimed Harry.

"Never was a promotion better earned!" "And so say we all of us," said Happy Tom.

"But just a moment, Captain.
What is the news about me ?" "About you, Tom ?" "Yes, about me?
Didn't I win the victory at the Second Manassas?
Didn't I save the army at Antietam?
Am I promoted to be a colonel or is it merely a lieutenant-colonel ?" "I'm sorry, Tom," replied Sherburne with great gravity, "but there is no mention of your promotion.

I know it's an oversight, and we'll join in a general petition to Richmond that you be made a lieutenant-colonel at the very least." "Oh, never mind.