"It would be a terrible loss if he were permitted to drop out of the army.

I tell you for your own private ear that I have taken it upon me to Write a letter of protest to President Davis himself.

I felt that I could do so, because Mr.Davis and myself were associated closely in the Mexican War." The answer came in time from Richmond.

Stonewall Jackson was retained and a freer hand was given to him.

Harry and all his comrades felt an immense relief, but he did not know until long afterward how near the Confederacy had come to losing the great Jackson.
Benjamin, the Secretary of War, and President Davis both were disposed to let him go, but the powerful intervention of Governor Letcher of Virginia induced them to change their minds.