Neither in his face nor figure was there the least indication of the great faculties of the man, and a more awkward-looking personage it would be impossible to imagine.

In his hand he held a lemon, which he sucked from time to time, and his demeanor was abstracted and absent.
As Jackson approached, Lee rode toward him and greeted him with a cordial pressure of the hand.
"Ah, general," said Lee, "I am very glad to see you.

I hoped to be with you before!" Jackson made a twitching movement of his head, and replied in a few words, rather jerked from the lips than deliberately uttered.
Lee had paused, and now listened attentively to the long roll of musketry from the woods, where Hill and Longstreet were engaged; then to the still more incessant and angry roar from the direction of Jackson's own troops, who had closed in upon the Federal forces.
"That fire is very heavy," said Lee.

"Do you think your men can stand it ?" Jackson listened for a moment, with his head bent toward one shoulder, as was customary with him, for he was deaf, he said, in one ear, "and could not hear out of the other," and replied briefly: "They can stand almost any thing! They can stand that!" He then, after receiving General Lee's instructions, immediately saluted and returned to his corps--Lee remaining still at Cold Harbor, which was opposite the Federal centre.
[Illustration: Lee and Jackson at Cold harbor.] The arrival of Jackson changed in a moment the aspect of affairs in every part of the field.

Whitney's division of his command took position on Longstreet's left; the command of General D.H.Hill, on the extreme right of the whole line, and Ewell's division, with part of Jackson's old division, supported A.P.Hill.