As the thunder of the fighting grew
”Surely the Virginia Military Institute has a precious inheritance in the memory of General Jackson
Buford’s cavalry got there first
“Words have no power to express the emotion
It was said that often the horse would lie down on the picket line with General Jackson feeding him apples
By the Milky Way cumberland As the thunder of theGenerals Robert E. Lee & J. E. B. Stuart with Major Walter TaylorNear Hamilton's Crossing VirginiaWinter of 1862 1863 The year of 1862 had been amazing for General Lee. He had been commanding the Confederate Army for only seven months, and yet incredibly, during that time his outnumbered armies had won victories at Port Republic, Cross Keys, Mechanicsville, Gainess Mill, Savage Station, Fraysers Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas,