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The War Inevitable. Enters the Army—Attached to T. J. Jackson's Brigade—Bull Run—In Line of Battle—Pledges Burial to a Companion. First Battle of Bull Run—General Jackson's Brigade Christened Stonewall—Fulfills Pledge and Buries Dead Body of Comrade. Letters of Colonel A. C. Cummings, Captain Randolph Barton and J. O. Casler. Gets in the Guardhouse—Jackson Promoted to Major General—His Address to the Brigade. Midwinter Campaign of '62—Battle of Kernstown, or First Battle of Winchester. Up the Shenandoah—Battle of McDowell—From Front Royal to Harper's Ferry—A Running Fight of Fifty Miles—Jackson's Retreat Up the Valley. Death of Ashby—Battle of Cross Keys—Battle of Port Republic—On the Road to Richmond—R. E. Lee in Command—First Battle of Cold Harbor. Savage Station—Malvern Hill—The Blues and Grays Mingle in the Blackberry Field—Incidents of the Seven Days' Fight. Battle of Cedar Mountain—Death of General Winder—Flag of Truce. Capture of Commissary Stores at Manassas Junction—Second Battle of Manassas.