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Few incidents of individual conduct have been mentioned aside from the general behavior of the troops in the several conflicts ; being on the right nothing, but the generalities of the left could be seen, and many seen have been forgotten ; for this reason mention is made of no personal incident in either of the three splendid Virginia regi- ments, they being continuously on the left.

Colonel Brown, First North Carolina, is living somewhere in Ten- nessee ; Colonel Williams, Thirty-seventh Virginia, in or near Abingdon, Virginia ; the colonels of the Tenth and Twenty-third Virginia have passed away. If either, or both, of those living, or any member of either of the regiments of Steuart's brigade happen to see this, it is earnestly solicited that any alterations, additions, or corrections, necessary to a truthful history, may be given publication, the writer's only object being to put the five regiments in their true light before their countrymen now living, and more particularly those to come after.

Believing some of my comrades will see this and recognize the motives which have dictated it, and hoping this feeble effort may meet with that appreciation its intent demands, this narrative is sub- mitted, subject to the criticism of any and all the surviving true men actively engaged in battle on either or all of the days covered by it. All of which is respectfully submitted,

S. D. Thruston, Colonel Third North Carolina hifantry, Steuart's Brigade.

Death of Stonewall Jackson.

BY DR. HUNTER MCGUIRE, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF JACKSON'S CORPS.

Supported upon either side by his aids — Captain James P. Smith and Joseph Morrison — the General moved slowly and painfully towards the rear. Occasionally resting for a moment to shake off the ex- haustion which pain and the loss of blood produced, he at last reached the line of battle, where most of the men were lying down to escape the shell and canister with which the Federals raked the road. General Pender rode up here to the little party and asked who was wounded, and Captain Smith, who had been instructed by General Jackson to tell no one of his injury, simply answered, "A