Impatient toward weaknesses of the flesh, Jackson had driven his infantry at a killing pace. “He classed all who were weak and weary, who fainted by the wayside, as men wanting in patriotism,” said an officer. “If a man’s face was as white as cotton and his pulse so low you could scarcely feel it, he looked upon him merely as an inefficient soldier and rode off impatiently.” Ewell caught the spirit and ordered his marching columns stripped to the minimum. “We can get along without anything but food and ammunition,” he stated. “The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.”2 Although
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