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John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 3: (search)
ities which distinguished the gallant Upton. On the march from Suffolk to Chancellorsville, intelligence reached us of the Confederate victory and of the death of Jackson. This latter event occasioned me deep distress. I was hereupon prompted to write to General Lee, giving expression to my sorrow, and, at the same time, to my regret at our failure to join him before the great battle he had just fought and won. In reply to my brief note, he addressed me as follows: Camp Freds, 21st May, 1863. my Dear General:--Upon my return from Richmond, I found your letter of the 13th awaiting me. Although separated from me. I have always had you in my eye and thoughts. I wished for you much in the last battle, and believe had I had the whole Army with me, General Hooker would have been demolished. But God ordered otherwise. I grieve much over the death of General Jackson--for our sakes, not for his. He is happy and at peace. But his spirit lives with us, and I hope it will raise