macron s two dinner, please go to our website, www.foxnews.com. have a great week, and we will see you next fox news sunday . previously on legends and lies . i am counting on you, general. one wrong move, we are finished. look at jackson, standing there like a stone wall! hold your fire until they come within 50 yards. if the rebelling states do not rejoin the union, their slaves will be free. in giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. i have been chosen to save this union, not to change it but to preserve it. god wills us to victory. we shall prevail.
stonewall jackson is a slave-holding virginian. and as a protestant christian, he believes it s his god-given duty to evangelize those he considers inferior. and jackson violates virginia law to fulfill his calling, opening up a sunday school just for slaves. the compassion he extends is not unique, even in the south, and though it seems protective and caring, it is still rooted in the same racial prejudice that s practiced by violent slave masters. no matter the treatment, jackson simply believes that african-americans are better off as slaves. though the narrow victory at antietam gives lincoln the opportunity to announce the emancipation proclamation, he s now under intense political pressure to crush the rebellion. but his army is still under the command of george mcclellan.
fight, damn it! jackson s sudden attack starts an avalanche of union retreat. as the right flank completely folds, hooker s army is trapped in a deadly vice between jackson to the west and robert e. lee to the east. stonewall jackson, invigorated by the fight, continues to push forward without letting his troops know that he s riding ahead of their lines. jackson has produced the makings of a great victory, but it s not enough, because he still needs to go and check thet himself. and he s doing it despite the fact that he ll be coming back into his own lines without the benefit of daylight. [ hammering, sawing ] it s the enemy. they re building fortifications. do you feel it, lieutenant? we re close. my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle
throughout the first 2 years of the civil war, stonewall jackson emerges as the triumphant right hand of general robert e. lee. but after a victory at fredericksburg, lee and jackson face a new threat the man chosen to replace ambrose burnside, an ambitious general, joseph hooker. determined to do what mcclellan and burnside could not, hooker sends an overwhelming force on a daring march to outflank the confederates. hooker launches an attack that catches robert e. lee and stonewall jackson off guard. they re outnumbered, but they need to come up with a plan of attack. thank you, captain. what do you propose, general? i ll take the route marked on mr. hotchkiss map with my entire corps.
charge! [ soldiers shouting ] [ gunfire ] jackson takes his men around and smashes into that dangling enof hooker s force. [ soldiers shouting ] it s a total surprise and just rolls them all back up toward the headquarters. it s a complete, utter victory. wait! no! stand your ground, damn it! though jackson has made bold audacious moves on the battlefield before, he s never attempted anything as risky as his plan to attack the union flank. wait! no! the strategy at chancellorsville will go down in military history as an example of daring and innovative leadership and evidence of an exceptional relationship between two brilliant men.