Dr. Roy Benjamin “Dr. Ben” Dawson Jr., a retired blood transfusion specialist who taught at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died of complications of congestive heart failure July 22 at Gilchrist Center Howard County.
Dr. Roy Benjamin “Dr. Ben” Dawson Jr., a retired blood transfusion specialist who taught at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died of complications of congestive heart failure July 22 at Gilchrist Center Howard County.
dimmen use his vital force, probably because he overused himself. i have an extensive chapter looking just at what happened to jackson and why during that week in the richmond essays book entitled sleepless in the saddle. because i think that probably was the root of the problem. but northerners facing up against jackson s corps were terrified when they heard that mighty stonewall had shown up. one of my favorite quotes from that week comes from a vermont fellow in the first united states sharpshooters. writing at the time, and publ h published almost immediately afterwards, he talked about how when they found that jackson was there, it was unsettling. he wrote, the dreaded form of stonewall jackson seemed to lurk in every bush. well, if jackson was lurking in a bush during the seven days, it was probably to sleep when he should have been doing something else. but the fact people were terrified of him is pretty significant. the utterly unknown military school professor, by th
june said, oh, that the union could find a general as dashing and plucky as this stonewall jackson. one of the favorite court-martials i have ever seen, among the 88,000 court-martials from the war years was a quarter master named simms in the fall of 1862. simms was court marshalled for treason. he said stonewall jackson has whipped us every time we fight him. and for saying such an outrageous thing, he was found guilty and cashiered. a pennsylvanian, june 62, i m sorry to say, i have frequently heard our men talk as though they believe jackson could not be whipped. in fact he has to become what might be called a bugaboo. all of this, attitudes will in the south and the north, where there had been no doubt of success in the north and not much hope for success in the south after henry and donaldson and all of the other problems, is what made jackson what he was in 1862. stonewall jackson s high ranking sub or the nats meanwhile underwent a parallel if not exactly the same me
they believe jackson could not be whipped. in fact he has to become what might be called a bugaboo. all of this, attitudes will in the south and the north, where there had been no doubt of success in the north and not much hope for success in the south after henry and donaldson and all of the other problems, is what made jackson what he was in 1862. so while jackson s high ranking subordinates underwent a parallel if not exactly the same met a moetamorphosis, theyed a hall thought that he was dangerous, crazy, and so on. by the end of the campaign, there were individuals who still found nothing to admire in jackson. despite his late life bouquets that i mentioned, tolliver was typical, but richard taylor and dick yewel might personify the others. dick and i lore, who you probably know was the brother-in-law of jefferson davis, very, very well connected fellow. son of the president of the united states some years earlier and the brother in law of the confederate states, very w