Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 1824-1863

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Excerpt from Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 1824-1863: A SketchRepresentative Hays invited the awkward and untutored farmer boy to remain with him a few days and see the sights of the capital city, but young Jackson was so anxious to join his classes that he set out for West Point, only delaying to climb to the dome of the unfinished Capitol and view Washington and the surround ing country. The impression which he made on Washington officials wasmost favorable. Representative Hays wrote to the superintendent of the Military Academy asking that the entrance examinations be made easy for him. Stating that he was a youth who would make up for his lack of education by applying himself. The letter has its effect, and young Jack son was admitted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.