Mary Custis snatched a paper from the stand and took a look at the casualty lists from Harpers Ferry where someone she knew and loved reportedly took place in the recent raid. She scanned the story and found that three Marines died,
Quinn, Luke (died charging the house)
Rupert, Matthew (was shot in the face while storming the engine house)
Lee, Robert E. (killed in an accidental explosion)
Mary sat on a bench with her hand over her mouth, her husband of almost 20 years was dead. She would go on to die from a stroke in 1874 a recluse widow.
When Kansas erupted again a small scale Civil War over continuing to be free or slave an ambitious and young teacher at VMI was sent West to bring order to the troubled province. Thomas Jonathan Jackson quickly sided with the Anti-Slavery side and attacked the Pro-Slavery camp at Lecompton and burned it to the ground. Jackson imprisoned the Slaver leadership and along with it, stopped the violence in Kansas. When Jackson returned East he was met with cheers from the North and jeers from the South. Jackson became a crusader for the freedom of slaves, even when he himself had 6 back at his home, and the Southerners harassed him when he relieved the men at Fort Sumter during the Confederate siege. When the CSA started to bombard the Fort Jackson returned fire and didn't let up until he was out of cannonballs, then he fired pots and pans. After 34 hours of trading cannon fire, Jackson snuck out of Fort Sumter and let his second in command surrender the fort.
After the fall of Sumter the Union and CSA were at war and Washington was in danger. The Confederacy had defeated the Union at Bull Run and were in prime position to overrun Washington. General Jackson was appointed to fight the battle that was sure to come but a balloon observer saw that the Rebs were not attacking but waiting. Jackson decided to take a gamble and attacked their camp at Manassas and scored a rousing victory that raised morale in the North and had little effect in the south due to "mysteriously destroyed reports".
When news of Jacksons victory in Manassas reached Virginia Governor John Letcher offered Jackson a chance to fight in the Confederate Army as a General and for his state as the leader of the Virginia Militia. Jackson accepted and resigned from the Union Army and joined the Confederate Army and began planning an attack on D.C. President Lincoln appointed Ulysses S Grant to lead the Army of the Potomac to fight him because he knew his fighting style. During the Mexican American War Grant and Jackson co-operated on in the Battle of Mexico City and Grant claimed to know everything about his former compatriots strategies. With his Army Grant moved into Northern Virginia to take Richmond and put an end to the war before it even began.
Confederate President Davis ordered Jackson to defeat Grant and push him back into Maryland. Jackson had no choice but to put his invasion on hold and ride out to meet his enemy in combat. Grant was cautious and tried to avoid battle as much as possible. Jackson gave chase and managed to catch him in Remington.
Thanks to Wendell and the writer of Bob Lee's Body for a suggestion of the new POD.
Quinn, Luke (died charging the house)
Rupert, Matthew (was shot in the face while storming the engine house)
Lee, Robert E. (killed in an accidental explosion)
Mary sat on a bench with her hand over her mouth, her husband of almost 20 years was dead. She would go on to die from a stroke in 1874 a recluse widow.
When Kansas erupted again a small scale Civil War over continuing to be free or slave an ambitious and young teacher at VMI was sent West to bring order to the troubled province. Thomas Jonathan Jackson quickly sided with the Anti-Slavery side and attacked the Pro-Slavery camp at Lecompton and burned it to the ground. Jackson imprisoned the Slaver leadership and along with it, stopped the violence in Kansas. When Jackson returned East he was met with cheers from the North and jeers from the South. Jackson became a crusader for the freedom of slaves, even when he himself had 6 back at his home, and the Southerners harassed him when he relieved the men at Fort Sumter during the Confederate siege. When the CSA started to bombard the Fort Jackson returned fire and didn't let up until he was out of cannonballs, then he fired pots and pans. After 34 hours of trading cannon fire, Jackson snuck out of Fort Sumter and let his second in command surrender the fort.
After the fall of Sumter the Union and CSA were at war and Washington was in danger. The Confederacy had defeated the Union at Bull Run and were in prime position to overrun Washington. General Jackson was appointed to fight the battle that was sure to come but a balloon observer saw that the Rebs were not attacking but waiting. Jackson decided to take a gamble and attacked their camp at Manassas and scored a rousing victory that raised morale in the North and had little effect in the south due to "mysteriously destroyed reports".
When news of Jacksons victory in Manassas reached Virginia Governor John Letcher offered Jackson a chance to fight in the Confederate Army as a General and for his state as the leader of the Virginia Militia. Jackson accepted and resigned from the Union Army and joined the Confederate Army and began planning an attack on D.C. President Lincoln appointed Ulysses S Grant to lead the Army of the Potomac to fight him because he knew his fighting style. During the Mexican American War Grant and Jackson co-operated on in the Battle of Mexico City and Grant claimed to know everything about his former compatriots strategies. With his Army Grant moved into Northern Virginia to take Richmond and put an end to the war before it even began.
Confederate President Davis ordered Jackson to defeat Grant and push him back into Maryland. Jackson had no choice but to put his invasion on hold and ride out to meet his enemy in combat. Grant was cautious and tried to avoid battle as much as possible. Jackson gave chase and managed to catch him in Remington.
Thanks to Wendell and the writer of Bob Lee's Body for a suggestion of the new POD.
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