stonewall jackson was going to go to the west and completely surround harper's ferry. and he sent these out by courier to all the general involved. and the copy that went to stonewall jackson, jackson read it and then copied it again for d.h. hill who had been under his orders. one of the couriers was also taking the same message to d.h. hill and, of course, it never arrived, and it was drop inside a clover field south of frederick. and when -- we don't know why this happened or how it could have been prevented or at least discovered because the courier was supposed to deliver the envelope in which the message came with the signature that went back to the headquarters, but it did not go. my own theory is that it was a careless courier, and then he discovered he'd lost it, went to d.h. hill's headquarters and asked around and said, oh, yes, we have the orders. so he felt much relieved, presumably, and went back to headquarters, and nobody seems to have pursued the case of getting the proof of delivery. so in any case, on the 13th of september a corporal barton mitchell

james long street at the stonewall jackson.so was lee would've fallen in battle, long street would've assumed temporary command of the army, not stonewall jackson. i., you know, they are two different men in general. jackson i have always been amazed at how a man could oppose his low not only on his men, that upon his enemy. and jackson did that. i remember in april 62, he wrote to his wife to create an army of the living god. and i believe that. always like to say, the only problem that jackson was hit whole bunch of centers following bad idea and a lot of them left the racks and so forth. there was jackson who would do this. i mean, he told vmi cadets as they are leaving, when virginia is succeeded, he said in the civil war, when you take this or do you the sort. from the moment stonewall jackson became a confederate officer, he had achieved the sword and he was throughout. james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army. longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of

james long street at the stonewall jackson.so was lee would've fallen in battle, long street would've assumed temporary command of the army, not stonewall jackson. i., you know, they are two different men in general. jackson i have always been amazed at how a man could oppose his low not only on his men, that upon his enemy. and jackson did that. i remember in april 62, he wrote to his wife to create an army of the living god. and i believe that. always like to say, the only problem that jackson was hit whole bunch of centers following bad idea and a lot of them left the racks and so forth. there was jackson who would do this. i mean, he told vmi cadets as they are leaving, when virginia is succeeded, he said in the civil war, when you take this or do you the sort. from the moment stonewall jackson became a confederate officer, he had achieved the sword and he was throughout. james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army. longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of

james long street at the stonewall jackson.so was lee would've fallen in battle, long street would've assumed temporary command of the army, not stonewall jackson. i., you know, they are two different men in general. jackson i have always been amazed at how a man could oppose his low not only on his men, that upon his enemy. and jackson did that. i remember in april 62, he wrote to his wife to create an army of the living god. and i believe that. always like to say, the only problem that jackson was hit whole bunch of centers following bad idea and a lot of them left the racks and so forth. there was jackson who would do this. i mean, he told vmi cadets as they are leaving, when virginia is succeeded, he said in the civil war, when you take this or do you the sort. from the moment stonewall jackson became a confederate officer, he had achieved the sword and he was throughout. james longstreet is a different man. james longstreet is probably the best act titian in the army. longstreet was much more careful in the expenditure of

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more specifically, to the final resting place of stonewall jackson's left arm.eneral lost his arm in may 3rd of 1863. now, he lost his left arm. i would give my right to get out of here. let's keep going. all along this journey, we've been finding little bits and pieces of americana. and what we found in culpepper, virginia, is really no exception. they're making moonshine and corn whiskey in these premises. distiller brendan weekley is with us. and these really are the all-american spirits, aren't they? >> this is. this whiskey has been made for over 400 years here in the united states and i try to carry on the tradition. >> a lot of tradition with a lot of bottles. let's watch them roll. well, these bottles are on the move and so are we. well, we finally made it. washington, d.c. and right behind me, you can see the washington monument. beyond that, the lincoln memorial. and if you pivot all the way back around over here, you've got the nation's capital. 350.7 miles from norfolk here to d.c., and what a trip it was. a little bit of americana mixed in. i hope y

more specifically to the final resting place of stonewall jackson's left arm. lost his left arm. i'd give my right arm to get out of here. let's get going. along the journey, we have been finding bits and pieces of americana. here in culpepper, they are making whiskey. these are the all american spirits? >> this whiskey has been made here for 400 years in the united states. >> let's watch them roll. well these bottles are on the move and so are we. well, we finally made it. washington d.c. right behind me you can see the washington monument. beyond that, the lincoln memorial. if you pivot around back here, you have the nation's capitol. 350.7 miles from norfolk here to d.c. what a trip it was. i hope you enjoyed it. we will see you next time down the road. >> the ham scared you? >> a little bit. i wasn't expecting that. how can they prove you can eat that ham? >> when you go into any fast food restaurant and you see the food behind the counter and you take their word for it. >> you can order it. i need somebody to cut into the ham and let me know it is edible.

more specifically, to the final resting place of stonewall jackson's left arm.t his arm may 3rd, 1863. he lost his left arm. i would give my right to get out of here. let's keep going. ♪ all along this journey we're finding little bits and pieces of americana. it still has a distillery in culpepper, virginia. no exception. they're making moonshine and corn whiskey. these really are the all american spirits, aren't they? >> it is. this whiskey has been made for over 400 years here in the united states. we try to carry on the tradition. >> that tradition with a lot of bottles. let's watch them roll. >> well, these bottles are on the move and so are we. well, we finally made it, washington, d.c. right behind me you can see the washington monument. beyond that, the lincoln memori memorial. if you pivot back around here you've got the nation's capitol. 350.7 miles from norfolk here to d.c. what a trip it was. a little bit of americana mixed in. i hope you enjoyed it. see you next time down the road. now, to be honest with you probably could have gone a little bit far