he had urged his strikes in the underdoah valley stonewall jackson. he was a superb divisional commander. was wounded severely and it resulted in the amputation of his leg. when lee's army was reorganized, ewell got command of the second corps. he got married to his cousin. one of the wealthiest women in the south. she was from tennessee. her first husband had died because of suicide. he was part of the literary family. rutal,dured a bloomber horrific marriage with this man who paraded his mistresses in public. she has her cousin, richard, who had been in love with her since he was a young child. richard's stepson says that after the war, she married richard because she felt sorry for him. we have all had pity dates. a pity marriage is quite impressive. [laughter] leslie gordon who will be speaking next year, she and calledad a book "intimate strategy." about marriages between generals and their wives. ande is a piece on ewell his wife. she was considered to be a strong-minded woman. not a compliment back in the day. she made her headquarters with the

1973, a group stop by the visitor's center and the leader began to tell the untimely death of stonewall jackson brought in nearly every body in the group to tears. i asked the fellow standing next to me, who is this guy? i was told with great reverence this the great historian, bud robertson. i knew the rest of the story because i had read and reread his book "the stone wall brigade" before i arrived at chancellorsville. robertsonears, dr. has been an incredible inspiration to me and many others interested in civil war history. the books he has written cover and entire shelf. the time you spent mentoring young historians both an academic and public history is immeasurable. i was share a quick story. dr. robertson is an excellent editor. huge mc marked up manuscript amateurs form them from -- redsforming them with his pencil. his graduate school found of buying christmas presents for him was easy, buying a box of red pencils were easy any put them to good use. 444 years, dr. robson was the alumni distinguished profession -- profession -- professor of history. tommy at this church today manyded h