Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1918 — Stonewall's Wit. [ARTICLE]

Stonewall's Wit.

Stonewall Jackson owed his celebrity to action, not epigram, but,the following ascribed to him by the Brooklyn Citizen, is by no means a bad sam-. pie of biting wit. A major was reported wounded, and therefore unable to perform a certain task. “Wounded!” exclaimed Stonewall. “If that is so it must have been by an accidental discharge of his duties.”