First Manassas
Birth of a Legend
General Thomas J. Jackson leads his Confederate First Brigade (with the 5th Va. Co.k) forward into position. Little did any of them know today they would become Southern Legends.
Jackson and his brigade calmly await the pending attack. Notice retreating Confederate troops in the background.
As the Southern forces begin to turn and run General Bernard Bee spots Jackson and his men and shouts," There stands Jackson like a stonewall let us rally behind the Virginiains." Moments later Bee was shot and killed, but the rest of the army reformed charged and routed the Federals. The fifth Regiment took credit as did many other units for capturing Ricketts' Federal battery.