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News of the First Battle of Manassas spread throughout a jubilant South and Stonewall Jackson was mentioned prominently. Having received garbled reports, the people of Lexington awaited reliable news. Finally the minister of Jackson’s church received a letter from Jackson, written the morning after the battle. Telling his eager parishioners, “Now we shall know all the facts”, the minister opened the letter to read the following: ”My dear pastor, in my tent last night, after a fatiguing day’s service, I remembered that I had failed to send you my contribution for our colored Sunday School. Enclosed you will find my check for that object, which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience, and oblige yours faithfully, T.J. Jackson.” ~Robert~ So much for getting a first hand account of the battle...