Excerpt from Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History From 458 to 1905, Vol. 3 of 10: Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing<br><br>Dabney, robert lewis. Clergyman; horn in Louisa county, Va., March 5, 1820; graduated at the University of Vir ginia in 1842; ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1847; and became Professor of Church History in Union Seminary, Vir ginia, in 1853. When the Civil War broke out he entered the Confederate army as chaplain, and later became chief of statf to Gen. Thomas J. Jackson. His publica tions include Life of T. J. Jackson, and Defence of Virginia and the South. He died in Victoria, Texas, Jan. 3, 1898.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.