hountsell

Updated: July 7, 2025

Among the cadets was one Hountsell who was considered as great an enigma as Jackson himself. In some of the various evolutions of the drill it was necessary for the cadets to trot. This gait Hountsell failed to adopt, and was reported to the superintendent with the specification "for failing to trot."

Edward Alexander Moore - The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson : In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia

Hountsell handed in his written excuse as follows, "I am reported by Major Jackson for failing, at artillery drill, to trot. My excuse is, I am a natural pacer." It would be interesting to know the workings of Stonewall's mind when perusing this reply. After reaching Harper's Ferry two more six-pound brass pieces were received for this battery from Richmond.

Edward Alexander Moore - The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson : In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia