Issue 25 - 21/11/2006

 

Welcome to the latest issue of 'Kevin's Outpost.' As always I seem to be struggling to get an issue of this Ezine out on time - not that I'm too sure as to how often I intend to put issues out at this stage. Why the difficulty this time round? Well I seem to be battling with a wildly fluctuating illness at the moment (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome - CFS/CFIDS). Just beginning to put this edition together at the moment and I am battling falling asleep at the keyboard here. I thought I was well last week, only to be back on the slide down again this week - such is the lot of the CFS/CFIDS sufferer.

Never-the-less, I am hoping to get this issue out by the 10th November 2006 (today is the 8 November 2006. However I didn't until the 21st November 2006) - time will tell as to how successful I have been. Of course it isn't just 'Kevin's Outpost' that is affected by my illness - all the work going on at Aussie Outpost falls behind each time I get sick. So some of the changes and improvements I have been working on have fallen by the wayside so to speak in the last couple of weeks and content addition has again slackened.

Still, some minor work has been going on at the Aussie Outpost site, with some improvements having been made to Kevin's Place, Aussie Outpost Library, Computer Aids and Resources, etc, just to name a few. So progress continues, though often at a slow rate these days.

Enjoy this latest edition.

 

CONTENTS:

 

STONEWALL JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR:
Colonel G. F. R. Henderson

Before the great Republic of the West had completed a century of independent national existence, its political fabric was subjected to the strain of a terrible internecine war. That the true cause of conflict was the antagonism between the spirit of Federalism and the theory of “States’ Rights” is very clearly explained in the following pages, and the author exactly expresses the feeling with which most Englishmen regard the question of Secession, when he implies that had he been a New Englander he would have fought to the death to preserve the Union, while had he been born in Virginia he would have done as much in defence of a right the South believed inalienable. The war thus brought about dragged on its weary length from the spring of 1861 to the same season of 1865. During its progress reputations were made that will live for ever in American history, and many remarkable men came to the front. Among these not the least prominent was “Stonewall Jackson,” who to the renown of a great soldier and unselfish patriot added the brighter fame of a Christian hero; and to those who would know what manner of man this Stonewall Jackson was, and why he was so universally revered, so beloved, so trusted by his men, I can cordially recommend Colonel Henderson’s delightful volumes. From their perusal I have derived real pleasure and sound instruction. They have taught me much; they have made me think still more; and I hope they may do the same for many others in the British Army. They are worth the closest study, for few military writers have possessed Colonel Henderson’s grasp of tactical and strategical principles, or his knowledge of the methods which have controlled their application by the most famous soldiers, from Hannibal to Von Moltke. Gifted with a rare power of describing not only great military events but the localities where they occurred, he places clearly before his readers, in logical sequence, the circumstances which brought them about. He has accomplished, too, the difficult task of combining with a brilliant and critical history of a great war the life-story of a great commander, of a most singular and remarkable man. The figure, the character, the idiosyncrasies of the famous Virginian, as well as the lofty motives which influenced him throughout, are most sympathetically portrayed.

There have been few more fitted by natural instincts, by education, by study, and by self-discipline to become leaders of men than Stonewall Jackson. From the day he joined that admirable school at West Point he may be said to have trained himself mentally, morally, and physically, for the position to which he aspired, and which it would seem he always believed he would reach. Shy as a lad, reserved as a man, speaking little but thinking much, he led his own life, devouring the experiences of great men, as recorded in military history, in order that when his time came he should be capable of handling his troops as they did. A man of very simple tastes and habits, but of strong religious principles, drawn directly from the Bible; a child in purity; a child in faith; the Almighty always in his thoughts, his stay in trouble, his guide in every difficulty, Jackson’s individuality was more striking and more complete than that of all others who played leading parts in the great tragedy of Secession. The most reckless and irreligious of the Confederate soldiers were silent in his presence, and stood awestruck and abashed before this great God-fearing man; and even in the far-off Northern States the hatred of the formidable “rebel” was tempered by an irrepressible admiration of his piety, his sincerity, and his resolution. The passions then naturally excited have now calmed down, and are remembered no more by a reunited and chivalrous nation. With that innate love of virtue and real worth which has always distinguished the American people, there has long been growing up, even among those who were the fiercest foes of the South, a feeling of love and reverence for the memory of this great and true-hearted man of war, who fell in what he firmly believed to be a sacred cause. The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South; it has become the birthright of every man privileged to call himself an American.

NOTE - Volume 1 Now Available Online

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KEVIN'S FAMILY - HISTORY SITE:

There isn't a lot of news to add about this site at the moment. All that I have really done in the last couple of months is to make all the photos available to view without the need of having to register with Image Station or any other photo hosting site. They are now all available to view from my site itself.

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http://www.freewebz.com/matthewshistory/index.html

 

A MEMOIR OF THE REV. HENRY MARTYN:
John Sargent

BEFORE the reader proceeds to the perusal of the following Memoir, it may be proper to inform him, that the first and second parts of it have been chiefly selected from various journals, which Mr. Martyn was in the habit of keeping for his own private use, and which, beginning with the year 1803, comprehend a period of eight years. The third part is extracted from an account which he drew up of his visit to Shiraz in Persia; in which some occasional observations on the state of his own mind and feelings are interspersed. It is termed 'a Narrative' by Mr. Martyn: and it was probably his intention to have enlarged it, for the use of the public, had his life been spared, or perhaps to have communicated it, nearly in its original shape, to his intimate friends. From the style and manner of it, at least, it may be presumed not to have been exclusively intended, as the journals above-mentioned evidently were, for his own recollection and benefit. The greater part of the last-mentioned papers were upon the point of being destroyed by the writer on his undertaking his voyage to Persia; but, happily, he was prevailed upon by the Rev. D. Corrie to confide them under a seal to his care, and by him they were transmitted from India to the Rev. C. Simeon and J. Thornton, Esq., Mr. Martyn's executors, in the year 1814. 'The Narrative,' which was sent by Mr. Morier from Constantinople, came into their hands in the following year. Such are the materials from which I have compiled the present memoir,— throughout the whole of which I have endeavoured, as much as possible, to let Mr, Martyn speak for himself, and thus to exhibit a genuine picture of his own mind.

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KEVIN'S WILDERNESS JOURNEYS:

Aussie Outpost is not the only site that has moved to a new location. Kevin's Wilderness Journeys has also moved. As with Aussie Outpost, there has been a bit of a name change - yet no name change. Confused? Well the site is known as Kevin's Wilderness Journeys, yet the name has also changed to kevinswilderness.com. These names are now interchangeable as with Aussie Outpost and particularbaptist.com.

Kevin's Wilderness Journeys (kevinswilderenss.com) is not as far advanced in moving locations as particularbaptist.com, but it is slowly moving along.

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