Chapter 29 FOREBODINGS

"King John. Alack, thou dost usurp authority.

King Philip. Excuse; it is to put usurping down."

--SHAKESPEARE.

All of the month of October, 1862, Jackson's corps remained near Bunker Hill, in the valley of the Shenandoah. It was here that we learned of Lincoln's proclamation freeing the slaves. A few copies of it were seen in our camp--int