Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with lusterchrome color illustration. Descriptive text on the reverse: Jackson Monument, Richmond, Virginia. This monument to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, the sculpture for which is the work of F. William Sievers, shows him mounted on "Sorrel," facing north because he so resolutely opposed the Northern army. Jackson, whose brilliant strategy is studied today by soldiers the world over, was a stern, Cromwellian type of commander in strange contrast to the dashing Stuart. Lee called him his "right arm," and no one has ever been able to estimate the severity of the blow his death dealth the Southern cause. C.D.S., Richmond, Va., Nov. 28, 1959, with 3 cents Statue of Liberty postage stamp. Some creasing to card. |