T.J. Jackson, (Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, CSA Major General), one and one-half page ALS, Jan. 21, 1863 war-date military field letter written in pencil to Col. A.R. Boteler, headed 'Caroline County, Va.', letter to staff officer (who was also a member of the Confederate Congress) just five weeks after Jackson's victory at Fredericksburg, 'Your letter respecting the condition of the (Shenandoah) Valley has been received. Though I have been relieved from the command there and may never again be assigned to that important trust; yet I feel deeply when I see the patriotic people of that region again under the heel of a hateful military despotism. There are the homes of those who have been with me from the commencement of the War in Virginia, who have repeatedly left their families and property in the hands of the enemy and braved the dangers of battle and disease', 7¼ x 9¼" on blue-lined stationery, numerous file folds (one of which just affects the signature), three small holes mended with tissue (affecting only three words of text), otherwise very fine, a very important 'Stonewall' Jackson field letter in which he mentions that he had been relieved of his command photo