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whilst in command of this division, August 9, 1862, at Cedar Mountain. General Winder
was engaged in the battles of McDowell, Games' Mill, Malvern Tavern, Winchester,
Harper's Ferry, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain and others.

General T. J. Jackson, in his report of the battle of Cold Harbor, says : " In pursuance
of the order to charge the enemy's front, the First Virginia Brigade, commanded by General
C. S. Winder, moved forward through the swamp, and upon emerging into the open fields,
its ranks broken by the obstacles encountered, were re-formed, meeting at that point with
the Hampton Legion, First Maryland, Twelfth Alabama. Fifty-second Virginia, and Thirty-
eighth Georgia, they were formed upon his line. Thus formed they moved forward under
the lead oi that gallant officer, whose conduct here was marked by the coolness and courage
which distinguished him on the battlefields of the Valley."

General Robert E. Lee, in his report of the battle of Cedar Mountain, says : " I can
add nothing to the well-deserved tribute paid to the courage, capacity, and conspicuous
merit of this lamented officer, by General Jackson, in whose brilliant campaign in the Valley
and on the Chickahominy, he bore a distinguished part."

General T. J. Jackson, in his report of the same battle, says : " He was proceeding
to direct, with his usual skill and coolness, the movements of these batteries, when he was
struck by a shell, and he expired in a few hours. It is difficult within the proper reserve
of an official report to do justice to the merits of this accomplished officer. Urged by the
medical director to take no part in the movements of the day, because of the enfeebled
state of his health, his ardent patriotism and military pride could bear no such restraint;

richly endowed with those qualities o/ mind and person which fit an officer for command,
and which attract the admiration and excite the enthusiasm of troops, he was rapidly
rising to the front rank of his profession, and his loss has been severely felt."

THE BRIGADIER-GENERAL WILLIAM W. MACK ALL BUILDING.—This building
is to the left of the entrance, and is occupied by the Superintendent and family.
It was occupied in 1861 by General Huger. just before he resigned and entered the
service of the Confederacy.

General W. W. Mackall, of Cecil County. Maryland, on September 15. 1861, was
Lieutenant-Colonel, Acting Adjutant-General, and Chief of Staff of General Albert Sydney
Johnson; March 4, 1862, nominated by President Davis as Brigadier-General; March 26,
1862, by Special Orders No. 445, Headquarters Grand Division. Army of the Mississippi,
dated Corinth. Mississippi, was ordered to the command of the Confederate forces at Madrid
Bend and Island No. 10; October 14, 1862, by Special Orders No. 240, War Department,
ordered to report for duty to Major-General Samuel Jones, commanding Department of
Tennessee; December 14, 1862, assigned to the command of the District of the Gulf : February
1, 1863, Brigadier-General in command of Western Division. District of the Gulf. Major-
General S. B. Buckner commanding; April 17. 1863. by General Orders No. 9. announced