Midday
People were astir in the streets of the Southern capital , and many of them saw the bearded man in an old uniform and a black slouch hat riding by , accompanied by only a boy , but not one of them knew that this was Stonewall Jackson , whose fame had been filling their ears for a month past . Nor , if they had known him would they have divined how much ill his passage boded to the great army of McClellan . They went through Richmond and on toward the front . Midday passed , and at three o'clock they reached the house in which Lee had established his headquarters . `` Who is it ? '' asked a sentinel at the door . `` Tell General Lee that General Jackson is waiting . ''