GREATNESS NOT A MATTER OF DRESS.
GEN. W. W. H. DAVIS, in his article “Jackson at New Orleans,” in the August Literary Era, quotes Alexander Walker’s description of Jackson’s appearance when he arrived at New Orleans: “His complexion was sallow and unhealthy; his hair iron-gray, his body emaciated, like one just recovering from a lingering and painful sickness. But the fierce glare of his bright and hawk-like eye betrayed a soul and spirit that triumphed over the infirmities of the body. His dress was simple and nearly threadbare. A small leather cap protected his head, and a short, Spanish blue cloak his body, while his feet and legs were encased in high dragoon boots, long ignorant of polish or blacking, and which reached to his knees.”