▁unit , ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁Alabama , ▁all ▁of ▁whose ▁field ▁grade ▁officers ▁had ▁been ▁killed , ▁and ▁personally ▁r al lied ▁the ▁men ▁to ▁rein force ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁line . ▁He ▁con so led ▁the ▁desp air ing ▁Brig . ▁Gen . ▁Bar n ard ▁Be e ▁and ▁ur ged ▁him ▁to ▁lead ▁his ▁men ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁fight . ▁( General ▁Be e ' s ▁ex h ort ation ▁to ▁his ▁men ▁was ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁Stone wall ▁Jackson ' s ▁nick name .) ▁Be a ure g ard ▁then ▁convinced ▁John ston ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁more ▁valuable ▁organ izing ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁rein for c ements ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁battle ▁than ▁providing ▁at - the - front ▁tact ical ▁leadership . ▁Although ▁Be a ure g ard ▁managed ▁to ▁claim ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁public ▁credit , ▁John ston ' s ▁behind - the - sc enes ▁role ▁was ▁a ▁critical ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁Southern ▁victory . ▁After ▁Bull ▁Run , ▁John ston ▁assist ed ▁Be a ure g ard ▁and ▁William ▁Por cher ▁Mil es ▁in ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁production ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁Battle ▁Flag . ▁It ▁was ▁John ston ' s ▁idea ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁flag ▁square . ▁ ▁In ▁August , ▁John ston ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁full ▁general — what ▁is ▁called ▁a ▁four - star ▁general ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁U . S . ▁Army — but ▁was ▁not ▁pleased ▁that ▁three ▁other ▁men ▁he ▁had ▁out rank ed ▁in ▁the