The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-06-19

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deeds are'now sasounding FROM one end o
the Confederate States to the other, ha.
enabled u. to give the following sketch O.
his life, previously to his acceptance of /.
command in the Confederate army. Sine,
that time it bias become part of the his
, tory Of the country.
He was born in Clarksburg. in the
country OF Lewis, in ~ year 1925, Of
highly respectable. nfshtS both whom
I. died duri'e h;s iniaAEl Weaving him
without a cent is.tse woh9> >%Durins his
early childhood haspssin Ixith his uncle,
I-wl,osr name We -didsHot mes and at the
I age ofsixtten he conducted himself so We II
4 and produced such 4 favorable impression
Of his cuergy and integrity, that he was
chosen constable of the county. In the
year 1912 a cadet had been appointed from
his district to West Point. who declined
to go. Jackson Immediately conceived
the idea Of filing the place he had left
vacant. Our Informant SAYS that one day,
while it vas raining exceedingly hard, he
burst suddenly into his office, the rain
streaming from his clothes, and told him
| he must give him letter to Mr.. Hayes,
at that time representative in Congress
from the lewis. district. Upon being
asked what he wanted with such letter
he replied he wished to go to West Point
His friend pointed out to him what he
regarded as the absurditS Of such scheme.
! seeing that he was very deficient in educa.
tion, and would, i. therefore, probably not be
able tostaud the preliminary examination.
lie acknowledged the alleged deficiency.
bat said he was sure he had the perserver-
ancc to make it up. lie obtaiuei the
letter without any further difficulty, AMI
that very evening borrowed horse, under
promise 20 send him back by boy whom
he carried with him, aud rode to Clarks.
burg to take the stage. 1t had been rain.
Ing for weeks as it-can only rain i'm that
country, the roads were muddy and worse
Than We eyer wc heard Of Jackson ar.
| rived IN time; but oIi account Of the muddy
roads, the postm .stcr had furnished til.
| in;0fan hour before time, an,l the stage
was already gone. With characteristic
| fidelity 10 his PROMISE. Jackson sent the
horse back, instead oi ridins him on in
pursuit OF the stage, and took il OH foot
Through the null. After a run uttllirtccu
miles he orcrlooa the a,,c. jumped in.
went to Tashi,r.tuu al! ,;.uflv &, he vas.
presented his letter To MIR. linreS. aud was
BY him, in t'Un, ,,rcscntc,! to the Sec.r,a
~ OF War wbp g'tva hiu the cev-i.r! war.
r.tut> Al West Paint hr severely ..., ,L.
want OF ear!y c,lura'ion, his iuiuni,afed
spirit overcane every obstacle. IT, was
never marked for lcmcrit durilg his.
faur Years, a,l,l ,raJuate,i with the class ,t
1916, ;he same III which Mes l,lan grad
uatcd.
The yoang yra.lu>tc Wa ordered a ;ni-
ucdliicly, wiih the rank ot second licu:c,,.
an,, TO join General rsyiors amy III the
alley ct the hjo Grandc II, arrive!
after the battles OF l'aio Alto. lscsaca de
I Ia Palma, ard'Nont, rey, aud before :hat
Of Buema Vista was orVcrc'l ~ jnin GenJ
Scott before Vera C,uz. At The s.icar or
this latter place h.. commanded battery.
aud attracted s,tonton by his coIneas and
the jn5 ,neut VIA whnh he wo.Acd hi,
guns, and WAS promoted first Lieutenant.
For his conduct ut Cerro Gordp ha was
btevc:tct captain. IL; was in all SCOTS
battles To the city of Mexico, aud behaved
so we'll that he was hreve,,ed major for
has services. On oNe occasion he com
,nan ad a battery upon which the fire OF
the enemy WAS so severe that more than.
h<lf his troops, were raw, jrcoldiucntly
ran. Jackson was advised TO retreat; but
ltr said if he rouId gct reinforcement Of
Fifty regulars, he would take the enamy's
battery opposed to him, instead Of atan-
douing his own. He sent for the named
reinforcement, bu; before it came he had
already storrncd iac obnoxious battery.
.Iackson's health was so MUCH shattered
by this campaign that he was compelled
to resign. lie accepted u rrotessorship It
the Military Institute, where he continued
until the secession of Virginia In height
he is about six feet, with weigh OF about
one hundred and eighty. He is quite as
remarkable for his moral as he has proved
himself to be for his fighting gu litics-
being pcric .tly conscientious man. lust
in all his ways, and irrcrroac.,,hlc in his
dealings with his fellow men 1t is said
he Is tatalst, a. Nepoleon was, and has
no lear that he can be killed before his
-tiu,e comes uo is 40 o4lH ia tho midst
of a hurricane OF buicts as h" was in the
pew Of his church at Lexington, when he
was professor OF the Institute He appears
TO be a mau Of almost superh,nnan cndu.
rance. Neither heat or cold makes the
slightest impression upon him. He cares
nothing for good quarters. and dainty fare
Wrapped in his blanket, he throws him.
self down OH the ground anywhere, and
sleeps as soundly as though he were in a
palace. lie lives as the soldiers lives. and
endures all the fatigue and all the suffer.
ing they may endure His vigilance is
something marvellous. lie never-scems
to sleep, and lets nothing pass without his
personal scrutiny He can neither be
caught mapping nor whipped wien he
Is wide awake. The rapidity of his
marches is something portcntous. He
is heard OF by the enemy at one point, and
before thoy can alake up their minds 70