Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-20
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From the Soutn-The Death of''>tone-
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tory.
The Richmond Enquirer. Of May 18th. says:
Gen. Jackson hisi4g g0le some distance in
front Of The Inc Of xxi ni-hsI- on Saturday even
ing ~. returning abont o clock. ATTENDED by
RI taft and part OF hi. couriers The caval
cade Wa in the darkness of night, mistaken for
A BODY Of the enemys cavalry. and fired upon by
a regiment Of his own troops He was struck by
three balls NJ through the left arm. two inches
below the shorl Ter jpiut shat'ering the bone and
severng the chief artery. Another b@ll passed
through the same arm. between the elbow and
the wrist. making its exit through the palm Of
the hand third ball entered the palm Of the
right hand. about it, middle. passing through and
br-sking tao tone. He wounded on the
plank road. about fifty yards in advance OF the
enemy He fell from his horse. and WAS caught
by Can't Wormlev. 10 whom he remarked. "All
my wounds are oy my own men DE had given
orders % fire a any hing coming up the rOsd. be
fore he len the lines The euemy's skirmshers
appeared ahead Of him. and he turned ride
back Just then some one cried ont, Cavalry
charge" and immediately the regiment fired
The whole party broke forward to ride through
our line To escape the fire Capt Boswell was
killed. and carried through the line by his horse.
and fell among our own men. Col. COachfed
Chief Of Stall. was wounded by bis side Two
couriers were killed. Major Pendleton and Lieuts
Morrison and Smith escaped uninjured
Gen. Jackson was Immediately carried on a
litter. and started for the The firing at
tracted the attention OF the enemy. and was re
sumed by both lines One Of the litter bearers
was shot down. and the General fell from the
shoulders Of the men. receiving severe contGs
sion. adding TO the injury OF his arm-injuring his
side severely.
The enemy's fire Of artillery at this point was
terrible Gen Jackson was left for FIVE minutes
until the fire slackened, then placed in ambu
lance aud carried 10 the field hospital at Wilder
ness Run. He lost n large amount OF blood. and
at one time told Dr. Mcclure he thought he was
diving. and would have to bleed TO death but
tourniquet Immediately applied For two
hours he was nearly pulseess from the shock
After the 70 action. consultation was held be
tween Drs Black, Coleman. Wall and Mcclure.
and amputation was decided upon He was
asked eff we found amDutaton necessary shall
il be done at oncef" He replied Yes, certain
". DR. Mcclure. do for me whatever you think
il right" The operation was performed while he
was under the influence OF chloroform. and was
borne we'll
He slept on SUNDAY morning. was cheerful,
and in every way doing well. He sent for
Mrs Jackson, inquired very infinitely about the
battle spoke cheerlullyof the result and ,id'' Ii
of da,lght. would have cut off the enemy from
the road TO the United States Ford and we would
nave had them entirely surrounded and they
would have been obliged 10 surrender or cut their
way out. They had no other alternative. My
troops NAV sometimes fail in driving the enemy
from position, but the enemy always fail to
drive nv men from position This was said
smilingly
He complained This day OF the fall from the
p,reat the result OF the full. He did not com
plain of his wounds-never spoke of them un
less asked
On Sunday evening. he slept well.
On Monday. he was carried TO Chancelor's
house. near guinness Depot About daylight
the Surgeon awakened by the boy saying
The General is in great pain" The pain was
in the right side and due to incipent pneumonia
and some nervousness, which he himself attribu
ted to the fall from the litter
On Thursday. Mrs Jackson arrived. greatly to
his joy AMI satisfaction. and she faithfully nursed
him 10 the end
Bv Thursday evening, all pain had ceased
He suffered greatly from prostration.
o.. Monday morning. when it was apparent
that he was rapidly sinking. Mrs Jackson was
informed of his condition She then had free
and full conversation with him. and told him he
was going to die He said Very good very
good. 1t is all right" He had previously said
II consider these wounds a blessing They were
given me for some good and wise purpose. |
would not part with them If | could"
During his delirum. he frequently expressed to
his Aids his wish that Major General Ewel should
be ordered to command his corps. His conf
dence in Gen Ewell very great and the
manner in which he spoke of him showed that he
had duly considered the matter.
The Richmond Wing of May -. says:
From every side. we hear that the spoils left
by Hooker's army exceed those any prev Gus
battle field. not excepting the engagements
around r chmond Not only an immense NUN
her Of small arms. vsriously estimated from
thirty thousand to fifty thous, md. nut an almost
infinite quantity of overcoats, knapsacks, caps
and blankets