The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-05-23
VOL. XXIII---NO. 40.
S.OEcWa.j yackSuu.


There is no longer aLy doubt aboat the
death OF General Thomas Jefferson Jack
son, the noted ieLel .'hcer, generally
known as StonewaiL' '!he TACT OF his
demise has been ANNOUNCED 70 General
Lee army ia oilci;,i oro;eis. His loss
10 the Southern forces Is one that cannot
be replaced, jor, neXt To General Lee, be
has ,utaIUcd more distinctions durinS the
war than any military man in the Con-
federacy. f-. -
he public we may assume, are familiar
with the main iEc!ueuts IA The military
career OF tiererAi jackson, since The rebel
lion broke oLt. IT nlay Lee Interesting 10
recur 10 his former history He was corn
In Lewis county, Virginia, ia 1879, and
WAS, tIrreiVTt. IL t:le IiiIIe 81 Ills death,
about tniGty-eiSnI years o! age. Dls
tatIIly Was oue q! cAt.nsI,e sUcIa. and
political iuilueuce, aud IL vas 10 this ad-
vantage he ow-d his appointment 10 the
w est Point AcaGein!, al the age oi seven
teen. II ls leiat.u y! hI!i that, being
then resident oi c!ai. sburg, In Western
Virginia, lac walked iIon that place to
W sisli!nstun Cay, taking leticta OF recon-
nenuatiou 10 tIc IOnGi essional Represen-
t.tlve Oi hIa District, .rgGn2 iis APPOINT
lncnt to Il ci',eIsh.p. lhe application was
successful, apd a.irr getting his co!iiinis>
sion, yuurS Jacn oou lId,v..d ou foot all
the may nom the oapnaI ~ Vi est Point.
lie graduated IA 1876 iaukIug seventeenth
ia d class OF tiInty. Geotg" Mcclellan,
George H. Det,,y, (JoLn Ihosuix) Jesse
l.. krno, and DarIta y. NOucli were ainonE
those .ULls hIn Ia tAe order vi meiIl.
EuteIins the amy just as the Mexican
wax GIOkc out. las position was that o.
-. | Al l,. 4
liilery, tu the il.i. grade ot winch rank he
rose Na!c Jd. Iot,, iur gallant conduct
in the cauIpnjgu iroui \vli Cruz TO Mexi-
co. lie received ia captain straps at Cerro
Gordo, and was bre>ctt.d Major Tor dis
gulsi.ed service, al t-apultepcc. On his
IrIuGu VITA impaired lealtn alter the war,
he Its uu-,l his cOIIuIl,sl.n and was elect
I'd trulea=Ur ol Natural ana Experimental
Philosophy IL the Military Institute OF
Virginia, which position lie he'd when
Called > Governor Letchtg al The outbreak
VI Tie SyulLein IcUe.llon, - the head OF
a regiment. aud assigned II The command
1T Iiarpeis Feuy. jackson, who had
SupeI Ovd elaI i!sl.4t!t UeEela.s, Was
himself superseded W ehe:aI Joe John.
sou. left. Davis made hIIn II Brigadier,
aud il WAS al the battle OF Manassas, ia.
colnul:i,.d oi the StsuewaIi Brigade, that
i.e actu ned las now tLu.ous sUbriquet.
Intellect ua.iy. StOuewa.i jackson WAS
alma cous.ciered dun. He was regarded
~ d tedious Professor, and L. said ne had
u creeping slow look. a. plucky as
bu.i dog, lac Was obstinate as :. u!e. But
certainly Ia h-s c..se a.peasances ~cre de-
ceitfui, Tor ie has gained since celebrity
for quicl conclusions, rapid ni7' 'e::.ens
and sorting execution. IIIs external APP
peaIa.ce No aOt p.rpHSstssing. though
hIs A-!-nJ-tte ivrt tcu-N.s about the
standard, hi, hgure wus decidedly clumsy
body lhIck-set aid Shoulders broad and
SQUARE. III. yait Was .A t~ard and un-
galnIy. Though ii nian .. far less capacity
~ IL military po!"t OF view than Lee,
Jackson wa more popular than he. becs use.
we suppose, II VAS iIis TT To EXHIBIT more
spi!it oi adyeI tI.e.-..t Louis LspuJAcan