Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-15

, mission wss IAiilei, hia work Was done, md
tho hero Of tho Ya!lc:- campaign and The
SroroKall Of the South had passed from esr;h
away.
| OF Jackson it inny DO said whs. can ta
sfh.med # bu; few men that hsvo i:yoh la
this great Etfugg,o, that he hss fulfilled a
gree. purpose lii history, wrought out the
mission for which no was ordained # Proyi-
deuce, ard that, "dyi1g he has loft no stniu
which, living, ho would wish to- blot" HIS
example, let us hope and believe, will survive
him, and in the coming fight let J,ckson's
men show to the world thst "a dead Jack-
son shsl win the field"
Who his successor will DO limo sioro cen
develop. Il 1nsy not De out Of place TO in
dulge hope that Jsckson's wishes in regard
to bis successor shsl bs respected, it, indeed,
it be true that bo Expressed ! preference.
10 maka Tacapituetion nf tho londlng
evnnta, wo would gay th.ro wore tho follow
ing battles snd participants. WI|daznnes,
fifteen miles above fredericksburg, where
Jackson eucceeded in turni:g the enemy s
f,nk. THIS may be called, for proper un-
tierst.nding of tho matter, tho bstso Of tho
"Wildcrassn." /: was hc:o that J.ek ,on
turned t!.a enemy's ll.nk on Saturday even.
ing with D. II. HIP and Iri5nbls's divisions.
Tha mkt vas tho Fight Of Chancelloreyi.le to
which point tho enemy foil back on Saturday
lie, ~ 7ine. and around which they conferred aud
rs G.N'ir bcat fight, lasting from dawn until
=, ~ midday Of Sunday. In this fsSt D H.
Hill and Trrnnle pressed than from abos.,
whilSt A. P. Hill, McClWs and Anderson + ct
only held lnern in check in attempting 10
f.iCo Lur lower liAea, hut sidrd in driving
,aslu frc'h shsir breast Hnrks, and .ccnih-
plisEad he great victory Of Scrdsy, which,
indeed, wss The turning point in the whoi1
atF.ir. The taking Of sho hsights 6n Sunday
laolning nRy pron5rly be csilvd TIC battle CT
Fcsdsgir \ sbutg. There vcro 81 his poili.
Balksdsla's b,jgat-, Of McL,ws' division
and pat!, think, nf HayeB' L,nisiaus
brigade, though Of lhii I 40 not positive.
The next ouga;onent was OF Sunday uyaD-
ing. The troops he.o engaged cona,sted o.
Andorson's and McLsws'. This occurred nos1
Salem Church, about fnu: milaB south west
of fredericksburg, and may, we suppose, De
regarded as tho battle IF Sclcm Church. The
result of thin fight WAS, that our n.en drove
the enemy back fully mile in tho direction
Of fredericksburg. Tue closing Cd Dsagoruen,e
Occurred along the lire of tee rsnk road and
towards Banks Ford, by which rfuts the
ensny succeeded in Refreshing tho rve:. The
troops engaged On our sdS were the diTisIar5
Of Anderson snG MiLawr, who held thu po
sision nearest The r.Tsf, o.; tha upper line, hid
tho brigaica .! Hays, H1ke snd L1wt0n OF,
tho !oaor lire; whilst the M!ssiaHippisDr, uG-
de: HirksiEls, hid 3nith's hT;gsda Of Eir-
i; Is division, gls7toi ths rt2= t:nm sn attAk
out yards from Fredericksburg the height
having beon previously taken, without the
firing OF gun, en- Monday morning, BY Cor.
don's brigade, with charged hsyopsls. This
~ss q glorious achievement, Ito crHwuing {.
Of tho grind drama. X may be FLY called
we think, tue "ruut at Banks F0.d."
In order t. give Sumo idea OF ibis great &C.
caaion in our HISTORY, have thus sudess o. I'd
TO outline ahat will hereafter 10 writer in
doLail and with accuracy by able. puns. i
would aford mo unsl!oJed sstif.cton. no:
only to speak Of The regiments and brigaiea
which especially deserve mon.ion but going
e step further, would wish 10 DO possessed
CT information sufficient to enable ME to 30.
forth the Many acts Of daring bravery End
gxllantry Of our officers, but Of the private
soldier as we'll. This, however, is impossible
IL may, however, be so,no satisfaction to those
who cannot bo specially remembered, for rae
to sny that have from the highest authority
that no bst.s fields of this Eer are more n.o
lic in the gallant deeds of bravo men than
| those rhrcugh which our srmits hsye just pZsa.
ei9. Yet, where So many bravs fe:ts bn-e baer
accomplished. tho statement ougat in come mo;;
sue to releiYo the Ignorance ard inability ol
correspondents to do jastioo, and where those
Are omitted, Of whom rn0ntion ought to be
made, lst such remember that the genera
rulo is that eli deserve well If their country
in tho army of Northern Virginia, and il
there be any exceptions TO it, the exceptions
arc as tho notes upon tho sun6eamE, which
arc obscured ard lost in the briilancy 81
that lumunitry.
| havo woll nigh tuishsd uy story. Al
that is necessary to c"mp!eto it will re tts
mention OF tho arresis OF nssriy all maiei
whom the sItmy found in their limos Oh this
aiGo Of lie river outside Of the town. Inside
of town mono wore disturbed. So IA dcZon
or more wero thus spirited away. 50 it goes
fl-e and sword, end ha sbroga:ion Of psr-
sossl liberty follow in tLs march of these
cruel people. The rich snd fertile valley ol
tho Rlprnhannock, oroe st this season
so resplcrdont with its folda CT waving
grain, the abundant rewards of all honest hus
bsna.y, no longer great the eye. But the
sight il sau;ed in the stead ri h al uncuti.
va:ed tract Of f.ttile lard, with here End
thero the charIed ruins CT sono fac house
Of colonial style and construction. This
poor old town, too, battered, and, in RoDo in-
stancs,, demolished, is JUST Dow stn,llr g in
tho Fay rcbsa of rich, ripe rcTdaru wi,h
which spring lag hsdsn..ed her. Stio is far
from finished, ard will yst live in hrstory All
undying memorial uf the brutality Ct GU.
foe, sad an imporizhahle moaumen: af hhcfi'
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