The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-10

his three famous divisions-the first COM
manded by A. P. Hill; the second, in the
absence of Trimble, by Coulson the third,
lately under D. H. Hill, by Rodes-into the
country road which leads to the Furnace.
At the Furnace he ascended hill, and was
viewed by the enemy from an adjoining
hill called Fairview, and heavily though
'harmlessly shelled. With his usual temer-
ity he sent back word to Gen Lee that the
Furnace-hill must be held by one regiment
until his artillery and wagons had got by.
A South Carolina regiment was accord
ingly sent there, but was, believe, shortly
carried forward in company with the cav
airy, and in its place three or four COM
panies of Georgia regiment were left to
guard the critical spot. The enemy, dis
covering the weakness of the guard, at
tackled and took the Georgians prisoners.
The last of JacksOn's S batteries was passing
as the Georgians were captured; where
upon Captain Brown unlimbered his guns,
opened on the Federals, and drove them
back. He then passed on after Jackson,
whose wagons had to fall back and pursue
their General by more circuitous route.
Marvellous to say, it never seems to have
suggested itself to Gen Hooker, although
this large body of Confederates passed un-
der his nose, that his rear was in danger,
or that Gen. Lee, greatly weakened, was
lying within a few hundred yards of that
mighty Federal host of $4,000 men.
THE GRAND ASSAULT.
At four in the afternoon, Gen. Lee,
knowing that Jackson could not be far
from his destination, opened fire steadily
along his whole line, feeling the gigantic
masses of his intrenched foe. For two
hours and half heavy fire was inter-
changed between the hostile batteries,
each party holding its own line. Sudden
ly, about 6a in the evening, the rattle of
musketry was heard in the distance, fol-
lowed by the loud boom of artillery, and
instantly Gen. Lee passed word along lis
lines, jackson at work; press them
heavily everywhere. Swift ard sudden
as the falcon on her prey, Jackson had
burst or his enemy's rear, and crushed him
before resistance could be attempted
Passing right over the plank road and
extending almost up to the Ely's ford
road, getting behind Charlottesville, the
three noble divisions raced gallantly for
ward, drunk with the animal joy and
inebriation of battle. Not trench had
been dug, not tree felled, not stick
raised to resist them; the unconscious
Federals, engaged in cooking their supper
-one regiment on dress parade-heard in
the sudden volley of Jackson's long line
the knell Of their doom. An intelligent
;Vso Mr fol,
er by the Federals, heard one Of their
generals say to his men about o'clock,
jackson and his rebels don't dare face
US tonight. Get your suppers ready,
boys, and enjoy yourselves. With faces
turning eastward, secured, as they tancied,
by the dense masses Of their friends within
their intrenchments in front, without a
thought of their rear, the Federals rum
aged their knapsacks for all the luxuries
with which Boston, New York and Phila
delphia pamper their Sybarite soldiery.
Before that supper could be eaten, the
unwashed, unkempt, starving ragamuffins
Of the South had burst On them f. ON the
west, and scattered them-nerveless,
panic-struck, helpless-like chaff before
the blast. Major Peyton, of Gen. Lees
staff, found coffee pot, with cups round
it, standing in the wood He poured the
liquid out, but it was SO hot he could not
drink it.
The circumstances under which Stone
wall Jackson fell are then narrated, sub
stantially as they were given in the Rich
mond journals, with the additional fact
that North Carolina regiment inflicted
the wound. The writer adds:
"Never was it more apparent than this
evening what Jackson's presence and iu-
fuence are to his men. With his wound
ceased the fiery desperation of their on
slaught tidings of it flew like wildfre
through the ranks; the routed Federals
found themselves no longer closely press
ed, and took heart of grace as they pour
ed grape and canister down the plankroad.
Between and 10 Gen. A. P. Hill was
struck by bit of shell On the calf of his
leg, which caused painful confusion, and
forced him reluctantly from the field. At
10 P: NJ. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart was by Gen.
Lee withdrawn from his cavalry command,
and put temporarily at the head of Gen.
Jackson's corps, stripped as it was of the
two leading Generals who had hitherto
partaken its dangers and glories without
being arrested by disease or stricken by
bullet"
Under date of May 8, the writer says:
Meanwhile, the Federal lines, as they
sweep round and face eastward, were, as
have said, defended by works more for
midable than the slope Of Charlottesville.
The trunks of trees, about the thickness
of mans thigh, had been cut down,
trimmed Of their branches and laid longi-
tudinally to the height of four feet, the
interstices between the logs being banked
with earth. More scientific or better en-
gineered works I have never seen. In