Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-25
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tho forces was subsequently changed. ,howeV'
owing to the dense underground "''e' -,
la.igued the men: and RVdes on'' Ne%liy
line.of. battie, the two othe' AaralesI IN
marching in column o. 80 - 't n.y. "a. 'tiie'S
ne' ' u, an us artillery, by commander 60
P[uu0''' ~ sS;!lful as Gen. Jackson, will moro
tha- all else serve to show tho almost impossible
! character of the ground over which b, now ADJ
Yanced,
The Old Turnpike rau straight into the rear Of
the enemy. and Jackson followed it, extending
his line. of. butte we'll to the left-hs design be-
ing to swing ronnd with his left, and thus cut off
the enemy from U. S Ford and destroy them.
No intimation of the steady, memorable advance
q! "Jacksons men had yet reached the doomed
Eederas. The movement was so bold and unex>
pectcd, and had been accomplished with such
consumInate skill that now when tho vengetu
Confederates were sweeping forward and had
almost come into actua; collision with their foes,
their presence was not even suspected, and the
tate of the corps opposed to them WAS sealed.
1t was the Eleventh Corps Of the Federal
army, celebrated i'll the Northern journals rs Sci
gels Veterans before whose onslaught THO
Southern troops would melt away as frost before
the flame. 1t WAS nav commanded by General
Howard and fate that day decrced for it aud
him the uncnviable notoriety Of receiving tho
last assault Of Jackson,
Tia: assault was sudden unlocked for, terrible
From the first instant it was rout-perfect, de-
cisive. iguominious. The mercenaries who co4a-
posed the corps, fled before the onset OF their ell.
emes with preci ptation which was ludicrous.
Whole regiments ran without firing shot. Bat
teres went Oft ats gallop, ran into trees and fcnces
and were captured and turned upon the enemy At
one blow, General jackson bud paralyZed II
powerful portion Of the Federal force, aud they
were, rushing, mad with terror, on the reserves.
On the whole, the reader may derive from this
volume more vivid idea than from any other
sonrcc, of some of tho Titanic struggles which
have made the soil OF Virginia classic ground
aud have linked with the Indian names OF Shen.
andoah and Rsprahannock those immortal tra>
dtions Of heroic battle in holy cause which en-
ter into the iii. Of natcu and enrich its charac
ter forever. Of the austcrc, Gevou. and intense
nature also of our lost lero, these pages give
necessarily many clear Gimpses; for the quail
ties Of man dcvclope themselves i'll action; cs-
pecislly when tho time HIS come for Kim to do
his grand appointed task-when some great aud
sovereign nature that has long dwelt unappre.
ciated in obscurity finds at length its true career
open before it, springs into its highest vigor and
vitality, and expands and flowers and pcrishcs in
tho full Aush Of triumph-.hen indeed the aeiion
of that short period Of passionate life, is the true
biography Of the man.
We cannot say that VIC have any serious fault
to fud with the work: yet we would gently re
proach The author for termins Besurcg"rd a"nos
bic type Of the mighty Anglo Saxon race" He
might as well have called :ho man n Choctaw a,
once.