Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-11
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mis- sleeves across his nose and looking
mp into his f ther's face, said: 81 say, old
gentleman, Why am like a cabin passen.
ger on a canal boat" g My son, | knows
not" sagcly observed jackson, senior:
:; Why,' said the Young in%corrigible, with
a knowing wink, ats i,ecsu<e ain board.
ed n stern" The poor outraged father
could only calculate. aboard him again.
old lady, board him again" Not -
said tn. mother, dropping the shirt board.
you might as we'll larrup a stonewall."
From thai day To this the hero has gone
by the name of Stonewall Jackson. "Bnt
mo,her," said the father as the released
youth sk~edaddled from the room to finish
his game Of tag" What shall We do with
he boy? Do? why send him to West
Point ; Ii" amt good for unlhin' else
s mlcwall went 10 West Point. Many
Interesting events occurred dur ny his pu-
pilage' there, but following the example Of
he New York papers. | c"ndense.
.St"ucwall Jackson passed a creditahle
Nomination, aud graduated number two
(tiom-the f,ot) of his class, and the re.
bellion having just commenced, was i'm.
mediately appointed a Brigadirr General
by the Confcderacy-,he United States
Government paying his livery stable at
West Point and his passage to the rebel
lines. While passing through our army
h. stopped To make d sketch of our forti-
iications, when HI inconsilerate sentinel
demanded his pass. The sentinel was im.
rnpdiattIy sentenced to be hung, but was
afterwards allowed toy resign.
The New York papers have given such
an accurate account of Stmicwalrs militia
.ry exploits that | need M more than give
lb,i,f cpitoine, taken from the SAINT re-
liable source. q g & p IS
His first battle. was at Bull Run, in
1851, where hs slew Il whole division Of
be Federal army with his own liand, aud
then. got slowed himself. In this, battle
bnth- armies were defeated but, uni6r-
tll,nately, neither Of them f,anlit;out in
time to take advantage of it. The Union
army va, greatly o%u'nnmhered, but
/. gain.d a material advantage" (See
McD,s despatchrs3 ''<t "a
In .Tune, 1852, he took command Of
10000 men. (see Northern I.apers of
that date and TUNED his attsnli"n to the
political economy of the Shenandoah Val
ley. Not liking the state OF the cIrren-
cy there. he determined to abolish Banks;
in dong which several desperate battles
were fought in ali Of which though out
numbered. our troops "gained material
advantage (see B-k's dispatches, but
our cavalry horses becoming thirsty, the
army fell back to the Potomac to water
them. 80
~Jackson's horses also being dry, he
pushed on for the same watering place,
but learning that Fremont had cut loose,
fell back. Fremont following, 4 desper-
ate engagement took place at Front Roy.
al, in which Stunewall would have been
annihilated had not the u. S. Government
stopped the battle IN. y. Tribune) to hold
a court of inquiry, to see j if Fremont had
not paid three postage stamps too much
for a bushel of oates, furnished through
a California friend, to a nurse of his body
guard. While the court was in session
Stonewall skedaddled. Fremont follow.
ed, however, and would have baggged him,
if he had not taken the wrong road, (.Ncw
York Herald) and travelled North while
Jackson was going South. Getting safe
back to Richmond, S:oncwall bore a lead,
ing part in the battles in front of that
4" doomed (see all the papers city.
According 10 the Northern prints,
Jackson suffered terribly in person du.
ring these battles. He lost his right lee
Hanover Court House, and his left at
Gainesville. The next day, while leading
his corps into battle at Savage's, his horse
banked in front. of y barrel Of beans,
which had been abandoned by our army,
and was compelled to dismount and go il
foot, in doing which he lost his right
arm. The succeeding day he lost his left
arm at. Peach Orchard.
Two days after, Mt the battle of NAL
vern Hill, he stopped down to fastenr his
shoe, and while in that position his head
was blown off by a-l03,G00 pound she'll.
This was the unkindest cut of all; but
the old veteran. merely raised his martial
form erect and said: MY bleeding our
try, | cheerfnIIy make The sacrifice Old
head, farewell" These are but few Of
the wounds the ord man has received
according to the papers. Even as write
ths report comes that the modern Briar.
cous lost another arm at An,ietam.
Stonewall Jackson, in personal appear
ance;; is most unlorely-and it is said that
he-like the Ashantees-flcs his teeth to
a sharp point every o'her morning. lie
stands eleven. feet five inches, Tor five feet
eleven inches, | am rot certain which1
in his bnots-when he has got any to
stand in.
His hair is black, and xas furnished to
order by Bachelor, Of New York. In re-
ligion he is ut times a devont Catholic
ut least he followed closely in the footsteps
of the Pope during one of the campaigns;
and at others he, is a colporteur for the
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