Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-05-30
THE DEATH OF sTONEvvALI.
JACKSON.
now lie WAS woUNDED-iIIs sUrFERINGs
AND DEATH.

stdnl, puDllSHcs tnc ioloNi'S uCCo'"t " tHe
circumstances under which Stoncwall Jack
son was wounded:
General jackson having gone some dis
tance in front of the line of skirmishcrs on
Saturday evening, was returning about 8
O'Clock, attended by his staff and part Of his
courcrs The cavalcade was in the darkness
of the night mistaken for body of the enc
my's cavalry. and fred upon by regiment
of his own corps. He was struck by three
balls, one through the left arm, two inches
below the shoulder joint, shattering the
bone and severing the chief artery; another
ball passed through the same arm between
the elbow and wrist, making its exit through
the palm of the hand third ball entered
the palm of the right hand about its middle,
passing through, and broke two bones. lie
was wounded on the plank road, about fifty
yards in advance of the enemy. lie fell
from his horse, and was caught by Captain
Wormley, to whom he remarked, All my
wounds are by my own men, lie had given
orders to fire at anything coming up the
road, before he left the lines. The enemy S
skirmishers appeared ahead of him, and he
turned to ride back. Just then soma one
cried out, Cavalry, charge = and immedi-
atcly the regiment fired. The whole party
broke forward to ride through our line to
escape the fire. Captain Boswell was killed,
and carried through the line by his horse,
aud fell among our own men. Col. Couch
field, Chief of staff, was wounded by his
side Two couricrs were killed. Major
/ Pendleton, Licutcnants Morrison and Smith
escaped uniniurcd. General jackson was
Immediately placed on IL litter and started
for the rear. The firing attracted the atten-
tion of the enemy, and was resumed by both
/ lines. One litter bearer was shot down, ard
the General fell from the shoulders of the
men, receiving severe confusion, adding
to the injury Of the arm, and injuring his
side severely.
THE enemy fire of artillery on this point
was terrible. General jackson was left for
five minutes, until the fire slackCncd then
placed in an ambulance and carried to the
field hospital at Wilderness Run. lie lost
/ large amount of blood, and at one time told
DIR. McGuirc he thought he was dying. and
would have blcd TO Geati, but tourniquet
was immediately applied. For two hours
he was near pulsclcss from the shock. As
he was being carried from the field, frequent
inquiries were made by the soldiers, Who
have you there Z lie told the doctor, DO
not tell the troops am woundcd.'
after the reaction. Il consultation was
/ held between Drs. Black, Coleman, Walls
and Mcclure, and amputation was decided
I upon. He was asked, If we find iamput;t-
tiOn necessary. shall it bc done at once p
/ lie replied, Yes. certainly. DR.. Mcclure
do for me what you think is right The
operation was performed while he was under
the influence of chlorotorm, and was borne
well. He slept on Sunday morning, was
cheerful, and in every way was doing well.
lie sent for Mrs. Jackson, asked minutcly
about the battle, spoke chcertully of the
result, and said If had not been wounded
or had an hour more of daylight, ! would
have cut off the enemy from the road to the
United States Ford. and we would have had
| them entirely surrounded, and they would
have been obliged to surrender, or cut their
way out. They had no other alternative
My troops sometimes may fail in driving the
enemy from position, but the enemy always
! fail to drive my men from position This
was said smilingly. lie complained this
day of the fall from the litter, although no
confusion or abrasion was apparent as the
his wounds; never spoke of them unless
asked. On Sunday evening he slept we'll
On Monday he was carried to ChancellOr's
house, near Guinncss's depot. lie was cheer
full talked about the batte-gallant bear
ing of General Rhodes, and said that his
/ Maio> Generals commission ought to date
! from Saturday, the grand charge of his old
Stonewall brigade, of which he had heard /;
asked after all his officers. During the day
talked more than usual, and said Men who
| live through this war will be proud to say,
IL was one of the Stonewall brigade to
their children lie insisted that the term
Stonewall belonged to them, and not to
him.
During the ride to Guinness's he com
planned greatly of heat, and besides wet APP
plications to his wounds, begged that wet
cloth be applied to his stomach, which was
done, greatly to his relief, as he expressed it.
lie slept well on Monday night, and ate
with relish the next morning. On Tuesday
his wounds were doing very well. He ask
ed, Can you tell me, from the appearance Of
my wounds, how long | will he kept from
the field 2 He was greatly satisfied when
told they were doing remarkably well. lie
did not complain of any pain in his side,
and wanted to see the members of his staff,
but was advised not. On Wednesday his
wounds looked remarkably well. lie eX-
pected to go to Richmond this day. but was
prevented by rlin. This night, while his
surgeon, who had slept none for three nights,
was asleep, he complained of nausea, and
ordered his boy, jim, to place wet towel
over his stomach This was done, About
daylight the surgeon was awakened by the
boy saying. The General is in great pain
The pain was in the right side, anti due to-
inciplcnt pneumonia and some nervousness
which he himself attributed to the fall from
the litter. On Thursday Mrs, Jackson arri-
we'd, greatly to his JOY and satisfaction, and
she faithfully nursed him to the end. BY
Thursday evening all pain had ceased. lie
suffered greatly from prostration. On Fri
day he suffered no pain, but prostration in
creased
'On Sunday morning, when it was appa-
rent that he was rapidly sinking, Mrs. Jack
son was informed of his condition. She
then had free and full converse with him,
and told him he was going to die. lie said
Very good very good. 1t is all right
lie had previously said Il consider these
wounds blessing. They were given me
for some good and wise purpose. would
not part with them if | could. lie asked Of
Major Pendleton who is preaching at
headquarters to-dNyr lie ssnt messages to
all the Generals. He expressed wish to be
buried in Lexington, in the Valley of Vir-
ginia. During dclirium his mind reverted