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MONDAY 10Ra1Na......1AY II. 1885.
DEATH or oKS. 1H0s ). JACKSON.
We have this morning 10 announce the sor-
rowful tidinxs Of the dsath Of Lieut. General
THos j. JACKSON, which took place sf the
residence Of Mr. Thos. Chandler, near Guinea
Station, aa fifteen minutss past O'Clock yesser'
day afternoon. We can partly anticipate the
deep gloom which this announcement VIII
cast over the whole country, with whose for
tunes he was 60 closely Identified, ana ~
which he was regarded ss one OF hs nrst ana
ablest defenders.
Can. jackson was born In the town Of
C,srksburQ, Harrison ounty, Va, In the year
1925, and was the youngest Of four children
Ere he had passed his third year his parents
died. The subject Of this eketch was taken by
his uncle to Lewis county, where he remained
until he arrived at the age of seventeen, when
he was appointed Cadet in the West Point
Academy. In 1886 he graduated with high
distinction, and was Immediately ordered to
report f,r duty to Gen. Taylor, with whom ne
Served until Gan. Scott commenced his cam
paign In Mexico, when young jackson was
assigned to his command. Before he reached
for gallant and meri.orions conduct" Soon
after the termination of the war he resigned his
commission in the army, and obtained a pro
censorship in the Virginia Military Institute.
Shortly after entering upon bis duties there he
married the daughter of Mr.. Junkin, the PIN
cipal of Washington College. Sac died, and
he subsequently married Miss Morrison, of
Nor h Carolina.
When the present war broke ont he ten
dered his services to his native State, was COM
mirsioned Colonel by Gov. Letcher, and was
unanimously confirmed by the Convention OF
Virginia, then in session. He was the frs
Colonel and the first man, under the provisional
army of Virginia, to take command Of his
troops As Colonel he commanded the forces
at Harpers Ferry till the arrival of Gen. JOE.
E Johneton. BY Gen. j. he was assigned the
important duty of checking the Yankee Gene
raj in his advance. How we'll he performed
that duty the following extract from General
Johnston's official report of the battle Of Ma
nassas will chow:
"On the I'd Of July Gen. Patterson again
crossed the Potomac Col. Jackson, pursuant
to Instructions fell back before him. In re-
tirirg, he gave him a severe lesson in the af
fair at Falling Waters With battalion of
tie 5th Virginia regiment t1iarper,e) and Pen.
dlston's battery of field artillery he engaged
the enemy's advance. Skillfuliy taking po-
sition where the sma!lness of his force was
concealed, he engaged them for Il considerable
time, inflicted a Leavy loes, and retired, when
about to be ouitanked, scarcely losing man,
but b. inging off forty:fe prisoners"
Soon after this affair Col jackson was made
a Brigadier- General. At the first battle Of
Manassas he gained the soubriquet Of ''Stone-
wall" uLder the following circumstances -
Gen Bee, whose brigade was being sorely
presi ed, rode up to Gen. jackson, and said:
General, they are beating US back There
Fly was, ''Sir, we will givethemthe bayonet.''
Gen. Bee Immediately rallied the remnant of
his brigade, AID his last words to them were
There is jackson standing Like stone wall.
qusr Follow me-
In November, after the battle of Manassas,
Gen. Jackson was assigned 70 the command of
the Depar. ment of the Valley. On the 23d of
March following the battle of Kernstown was
fought. With force not exceeding 5000 eff
fective men he attacked 10000 fresh troops,
repulsed them repeatedly, ana 80 crippled the
foe that he dared not, with all his Numbers,
follow him in his retreat. The next fight in
which he commanded was at Mcdowell, where
he met the enemy under Milroy, and defeated
him after'four hours hard fighting. In the fol.
lowing dispatch he announced his triumph:
"VALLEY DISTRICT, May Q, 1862.
To Gen. s. Cooper:
"God blessed our arms with victory at Nc
Dowell yesterday. t. JACKSON,
"Maj Gan"
Pushing down the Valley he drove the enc.
my from Front Royal and Winchester, and on
the Goth he dispatched his Government as
follows:
WINCHESTER May sc.
"Dtring the last three days God has blessed
our arms with brilliant success On Friday
the Federals at Front Royal were routed,
and one section Of artillery, in addition to
many prisoners, captured On Saturday
Banks's main column, while retreating from
Strasburg to Winchester, was pierced, the
rear part retreating towards Strasburg. On
Sunday the other part was routed at this place
At last accounts Brigadier General George II.
Stuart was pursuing them with cavalry and ar
tillery and capturing many. A large amount
of medical, ordnance, and other stores, have
fallen into our hands. T. J. JACKSON"
Gen. Jackson soon fell back to meet the
combined forces Of Fremont and Shields
These he met at Cross Keys and Port Repub.
lie on the Sth and 9Th Of June, when he OBJ
tanned another decided victory. The follow
ing characteristic dispatch announces his vic.
tory:
NEAR PORT REPUBLIC, 9th,
Via Stanton, June 10th, 1862.
To s. Cooper, Adj't Gen'l:
Through Gods blessing, the enemy near
Port Republic was this day routed, with the
loss of six pieces of his artillery.
(SignedJ +. j. JACKSON,
Major Genl Commanding.
This, for the time, closed his operations in
the Valley, and his command was ordered to
Join Gen. Lee, which it did in time to partici-
pate in the series Of battles which delivered
Richmond from the siege under which it had
been laid by Mcclellan. In all these battle.
Gen. jackson tore q conspicuous part, az he
did subsequently, at Cedar Run, Manassas
Plains, Iiarpsr's Ferry, Antietam, and Frede.
ricksburx. At Chanc slloBville fate ordered
that his useful career should be closed, and
over his loss bleeding country is now called
to moufn