Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-03


seeming want of confidence which such 81
lence appeared to imply. lie kept his own
counsel, and when he had decided upon what
he thought to he best, he went forward to its
execution with directness which nothing
could defect He shrunk from no RESPONSE
bilily where he believed himself to be right
And regardless Of his own fame, absorbed MS
he was in his intense devotion to duty, he OBJ
| tanned What he never sought, and though he
| cared little for the discovcry-in only aiming
to do right. he was rewarded in finding that
The world gave him renown.
| 1t need not be added that no such mean
emotion as ;ha, of envy or jealousy could find
Il place in such bosom.
! While dctracton and SANDER have heen rife
| in the camp Of the enemy, and one general af-
| ter another with bnScst arts has striven to
supp!ant his superior, it is refreshing to note
| how those highest in command in our army
have only We'd in laying aurels at each others
| feet The admiration and love of Jackson for
| Lee was unfcigned and intensc-and it was all
returned. On hearing of Jackson's wound.
Lee wrote -
Il cannot express my regret at the occur
! renee If | could have directed events
should have chosen, for the good of the coun.
| try to have been disabled in your stead.
congratulate you upon the victory, which is
| due to your skill and energy"
| Another characteristic trait was his rare
| modcstv Of dcmeanOur, and freedom from every
thing like prctenson in his intercourse with
others. In private circles he preferred to let
others lead in the conversation. When with Il
congcnial friend he talked with animation, if
the topic were one in which he was interested !;
but i'll mixed companies he was more inclined
| to listen than to speak. never knew man.
/ in any position III life, more free from stilted
| artificial dignity. Nothing could be more SIM
| pie and unpretending than his manner. Unlike
some military men, who seem to delight in
| making subordinate officers feel their disparity
Of rank, he never seemed to think of rank ut
ut all, and was as polite to a,private as TO the
President In riding through his camp, when
the men saluted him as he passed, he invariably
raised his cap from his head, instead of return
ing the abruptrecognition Of their courtesvw it'll
which some officers content themselves. He
never courted, but rather Stunned observation
and marked attention. Sometimes in going to
the camp Of another officer, when he sudden
| ly came in view Of q body of troops and the
men began to cheer, as they always did when
they caught sight Of him, he would spur his
horse into Il rapid gallop. as if anxious to es-
| cape the clamorous homage so joyously accor-
dcd to him. One Sunday morning when our
army was cncamped near Richmondhe rode to
| town. unattended, dressed in wel-worn and
| faded suit of Confederate gray, and coming
into my church very quietly, took seat near
| tho door without being recognized except BY
those who sat nearest him. but when the con-
grcgation was dismissed, finding himself the
object of general observation. he was evidently
| disturbed by the attention he attracted. and
| hastily withdrew, TO pay visit of sympathy
to an afflicted mother, who had recently sus-
| tanned sore bereavment. and then rode back
TO his camp. That afternoon there was Divine
service in his camp, at which he was present.
of course. When the service ended. he invited
the minister who had officiated to 90 with him
to his quarters, and giving his own horse to an
orderly to Lead he got into the buggy of the
clergyman that they might converse more con-
veniently on their way to his tent AT the
foot of very long hill the horse refused to
pull. when the General Immediately got out,
and taking the refractory animal by the bri.
die, insisted on leading him, in view of hun
dreds OF his men, to the very top of the hill,
Notwithstanding the circumstances of theminis-
ter, who waSnot willing to ride while the Gen.
raj walked, and who greatly preferred to change
places with him. But such was his simple.
unaffected courtesy and respect for the Office
of the man about to be his guest, that all re-
monstrance was unavailing. In riding through
the woods where his division was cncampcd.
if he saw two or three of his soldiers cooking
their plain ratjons, if he CHANGED to be hun
cry or fatigued, he would stop and ask per-
mission to share in their homely meal, or lie
would lie down on the leaves and catch a few
minutes sleep, watched by the men who felt
- a,presence.
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