Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-05-22
Gromr the South.
Further Details of the late Battles on
the RappahannOck--D death of jack
sOn---Arrival of his Remains at
Richmond. &C, &c.


fSICnmOnu, &C., &c.
From the Richmond Whig, Nay IL.
The Spells.
From every side we hear that the spoils
left by General Rockers army exceed
those on any previous battlefield, not
excepting the engagements around Rich
mond, Not only an immense number of
small yariously est;sneted at from
10000 to sc, 000-sut an almost indefi-
mite quantity of oyercoats, knapsacks,
coats and blankecs An idea of the spoils
may be gathered from the statement made
to us by an artillery officer in regard to
the men of his battery. He says the
country is so strewn with blankets, &c,
that his men in marching from one field
TO another, since the late battles, have
never numbered themselves with any
thing, being satisfied that wherever they
may camp for the night, plenty of blank
cts and overcoats will be found. Shall
these things be gathered up or thrown
away left to rot, or to be collected by
negroes and citizens, who, after all the
trouble of getting them together, are to
be insulted for so doing? We trust most
sincerely that Quartermaster Myers will
show a proper efficiency in this important
matter.
The Spirit of Our Men.
1t is said that some Of the heroic men
of JacksOn's corps, during the late forced
march to the rear Of the enemy, rather
than struggle or be left behind, fell dead
in their tracks from sheer exhaustion -
That this indomitsble spirit was not con-
fined to Jackson's men, but inspired the
whole army, the following extract from a
letter, written by the commander of a
light battery FROM this city, will show
The battle had not commenced when the
letter was written:
"CAMP NEAR FREDERICKSBURG April
4.-Yesterday we received, very sudden
ly, an order to 60 to the front, distant
twenty five miles. Starting with all the
inevitable entanglements and delays about
1lk A. NJ, we marched till A. M. this
morning, and soma till long after day
My battery being in the rear of the CO.
luIuu, Ciulc III idSt--dDOub suuIlsc.
"Our provisions followed us into camp
about II NJ to-day The march was
through mud, mud, mud, and cold north
east rain J.; no sleep, no food. Yon should
have seen the boys Of my battery, al
most falling asleep as they stumbled
through the dark, clinging mist-yet
plunging in at the word in knee-deep
slush and mud to play at horses, and to
push the guns up on the tagged out
brutes Some oaths and some grumbling,
but at the bottom will to do it.
"These men-the privates marched
the % miles, through rain, mud and
night, carrying on their backs all their
worldly goods, and about half the time
helping their horses along"
Such are the men who compose Lees
army, and defend this city from the hor-
rible outragcs of the brutal and cowardly
foe. If they show such spirit in defend
ing us, what ought we to do for them
when they are sick and wounded?
Our Dead Hero.
Since the death Of Washington 10 ST.
milar event has so profoundly and scr.
rowfully impressed the people of Virginia
as the death of jackson. The surprise
and admiration with which his earlier
feats in the war we're regarded, had long
since ripened into cordial gratitude foi
his services, boundess confidence in his
sagacity, enthusiastic affection for his per-
II .:noo.o ,varaxo4ion t.. l. = -.
acter. They had come, too, to regard
him as one of those men who have a mis-.
sion TO fulfill, and who bear u charmed
life. The Providence on which he had
so firmly relied had seemed to shield hin
from harm, and there was a sort Of su.
perstitious faith that be would pass un.
scathed through all dangers to the end
They were not, therefore, prepared foI
the cruel mischance that struck hin
down, and still less for the fatal Result
which has so speedily followed There
is not one loyal heart in all this Common
wcalth--not one in all this Confederacy-
that has not, or will not, sicken and sink
With grief at his fall Were it possible
TO restore him, we believe there are thou.
sands who would give their own lives to
ransom him from the captivity Of death
For all this love for him living, and
all this grief for him dead. there wa'
reason enough; for in the great struggle
which now engages all hearts and hands
be was himself equal to many regiments
Of armed men. He had thrown into i
the energies of a mighty spirit--the re
sources Of great intellect.
What others did, or attempted, from
impulses Of ambition. patriotism, or I
sonse Of duty, he did from compulsion o
conscience and a reverential conviction o
obligation TO his Maker He did it will
all the strength Of mind, soul and body
So actuated, be thought not Of conse
quences to himself--of dangers to be en-.
countered, or glory to be won and, Sc
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