The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-05-20
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the confedrracy, and itmay fairly be doubt
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Gen. Lee has three sous in the army
the one a General under j. 4. b. Stuart,
the second Colonel, The third Ca lad Of
l8) who is a psiyate attached to one oil the
batteries of Gen. sJacksou's corps. In re-
ference to the last, Gen. Lee told me sto-
iry which seemed To NE, for the frst and
only time during many conversations, to
have ELECTED from the narrator faint traces
OF emotion. Most certainly IL was difficult
to listen to tie stnry .witnuut ones self es-
periencing such emotion. ltappears that
at the must critical moment ofihe battle of
Sharpsburg. when Gen. Lee was ordering
up every guwto meetthe heavy masses oi
Federal artillery pressing On the centre,
he observed single. gun harnessed aud
ready for action, the soie survivor of a bat-
tery which had been engaged earlier in the
lay, and had been roughly handled by the
Fedsrals. Gen. Lee immediately ordered
the gun 10 the front. As IL passed to the
frani, COMING close 70 the spot where Gen.
Lee was standing. he recognized in the
pOstllllon mounted on the leading horses
his Young .on. The boy turned and smil-
ed brightly on his father. exclaiming, !" 50
| see that You are sending Us in again" Il,
Is pleasure TO add that. although .lightly
w.unded. the boy lived 10 come safely out
Of the terrible engagement. - :,
AT distance Of seven miles from Gen.
lees headquarters. near the little sillage
of Bunkerhll', were the hesdquarters af the
hero II heroes Of this Struggle. Gen. Stone
wall Jackson. We had been taught soex-
] pect moruse. reserved. distant receptlnn I;
W fund tie must genial. Courteous and
forthcoming nt colnpanian,. A bright,
piercing. blue eve. a slightly aquiline nose,
. Tim, tall, >inewy frame, made all over
nf p,n.uire," great disregard of dress
! and appearmce these are the Characters
tics OF Ten, Jack.pn's exterior. There Is
al.o about him very direct aud honest
look. The disappointing Circumstance il,
that his voice. which IS rapid IN Us utter
lance. is weak ana unnsressive. Passion
ateiy attached 10 the Valley Of Virginia.
which has Tor 80 long been the principal
scene IT his achisvemrnts, iIalizvd by tie
/ n,hah,,anis ~ Winchester add of the Nal-
llrs, General Jackson has acquired such .
fanr ~ that entire nelghhnrhoDl that Il =
u u think what would happen II The one
lifc round which such prestige cl,ngs should
yield 70 stray bullet or to the chance OF
disease. Sinswy aud wny A. the General
seems, il is ,mpo.sible not {. fancy that he
j. wearing himsrlf terribly bs his restless.
.lreplss. activity. b, his mid light MARCHES,
and By the asceticism Of hls liIe. The re-
spect and consciousness OF his presence,
and what that presence means. exhibited
l bs his staff. suppressed me very strongly.
and seemed 10 exceed the respect exhibit
ed towards t;en. Lee. lie spoke lev
hearty words af sdmiraii"n OF Gea. Lee.
saving that he never sinuld wish TO serve
under an AMER commander. Bur his hear.
tirst and most enthusiastic uif.raners aere
in admiration cf the Cathe.Iral edlite. 81
. England, aud notably of infS Mtalslrr
lie iwelt with great amin tiian upeu the
vibration of the Al. produced ,, tie tlrep
! naie. Ol the organ III isrk Minister, ani
nhich hr hal nrtrr hei,d sdasllrd else.
, where. ltl, rnc ~ tni n / pF.bstrrt.
/ ~ ssch appreciation ale atiniraiI"ttsl -
thedral magnihccncr.
II remain, for ne 10 saS a few sor,is r.
!. spectng one oihcr u the must valuable
officers Of the Conl,drracy--an eminentis
eomblti,e man Gen. Lougstrsel. ill'
frame - stout aud heavy. his c"anienalEt
llorld aud eleer,. aud rminenily Engish
- appearance. IL every pasitlun whrb
b, ha. occupicd--hrsi, IS commanding .
! brigade; secondly. a, commanding fii'ls.
Ion: thIrdly.a corps darnee--hc hasgrO~n
~ the affections u nis met. and the conn
dsnce of hi commanding uIilccrs. ~
brave and imperiurbable under hrr ~ ~ hI'
, tent, remarkable for bis promptitude ~
thinking correctly when in the greatest
, danger, his value 20 the eoniederacy eau
hardly be o,eresiima.ed. A review oI
some 10000 of his men took place when We