Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-14
DAILY SENTINEL
SATURDAY MORNING. oCroBEk "A.
stenewabI jackson.

- - ffr"n ths S.v orisa1s "eoutk."l
\ xs,s.ohssstis CoIosel disputes John Ess es
Cseke's account of SfonewxiI Ja<kseu's death
published in The Mes York W ord.
Cooke. who wrots life Of JacEson tso yeas
sinee, and sbich attained 70 great pspnianv 10
the South. states that be met bis death at TIE
hands OF Confederate psckets stationed on TIE
Chsneellorsvills plank road. About > o ssoekst
aiRht, accompanied BY bis orn add portion OF
General Hnl's staff jackson r0as along The read
TO reconnoitre. Before leaving be gave srtiet or
ders thst bis men skoald Gre upoa sBy one sseo
coming up toe road.
The General bad not roue i.s before be fosRd
himself IN close proximity TO party Of Federal
soldiers. and while riding rapidly back vas fred
upon aud wounded IL IL probable that, in the
hsry OF che moment. he forgot bis order: in fact.
wa shot before be had lime 10 discover himself
to HE friends. 80
- Nov the Msssschasetts Colonel says that dis
nea killed Jackson. Ii he CON maudsd The scout
ing party which The Confederate general en-
coaniged, then they must have changed positions
In the tviskling Of eve; for when Jackson
dashed back. be left the FEDERAL scouts some dis
lance in the Besides. By extraordinary
change or position. change which vsuId DO
> ersdit 10 the Genii OF the Arabian Nights, the
Colonsls men must not only have caught sp
With Jscksons troop of horss. bat got in front.
Isysled and fredl
10 the nidst Of the o,er-heIning gloom which
the death Of Jsckson crested, no inquiries were
made touching the names OF the men Who shot
him. He did nc; complain Of the act, for bis
men but obeyed orders. No one In the army OF
among the people asked 10 know by whose hands
the fatal missiles we're sent. tor il vas known
that bis men. who loved him almost TO dolatry.
would rather Thousand times have lost their
own lives than tken his.
Z Stern. grim soldiers wiped away tear: old
nen bow ed their heads in sorrow; women vert
sssH their hesrts would break aud evsu rhildrsn
Joined in the general grief. No prouder tribute
was ever p,id 70 mortal man than the tears
which fell upon bis coffin. Fifteen thousand
people visited the Capt Il where he lay in state
10 Richmond EVen The veteran soldiers OF
Gen. Hunter. When they were in Lexington, re-
versed arms and marched in solemn silence
around bis grave.
Why did this man command the respect Of
eoemiesf Why was IL that be inspired such love
and cobfdencef The snswer 10 easy. he was.
in the beat sense Of The term, milis.ry genius
There vas no such word "fsil' With him. He
struck MS antagonist 20 suddenly TO discon-
cert. dsmay. II not destroy him. his men were
hamorously called "foot cavalry" for With him
they scaled mountains secured plains, and sur
prised 81 enemy when thoughI 10 De mites away.
Bur above all. he was good man He FIRMLY be-
Heved IN guiding, protecting Providence. and
his faith vas 40 strong that bis men believed IN Is
too. he would pray in the Didse Of battle. and
every soldier Who saw his mute lips moving. and
his eyes turned to heaven, ielt that their chief
was a-king the God of Battles TO protect them
from all harm, and crown her shorts With sue
q cess And 80, Jackson. flIed with "a sublime
faith. wrote bat a simple dispatch TO Richmond:
God has again crowned our arms with glorious
victory 7"
While the true soldier North OF south, adj
mired his military genius, and the Chri,tisn look
ei upon him as a model even the bad we're
awed into admiration of bis goodness, and so Is
came to psss that the great Vlr2iuian. III Europe
and America. was celebrated, honOred and be-
loved. In two short years. he rose pre-emn-
ent figure among the immortals Of his sub
lnnsry sphere.
sll We reproduce = lyric which enely
popular in many parts Of the South. The un-
known author draws picture which addresses
itself at once 20 the eve, aud through the eye to
the heart. This poem deserves 10 be preserved
among the literary relics OF the times Every
Southerner and Northerner of tiste will read il
with interest:
,ToSrwALL JAoEsoss VA
Come, stack arms. men, pile on the rails
No batter n the canteen fans
We q make roaring night.
- heIe Shenandoah bra1is along,
There b1rly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
10 swell the brigsds's rousng song
VI 'Stonevall Jscksons Way"
"e sse him now-the old sIouched lat
The shrff blunt 60 true
-ae "blae-I4ght Elder knows them we'll
Says be, that's Banks-he's fond Of she'll
Lord save his sOUll ven give nn''-wer,
That's stone~sl Jscksons way.
Silence ground arms knse ell caps on
4sf Old Blue Lights gong 20 pray;
Strangle the fool that o see
81. Attention It's bis way;
Appealing from hs native sod
In IornnH pIEperis, 10 God
Lay bare thine stretch forth thy rod
Amen! that's Ssensvsl Jse kson's vsyi
Hes in the saddle nowi fall in.
STEADY the whole brfsRdei
HIS al the ford. OF Well win
His way cut. ball and blade,
What IL .
Z What matter 10 feet torn,
Quick step we're with him ere the morn "
That's Stonewall IAcksonis
The suns hriVht sisnccs rout the nilsts
or mOrning-sBd, by Gsorgel
Here's Lor gstrset struggling IN the li.ts,
he mined ia an ugly gorge.
Pope and his columns whipped before;
Bay nets ant grape!" hear rs rear. q
charge, Stuart pay ct Ashby ,. score r.
nstoL~~sl Jsckson's wsyi
All maiden. Oh and wait and yesua
For news OF stone~ sn's bsDo:
Al widow, re4d vi b eyes that burn
That riEg upon thy hand
All wife, sew on, pray on, ho..e on;
Thy life shs II not be toTlarn. ftt
1ne foe bad better ne'er been born
Than "StoneWals