The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-09

Nllle, ana hiLer one OF JuOkSon'S IS terrible
assaults had driven the f1lth Corps.
commanded by Gen. Howard, in confu-
sion upon the heavy works around the
town, that the distinguished rebel Gem
eral rode forward with his stuff to with
\ in two hundred yards of the Federal
lines, where he stood for some time si-
lently watching for Indications of the
mdNement of the enemy.
Seeing the danger to which he exposed
himself, one of his stnff officers said
"General don't you think this is the
wrong place for your" He replied
quickly, almost imputiently, ''the dam
ger Is all oNer-the enemy is routed-go
back and toll n. p. Hill to press right
oni The officer obeyed, but hnd scarce
ly disappeared, when sudden volIey
was fired from the Confederate infantry
i'll Jnckson's rear, and ON the right of
the road, evidently directed upon him
and his escort. The origin of this fire
has never been discovered, and after
JacksOn's death there was little dispo-
sition to investigate an occurrence
which occasiOned bitter distress TO all
who, by any possibility, could have
taken part in it. 1t is probable, how
ever, that some movement of the Fed
eral skirmishers hNd provoked the fire.
Whatever mny hnVo been the origin
of this yolley, II came, and many of the
staff and escort We're shot, and fell from
their horses. JncksOn wheeled to the
lett and gnlloped into the woods to get
out of range of the bullets hut he had
not gone twenty steps beyond the edge
of the turnpike, in the thiclet, when
one of his brigades, drawn up within
thirty yards of him, fired u VolIley in
their turn, kneeling oil the right knee,
ns the flash of the guns showed, MS
though prepared to guard against cav
nlry." BY this fire jackson was wound
ed in three places. He received one
ball In his left arm, two inches below
the shoulder joint, shatterinG the bone
and seyering the chief nrtery-a second
passed through the same arm between
the elbow and wrist, making its exit
through the palm of the hnnd-and =,
third ball entered the palm OF his right
hand, about the middle, and passing
through, broke two of the bones. At
the moment when he was struck. he
was holding his rein III his left hand,
and his right was raised either in the
singular gesture hnbitual to him, ut
times of excitement, or to protect his
face from the boughs of the trees. His
LETT hand Immediately dropped at his
side, and his horse, no longer controll-
ed by the rein, and frightened mt the
firing, wheeled suddenly and ran from
the fire in the direction of the Federal
lines. JacksOn's helpless condition
now exposed him to II distressing acci-
dent. His horse ran violently between
two trees, from one of which u hurizon-
tai bough extended, at about the height
of his head, TO the other; and, as he
passed between the trees, the bough
struck him in the face, tore of his CAP,
and threw him violently back on his
horse. The blow was so violent as near
ly TO unseat him, but it did not do so,
and rising erect again, he caught the
bride with the broken and bleeding
fingers of his right hand, and succeeded
in turning his horse back into the turn
pike. Here Capt. WilbOrn, of his staff,
succeeded in catching the reins and
checking the animal, who was almost
frantic from terror, at the moment when,
from loss of blood and exhaustion,
die.
HIS LAST HOURS.
He was placed on n litter to be car
ried to the reart Hills lines were now
in motion to meet the coming attncE
and as the men passed Jackson, they
saw from the number and rank of his
escort that he must be n asuperior officer.
WHO is that-who have you there? ?"
was called, to which the reply wns
"Oh! it Is only "A friend of ours who is
wounded" These inquiries Mt last be-
came SO frequent that Jackson said to
his escort: when asked just say it
with the utmost difficulty that the Curl
ostty of the troops was evaded. They
seemed to suspect something, and
would go around the horses which were
led along on each side of the General
to conceal him, to see If they could dis
cover who It was. At last one of them
caught II glimpse of n man who had
lost his cap as we have seen, in the
woods, and was walking bareheated in
moonlight, and suddenly the man eX-
claimed sin the most pitiful tone"
says an eye witness; "Great God! that
is General JaclisonI"
rtN IN GaI,G
so furious that they were compelled to
set down the litter, and the men that
bore 1t To lie down for safety. II was
n terrible scene. $50 farms could see.''
wrote one of the officers, "men and
horses were struggling with most ter
deserted. Jackson and his two officers
were the sole living occupants of the
spot. q
Gen. Jackson now rose To his feet,
and, leaning on an officer, moved out
among his troops, who were lying down
in line of battle, and the party encoun-
tered Gen. Pender, who had Just been
slightly wounded. He asked who il
wRS that was wounded, and the reply
was "a Confederate officer" General
Pender, however, recognized Jackson
and exclaimed All, General, 1 am sor-
ry to see you have been wounded
The lines here are so much broken TINT
fear we will have to fall back" These
words seemed to affect Jackson strOnu-
ly. He raised his head and said with a
flash of the eye. "Youm must hold YOUR
ground. Gen. Fender! you must hold
your ground, sirr' This was the Inst
order JucEsOn ever gave upon the field.
An accident now occ1Isioned Jackson
untold agony. One of the men caught
his foot in II vine, and stumbling let go
the handle of the litter, which fell heaV-
| lily to the ground. Jackson fell upon
his left shoulder where the bone wasI
shattered, and his agony must have been
extreme. "FOr the first time" says one
of the party, che grORned, and TINT
most piteously." He wns quickly rais-
Ted however, and a beam of moonlight
passing through the foliage overhead,
revealed his pale face, closed eyes and
bleeding breast. Those around him
thought that he was dying. What a
death for such mani All around him
was the tangled wood, only halfillumi-
ned by the struggling moonbeans );
above him burst the shells of the en-
envy, exploding says an officer, "lilke
showers of falling stars,n and in the
pnuses came the melancholy notes of
the whip-poorwills, borne upon the
| night air. In this strange wilderness,
the man of Port Republic and AInnass-
ass, who had led so many desperate
i charges, seemed about to close his ewes
and die in the night.
But such was not to be the result then.
When asked by one of the officers
whether he was much hurt, he opened
his eyes and said quietly without fur
u "