Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-08
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SOUTHERN eENERAEs EN OUTLINE
Fsr.eaal sAessAs. and Aaoeao,s..,
sFoSEwAnL JACKSON.


Aarbor, in June, eigRteen hundred an
~ siKty-tW0. BE was then, fresh from Il
u, hot conflicts of the Valley. an athlet
- covered with the Dust and smoke OF 4
so. arena, and ready with his now vetera
~ rsa-tillliOns tC enUer upon tbestiIi might,
,,r-t wallets Of the loWland. IN momen
,iclu4 ny persond aketch of him, as he al
ate .leared 60 Tie outer eye-l,ut first q wOI
=. OF two OF the man as ne appeared. SO
~ speak, IL the minds eye.n AZ y
-. =. 1en knew Of the famous leader was th
,e,-. THAT he was born a poor boy beyond Ii
4 ~ Aegha1ltss managed 20 get 70 We
- amt eEntsrked in the Mexican war q
lieutenant Ci artillery, where he fougi
1is gunE With s1cA 0bsfinacy that hi
name soon beeafoe renowned and ther
retiring from active service, became
Professor az the Lexington 1lilitar
School Here the world knew him onl
As an eccentric, bslt deeply pious man
IND a Somewhat commonplace lecturer
stld and rigiG il his pesy at church, al
seE1minoed IN appearanea--sucn was tn
tilyure Of the future Iie9tenant-C General
Ae estimate Of whose faculties by the gal
- young Students may be imagined from
Their nickname for HIM. Fool Ton
faczsou.p
: III April, eighteen hu- .ored and sixty
y ons, to,h Tom Jackson became C9lOne
- tt444a- A--AAEU41f anu C-4e "
l. per's Ferry, soon sfterwarti fighting Gen
PattelF0r AZ Falling Wsts-, thence de
sceudif.7 10 Manassas. Here the smal
force-,Uo thousand six hundred anC
elereA sQusEsts-Of Brig.-Crel. jackson
saved the Ssy. Without them the Fed
eral column would have fGnked and
= routed Besuregard. Bee, forced back
shattered snd overwhelmed, galoped W
10 jackson snd grcsned out, Z" General
they are bea1ing Us back." Jackson's
siern-sef face did not move. "Sir,n he
said in reply "we viii give them the
bayonet" Without those two thousand
six hundred and eleven muskess that
morning good bye 70 BesZregandi In
p the next wear came the Valley campaign
2 the desperate and most remarkable fight
z 81 kerustOwn; the defeat and retreat Of
I Banks from Strasburg and Winchester T;
the retreat, IN turn OF his great opponent
timed with sIlch mathematical accuracy
that az Strasburg ne strikes with his right
; hand and his left The heavy columns Of
g Fremont and Shields closing ia from
e beast alld- vest 70 destroy bim-sErikes
n'itheG and passes through, continuing his
2 ttreat up the Valley. Then comes the
last scene-fgis cOr0H0t. At Port Re
public his alversaries strike at him ili
Two columns. He throws himself against
Fremont az Cross Keys and checks his
advance: then attacks Shields beyond
the river, and after one sf the hottest
battles Of the war, fought nearly man to
man, defeats him. Troops never fought
better than the Federals there, but they
were defeated. and Jackson. by forced
inarches, hastened 10 fall upon MeClel-
iaa's right wing on the Chiekahominy.
rhese events had in June, eighteen
hmdrei and siXty-twO, attracted all eyes
TO Jackson. People began 70 associate
his name with the idea Of unvarying sue
cess and % regard him as the inearnste
geIills Of victory. War seemed in his
pe son 10 have become a splendid pa
geant Of uncessing triumph--and from
the smoke Of so many battle fields rose
before the imaginative public eye the
figure Of a splendid brilliant soldier--on
his prancing steed, with his 1iUttering
banner preceded by bugles, and advan-
cling IN all the pride, pOmp, and cifcum-
sraace OF glorious war. ] was somewhat
taken aback by the actual hgure.
Here is what Jackson was Ike in har-
ness on the field Of Cold Hafbof. The
writer was sent about five in theevening,
Just as 4. P. Hill had been rep1lsed from
NECieiian's admirable defensss, 70 ascer-
rain whether JacksO1's column had gone
: ia. and what his dispositions were. A
sssoup near an old log house W. p0iuted
ont 10 me, and going there ] asked for
the General some one pointed 70 a fig-
ure seated on q log--dingy, bending over
and writing on his knees A faded, yel-
low CAD Of the eadet pattern was drawn
oye- his eyes-his fingers holding pen
\ eli trsmbled. His voice, ia address
ing me. was brief curt, but not un-
courteous; and then, his dispatch
( having been sent, he mounted, and rode
SLOWLY, alone, across the deld. a
more curious figure Inever saw. He sat
his rawboned sorrel-nOt the " cd s0r-
rel however - ike an autOmotOn.
Knees drawn up, body leaning forward /;
u whole figure stiff, angular, unbend-
ing. His coat was the dingiest Of the
dingy-0riginally gray, il seemed to have
brought away some Of the dust and dirt
OF every region in which ne had biv-
ouacked His faded cap was pulled down
so low upon the forehead that be was
compelied 10 raise his chin into the air %
look nom beneath the rim. Under that
rim flashed two keen aud piercing eyes
dark, with a strange brillianey, and full
ri fight The nose Was prominent /;
the mustache heavy upon the drm lip,
close set beneath; the rough, brown
beard did not conceal TIE heavy lighting
stv. A. but the eve 8ss IN apparent
repose there was 10 longer any tremOr
-of anxiety. The soldier seemed 70 have
made all mis- arrangements done his
he-f. % and waited the result with entire
co0lne=s There was even something ar
eezt and abstracted IN his manner as he
rode slowly n and fro, sucking a lemon,
and looking keenlY al you when you
spoke, answering briefly when necessary.
Twice more ] saw him that cay--itE5t,
ID he evening in the midsf q q f1rious
sheIiDg, riding slowly With Gel- stuari
anoue lis guns; bis face lit up By some
and unmoved. And again at nidlllght
wheB as ] slept in q fence corner A teit Z
hand upon ny shoulder, and 8 Noice said
Where Is the Generslg' lL~a2 JACK
son. riding about bF himself alsd nt
tied his horse lay down betHee1 ne ane
Gen. -, aud began with, Wei
Yesterdays was The most ferrifc IRE %
musketry ] ever heard ~ words oI On
lY0ntel animation coming from Jack
son-that most matter Of fact a sieak'
ers, and expressing much
From this time, Jack-on became the
idol of bis troops and the country
Wherever ne moved among the call-ff
he was met 1y cheers, and SO unvary
ing was this reception Of hiu, that dis
fant yell would often draw from MS inel
the exclamation, "Ihat's Jackson or
rabbit u the sight Of The soldier or -
appeaT8nce0fa hare being alone adequaU
f6 arouse Lnis tremendous excitement
From the day 90 Gold Harb0r, succes
continued % crown bm-st Cedar Bun
.he second Manassas. Harperis feUy
Sharpsburg, Wherehemetthe full weigh
of McCleliau's right wing under Hooker
and repulsed it and ChancellOrsyfle
when be died, struck d0wnby the hand
Of bis own nseB, BE- was lie haOst faIaou
aud the most beloved 0f Southern c0m
tnande9s. This reu0wn, mingled witt
affection was Die result 0f the vict0Tie
81 the s0ldier, but no less of the loyelines
ofthe man.
His popularity was great in degree, bu
4 more singular ng character No genera
alrss ever - beloved By the good an
knoua OF tha land Old ladies receive
,fiim wherever he went with species Z
tenrhusissln, and I think he preferre
fheir society and that Of ciergymen I
any other. IN such society bis kindl
nature seemed 70 expand, and his coM
renauce was charming. de would tai
fef hOuz upon religions subjects, neYf
weary. il seemed, Of such discourse, on
at such moments his smile had tt
sweetness aud simpli0iiig af chldhoos
The banl Intellect was E,atlng, a{d q
hfel1 " Tie soldier spoke in this eang'
niai converse lipQQ taellles more deiu
him than all oIhers / have seel. 81
isoE sareuely and perfectly happy, col
sersing with a venerable lsdv upon the
relative Religions experiences, and he pr
lerred tae society OF clergsmen 10 5hi
OF ali other men Children were, ais
pTeai faF0rites with him, and he seldol
iHiied 10 make them love hhn. Whel
= his haadFzar4ers below Frederick
burg, in eighteen hundred aud sixt,
1 ilf leaign % ihe s-riter oi dicse lines Is
> pfeseut llE familiar slletches Of tlle mo
prominent Southern Generals. illustrated
snaaHcieTlsiic eneodotes many Of them hit
II trto ~ published. BIS position gave hin
4. psTtlnity q seeing - undTess- 50 10 spea
it.ans q l.e l-ost noshbie personages Of q
p iflaef all fiicf4 s@el,he4 lraF pzovf intere.
rlie reader. They pfeftl1d u BE- n0fisf1e mo
i1in slIeteile2 The ffiiy nllshed portraits
zinc Gfe1f lllsslIlc l1Fs " ihe resent o0nts
q csllIof udlE D., aiEiles c1f Tie outline siay
-ssfi a,isI psIaaFss a. saikspesSeaueht.