Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-07
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desparate charges, seemed about to close hi,
eyes and die in the night.
But snch was not 10 be the result then
when asked by one Of the officers whether
he was much hurt, he opened his ewes and
said quietly withont further exhibition of
pain, No, my friend, don't trouble vour-
self about me-" The litter was rhen rai.ad
upon The shoulders of tue men, and the marty
continued its way, and reaching an arobu.
lance near Melzi Chaucellor's, placed the
wounded General 10 l.. He was then borr,,
10 the Held hospital at Wilderness run some
five miles distant, ''''
dere he lay throughout the next J,.
sunday, listening to the thunder of the a..
tiiery and the long roll Of the muske,ry from
Chancellorsville, where Stuart, who bst
succeeded him In command. VA. nT.asta.
GENERAL Hooker back toward the Rapnlb.n'
mock; His soul must have thrilled Ar ,h.,
souhd, long so familiar, but he conI,i -
part IN the conflict. Lying Saiut and nai,. -.
tent in rear Of the "Wilderness Taysrn ~ !.
he seemed to be perfectly resigned, and sob.
mitted to the painful probing Of his wopnIa
with soldierly patience. II was obyiousIy
necessary to amput tte the arm, ant ro. -,
MS surgeons asked, elf we fad aroi,u,,.,1.
necessary, shall 1t be done at ONCE ,n -
which he replied with a!acri;y, Yes oar.
tny, Dr. Mcclure, do for ne whs,sv.-
!on thlnk right" The arm was then lsk.r.
Oh, and he slcft sonndly after the operalion
and on waking, began TO converse about a..
battle. "lf had not been wounded, ," he saIs
or had had one hour more ofdaylight, woni'
have cut off the enemy from the road To-
United States ford We woul! have then,
entirely surrounded and they would havs
been obllged to surrender or cut their WAY
out; they had no other alternative. NV
troops NAV sometimes fail in driving au en-
emy from position, but the enemy always
falls to drive my men from position" IL
was about this time that We received ths
following letter from General Lee II ha7,
just received your note informing me thal
YOU were wounded. cannot express my
regret at the occurrence. Could have di-
rected events should have chosen, for hs
good Of the country, to have been dissbhG
in your stead. L congratulate you upon tb.
victory which Is due to yonr skill and Ell.
ergy."
The remaining details OF Jackson's lines,
and death are known. He was removed to
Gninea's Depot, on the Richmond and
Fredericksburg Railroad, where he gradu-
ally sank, pneumonia having attacked him.
u
yauced upon the enemy shouting ChsJge,
and remember Jackson !" he exclliusd, at
was just like them it was just ike tnem -
They are a noble BODY oS men The men
who live through this wsr," be adoeo, ~ill
be proud to saw Il was one of the Stonewsii
brigade to their children. Looking soon
afterwards at the sfpmp OF his arm, he said,
" MANY peopls would regard this as great
misfortune. l regard it as one Of the
groat blessings of my life." Ho sui
seouently said, al consider these wounds
a blessing; they were given ME for some
good and wise purpose, and WOMB
not part with them II / could" His VII
was now with him, and when she announce,
.ta.hibi, weeping, his approaching desth' he
blied with perfect calmness, every good,
ry good; il Is ali eight" These vera
arly his last words. do sIoa .fterEsids
ecame delicious and was beard to mutter,
ysOrder A. P. Hill to prepare for action :
Pass the infantry TO the front Tell MaJoi
Hawks to send forward provisions for the
menu Then his martial ardor disappeared,
a smile dffused itself over his pale features ;
and he murmured, "Let us cross over the
river, and rest under the shade OF the treesW
1t was the river of death he was about to
pass and soon after uttering these words,
he expired.
Such are the circumstances which attended
the last hours of the soldier who had so long
carried the Southern standard and accom-
plished such extraordinary successes. With
his disappe arance from the scene, the for
tunes of the South, like her banner, began
to droop. The Federal forces were often
driven back thereafter, but were never com
pletely defeated. Great leaders were left,
but their exe-tiODS aDpeared to secure mo
definite results. Jackson had passed away,
by an inscrutable decree Of the Almighty,
and no one seemed able to nil his place