Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-10-25

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general order directing the troops tc
reply 1 don't know" to every question
Meeting a man struggling toward q
cherry tree, he said, q Where are you
going I" al don't know" was the reply
{" To what regiment do you belong q
(" 1 don't know" "What doyou mean p
"I don't know" jackson laughed
quietly, and passed on. He said that il
his coat knew what he designed, he would
take it off and burn it. He would en-
camp for the night at crossroads, and
the quidnuncs were in despair at their
inability to determine toward what point
of the compass he would march on the
morrow. About to abandon the valley,
he publicly directed careful maps to be
made of the region, as though intending
a campaign therein When one of his
staff engaged dinner few miles ahead of
his advancing column, he admonished him
of error. How did he know that the
column would pass that point
He CHOSE HIS OWN TIME FOR ACTION.
He had the faculty of waiting for his
adversary. No man was ever more de-
termined not to be forced to fight before
he was ready. His retreats appeared
panic stricken, but we're, in reality, the
deliberate movements Of master of the
art Of war. He was never more danger
Gus than when flying. From dreams of
success, and visions of complete victory,
his opponent was apt to be rudely
awakened. In May, 1862, Gen. Banks,
then at Harrisonburg, telegraphed that
the rebel jackson had been driven from
the valley, and was in rapid retreat on
Richmond The commentary was Jack
sons swift and unexpected march upon
MiIroy at Mcdowell; his complete de-
feat Of that ofioerss and his equally rapid
advance upon General Banks at Harris
onburg, before which the Federal COM
mander was forced in turn to retreat in
confusion.
Until all his arrangements were made
no adversary could draw him into action.
When the moment, came, he saved the
officer oppoied to him all trouble on that
score. He initiated the matter, by at
tlckiugwith all lhisstrength. Ifone assault
failed, he made a second. IF the second
had bad fortune, his reserve was led into
action-and if these did not at once re-
trieve the fortunes of the day, he placed
himself in front of them and led them in
person, fully determined to conquer or
die.
GOLD sToNEwALL" ON THE FIELD.
There we're few failed him at such
moments. The sight of jackson upon
these occasions seemed to turn the heads
of the troops. They forgot all else and
grew reckless and when become reck-
less they go far. Cedar Run furnished
an instance of this. The left wing,
formed of jackson S veterans, was broken,
and in ten minutes the battle would have
been lost. There were no reserves to put
in, and Jackson rallied the troops in
person. The result was such as we have
described. A single shout of "Stone-
wall jackson Stonewall jackson p'
ran along the line, and it was reformed
in a moment. In front of them they saw
a sword shining through the smoke of
action, and recognized the old faded cap,
piercing eyes of their chief. The result
was a new assault, and one of the most
important of Jackson's victories. -
His tenacity and strength of will
seemed to have no limit Nothing ap
peared to affect that supreme resolution.
Such man is the master of fate, and,
with his iron hand, directs events. Ma
poleon trusted to hit star, and jackson,
it is said, believed in his destiny" a
word which he construed, apparently, to
mean success against his enemies, where
ever he encountered them.
HIS HABITS IN CAMP AND PERSONAL AP-
PEARANCE.
He was man of great kindness, of an
extraordinary sweetness of temper, tend
er-hearted, easily moved to pity, and all
pure emotions He was simple and un-
ostentatious in his manners and habits.
He cared not what he ate, and would
sleep in fence corner as willingly as in
a bed. His old coat was covered with
dust, collected from the battle-felds of
many regions, as he slept uponthe earth,
in rude bivouac, after the hsEd-fought
day. All this seudeared him to his soldiers,
at whose camp-fres he would stop totalk
in the friendly fashion of the officers of
Napoleon, and whose rations he would
frequently share. The sight of his faded
coat and cadet cap was the sign to cheer,
and "Old Jack" was personally adorod,
as in his military capacity he was re-
garded by his men as the greatest of
leaders.
His manner was stiff and his voice curt;
but his smile was one Of extraordinary