The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-10

ing account from the pen of DR..
Mc6uire, Of the wound amputation Of
the arm, and last moments of General
Il Stonewall jackson The battle of
ChsDcellorsville was fought on the I'd
and Sd OF NAY. 1868. L. was on the
night Of the 81 that the dreadful &C
cident General jackson having Teceiy
ed hia wounds at the hands Of his Own
men occurred, which was the turning
point IN the fortunes Of the COnfeder
acy. We append the closing scene.
About one o'clock Thursday morn
ing, while was asleep upon a lounge
in his room, he directed his servant
Jim, 10 apply a wet towel to bis
stomach, to relieve an attack Of nau-
seau, with which be was again troubled
The servant asked permission to first
consult me, but the General knowing
that / had slept none, for nearly three
nights, refused to allow the servant to
disturb me, and demanded the towel
About daylight ] was aroused, and
found him suffering with great pain.
An examination disclosed pleuro-
pneumonia Of the right side. | be-
| lieVed, and the consulting physician
| cOncurred IN the opinion, that ID was
Attributable to the fall from the littef
the night he was wounded. The Gen
eral himself referred it TO this accident |
! think the disease came on too soOr |
after the application Of the wet cloths, |
TO admit OF the supposition, once be-
| lleyed, that it was induced by them
The nausea, for which the cloths were
applied that night, may have been the |
result of Inflammation already begun |
Confusion Of the lung, with extrava-
sation Of blood in his chest, was pro |
| baby produced by the fall referred to, |
and the shock and loss of blood pre- |
vented any i'll effects until reaction had |
/ been well established, and then inham- |
nation ensued. Cups were applied and |
mercury, with antimony and opium, ad
ministered. Toward the evening he |
became better, and hopes were again |
entertained of his recovery. Mrs. |
| jackson arrived to day and nursed him
faithfully to the end She was de
voted wife and earnest christian, and |
endeaIed US all 10 her by her great |
/ kindness and genueness.
The General JOY at the presence of
| his wife and child was very great, and |
/ for him unusually demonstrative. No
ticing the sadness of his wife, he said to
her tenderly, 81 know you would glad
/ ly give your life for me, but am per-
| fectly resigned Do not be sad hope /
| [ may yet recover Pray for me, but /
always remember in your prayers to use
the petition, q Thy will be done
Friday his wounds were again dress
ed, and although the quantity of the
discharge from them had diminished,
the process of healing was still going
on. The pain in his side had disap-
peared, but be breathed with difficulty,
and complained Of a feeling of great
exhaustion. When DR.. Breckenridge
(gho, with DIR. Smith, had been sent for
in consultation said he hoped that a
blister which had been applied would
afford him relief, he expressed his own
confidence in il, and his final recovery
DR.. Tucker, from Richmond, arrived
on Saturday, and all that human skill
could devise was done TO stay the hand
of death He suffered no pain, and his
breathing was less difficult, but be was
evidently hourly growing weaker.
When his child was bsOnght to him,
he played with it for some time, fire.
quently earessing it, and calling it his
little comforter" At one time he
raised his wounded hand above It's
head, and closing his eyes, was for some
moments engaged in prayer. He said
to me, al see from the number of phy-I
sicians, that you think my condition
dangerous, but / thank GOD, if it Is His
will, that / am ready to 20"
About daylight, on Sunday morning |
Mrs. jackson informed him that his re-
covery was very doubtful, and that it
was better that he should be prepared |
for the worst He was silent for a mo-
ment, and then said at will be in
finite gain to be translated TO Heaven.
He advised his wife, in the event of his
death, to return to her fathers house, ..
and added, you have kind and good
father, bat there is no one 50 kind and I
good as your Heavenly Father"
lie still expressed a hope of his re-
covery, but requested her, If he should !
die to have him buried in Lexington, {
in the Valley of Virginia His exhaus- |
ton increased so rapidly. that at eleven
o'clock, Mrs. Jackson kpelt by his bed 7
and told him that before the sun went /. !
down he would be with his Saviour. He /
replied, ooh, no, you are frightened
my child, death is not so near; l may
yet get we'll She fell over upon the
bed, weeping bitterly, and told him
again that the physicians said there
was no hope.
After moments pause, he asked
her to call me- doctor, Anne informs
me that you have told her that am TO
al - !.
answered, he turned his eye toward
the ceiling, aud gazed for q moment or
two, as if in intense thought, then re-
piled, "Very good, very good, 1t is all
right" He then tried TO comfort his
almost heart broken wife, and told her
he had a good deal to say TO her, but
he was too weak. e
Colonel Pendleton came into the c
room about one o'clock, and he asked,
him, who was preaching at headquar-
tiers to-day r. When told that the
whole army was praying for him, he
replied, Thank God-they are very
kind" He said 1T is the Lords Day;
my wish is fulfilled. / have always
desired to die on Sunday"
His mind now began to fail and wan
der, and he frequently talked as if in
command upon the field, giving orders
in his old way; then the scene shifted, ,
and he was at the mess-lable, in con
versation with members of his staff
now with his wife aud child, now at
prayers with@his military family.
Occasional intervals of return of his
mimi would appear, and during one of
them, l offered him some brandy and
water, but he declined it, saying, alt
will only delay my departure, and do o
no good; | want to preserve my mind, I
if possible, to the last" About half :
past one, he was told that he had bat !
two hours to live, and he answered
again feebly, but firmly, Every good,
il Is all right"
A few moments before he died, he
cried out in his deliriuni, Order A p
Hill 10 prepare for action pass the in
fantfy to the front rapidly tell Major
Hawks '-then stopped, leaving the !
sentence unfinished Presently, q smile
of inefiable sweetness spread itself over
his pale face, and he said quietly, and
with an expression as if Of relief, 'Let
US cross over the river, and rest under
the shade Of the trees aud, then,
without pain, or the least struggle his
spirit passed from earth to the God who