Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-01-06

Ala way through hia army WOMB
be- captured or destroyed. jackson
commenced the execution OF this
plan wiiNyigor, aud an obvious de-
termination 10 strain every nerve,
and incur eyory hazard to accom-
piiHh so dcclsivc o success. Rhodes
and C9.ston wcyo directed 10 retro
shog, distance, and ne form thoir
limos, now greatly mingled, and I'LL
was Drjoral 20 move 60 the lr0ut
end take their places, On fire with
hin great designs, Jackson then rode
forward In mont az the troops to.
ward Charlottesville; and hero
and then tho bullet struck him,
which was 60 terminate bis career.
The details which follow are Civ.
en- on the authority OF Jacksons
slai' oili,c8, and ono OF two o,har3
who Witnessed all that occurrod.-
In relation TO the most tragic por-
ton OF the scono, there remained, as
viii be seen, but q single witness.
Jackson had ridden forward on
the turnpike Go rccoanoiter, and as.
certain il possible, in spite Of the
darkness Of the night, the position
Of the Federal lines The moon
sAoAe, but It was struggling with u
hGu!, OF clouds, aud afforded but Il
dim light. From tho gloomy thick
cts on each side OF the turnpike,
looking more weird and sombor in
the half light, came the melancholy
notes Of the whippoorwill. 81 think
there must have been ten thousand, I"
said G9ncral Stewart afterwards
Such was the scene anid which the
events now about to be narrated
took place. Jackson had advanced
with some members Of his staff,
considerably beyond the building
known as "Melzi Chancollor's about
II mile from Charlottesville, and
had reached a point nearly oppo-
site an old dismantled house in the
woods near the road, whose she'll
torn roof may still be seen, When
he reined in his horse, and remain
ing perfectly quiet and motionless,
listened intendy for any indications
OF q movement in the Federal lines.
They were scarcely two hundred
yards in front Of him, and seeing
the danger to which he exposed
himself one of his staff officers said,
"Gcncral don't you think this is the
wrong place for you?" He replied
quickly, almost impatiently. "The
danger is Ill oyer the enemy is
routed-go back and tell A, P. Hill
to press right onp The officer
obeyed, but had scarcely disappear
ed, when a sudden volloy was fired
from the Confederate infantry in
Jackson's rear, and on the right Of
the road-ovidently directed upon
him and his escort. The origin Of
this fire has never been discovered,
and after Jaclson's death there was
little disposition to investigate an
occurrence which occasioncd bitter
distress to all who by any possibili-
ty could have taken part in it. 1t
is probable, however, that some
movement Of the Federal skirmish-
ers had proyoked the fire; if this is
an error, the troops frl d deliberate
~ upon Jackson and his party, IN
DIR The impression that they were
q body Of Federal cavalry, recon
motoring. 1t is said that the men
had orders to open on any object
in front, especially upon cavalry;"
and the absence Of pickets or ad-
vance force Of any kind on the Con-
federatc side explains the rest. The
enemy were almost in contact with
them; the Federal artillery, fully
commanding the position Of the
troops. was expected to open every /
moment; and The men were just in
that excited condition which induc-
es troops to fire at any and every
object they see.
Whatever may have been the ori
gin Of this volley, it came, and
many Of the staff and escort were
shot, and fell from their horses
jackson wheeled to the left and gal
Hoped into the woods to get out Of
range OF the bullets; but he had net
gone twenty steps beyond the edge
Of the turnpike, in the thicket, when
one Of his brigades drawn UP with
in thirty yards Of him fired a vol
ley in their turn, kneeling on the
right knee, as the fash of the guns
as though prepared to
"guard against cavalry" BY this
fire Jackson was wounded in three
places. He received one ball in his
left arm, two inches below the shoul-
der joint, SCATTERING the bone and
seyering the chief artery--a second
passed through the same arm be-
tween the elbow and wrist, making
its exit through the palm of the
hand-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 in his left hand, and his
right was raised either in the singu-