Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-01
southern sketches Of the war.

sketches furnished Blackwood's Magazine
by Herr Won Borcke, a Prussian officer
on the staff of the rebel cavalry General,
Stuart, we make the following extracts
INTERVIEW WITH sToNEwALL AoKso
Afterwards a Brigadier of our troops
managed to get in the rebel rear, near by
to where Stuart was posted with his cav
airy, who, discovering the imminence of
the danger, forthwith dispatched Won
Boreke to report it to General Jackson
We extract
After a rapid gallop of a few minutes /
met two brigades of A. P. Hills division,
which l ordered to proceed at a double
quick to the point of danger. Very soon
L encountered General Hill himself, to
whom l made the necessary explanations,
and who at once proceeded in person to
the threatened position. Meanwhile the
cannonade had become fearful, more and
more batteries had joined in the action,
and from a hundred pieces of artillery the
thunder of the battle roared along our
lines. In the dense smoke that enveloped
the field, and amid the bursting of innu1
merable shells, it was not easy 10 find
General Jackson, whom 1 discovered at
last sitting comfortably on a caisson.
quietly writing his dispatches. After /
had made my report, I remarked to the
General that it had been very difficult to
find him, and that this was rather a hot
place for him to be in. "My dear Ma
jor," he replied, Z" I am very much Obliged
40ayOHGHbAeaoHduL@Soslsa~e- StNea-aA44-
will take care of the enemy in our rear.
| know what they are. There cannot be
more than two brigadas of them. And as
for my position here, 1 believe we have
been together in hotter places before"
The great hero then calmly resumed his
writing, cannon shot plOughing up the
ground all around him and covering his
MS. with dust, so that, like one of Napo-
Icons generals, he was IN no need Of sand
odry up his ink. Et LOO
In the meantime the trains had been
saved, and the bold Yankee that had at
lacked our rear had been driven back with
fearful loss.
ANOTHER IcNIDENT.
After half an hours rest, Stuart re-
quested me to ride with him to the head
quarters Of General jackson, who had
~bivouacked only a few miles from the
Courthouse, A rapid gallop soon &C
yin BlloICu III uiSLdICt, dnQ We arrived
just in time to partake, of his simple sup
per, consisting of coffee and corn-bread.
AT the conclusion of the repast, the night
being already far advanced, we accepted
General Jaekson's invitation to sleep for
a few hours till dawn beneath his small
tent-fy. sWearied out by the exertions of
the previous day, l was still deeply wrspt
in slumber when l felt the pressure Of a
slight touch on my shoulder and a mild
voice said to me, "Maior, it is time to
rise and start" Before 1 was yet fully
awake, my caller placed a basin of water
and a towel on a camp stool near my head,
and continued, "Now, Major, wash quick
ly a cup Of coffee is waiting for YOU,
your horse is saddled, and you must be
off at once" To my utter surprise, / now
discovered that my attentive servitor was
the great Stonewsll himsel-the light |
touch had been given by the iron hand,
and the soft voice was hat which had
been heard in short energetic sentences so
often amid the tumult of battle. 1
shall never forget the smile that broke
over his kindly face at my amazement in
recognizing him.
H KILLING OF GEN. KEARNEY.
1t will be remembered that the lion
hearted Kearney, of New Jersey, was
killed a few nights subsequently,, when
making a reconnaissance at the head of his
troops. Won Borcke thus alludes to the
affair:
met Jackson and Stuart, who had been
summoned to the front by the firing and
the hating of the column. Old Stonewal
made his dispositions with his usual ceIer-
ity. He ordered Stuart to move along the
by-roaGs toward Fairfax Court House, and
ascertain if the Federals were only max
ing q demonstration, or if this was a gen
eral advance. For himself, he was deter
mined to stop the further progress of the
Yankees at once, and before we had turned
off into the dark narrow path through the
woods, the leading division of the corps
had formed line OF battle, and, advancing
at dOuble-quick, was soon holly engaged
with the enemy.
Jackson's fight became a.sanguinary
one, but the Federals were driven back
with heavy loss, leaving behind them their
dead and wounded, and 1000 of their
as prisoners in our hands. Among
their dead were two generals, one Of
the famous warrior PM Kearnev,
had years before left an arm on one of the
battle fields of Mexico. His body was re-
spectfully taken care Of, and sent with all
military honors into the Federal lines
under flag oftruce the next day,
FEMALE STAFF OFFICER,
General Stuart established his h~eadquar-
tiers at the house of a citizen whom he had
previously known, and regarded as a
young lady of very ardent patriotism.
Her subsequent conduct did not Justify
this opinion. In a playful, imprudent
manner the General had bestowed upon
her a sort of honorary commission upon
his staff, which caused her to be arrested
at a somewhat later period by, the Federal
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