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

exclaimed, "Ahl general, I nm sor-
~ 10 500 you have boon wounded,
The lines here are so much broken
that | fear we wlllhave to hll back. -
These words seemed TO affect jack
son strongly. He raised his head,
and said with o flush Of the eye,
"You must hold your ground Gen.
Pcndcr you musthold your ground,
sir 70 This was the last order Jack.
son ever gave upon the field,
His strength was now completely
exhausted, and he asked to be per-
mittod to lie down upon the ground,
But to this tho officers would not
consent. The hot fro of artillery
which still continued, and the eX-
pcctcd advance of the federal in
ihntry made it necessary to move
on, and the litter was again put
in requistion. The general, now
nearly fainting, was laid upon it,
and some litter-bcorers having been
procured, the whole party contin-
uod to move through the tangled
woods, toward Meizi Chancellor's.
SO dense was the underground and
the ground so difficult that their
progress was very slow. An acct
dent now occGsioned Jackson UNI
told agony One Of themen caught
his foot in n vine, and stumbling
let go the handle Of the litter, which
fell heavily to the ground. Jack
son fell upon his left shoulder where
the bone had been shattered, and
his agony must have been extreme.
"For the first time" says one Of the
party, che groaned, and that most
pitiously." He was quickly raised,
however, and a beam of moonlight
passing through the foliage over
head revealed his pale face, closed
eyes, and bleeding breast Those
around him thought that he was
dying. What a death for such u
man All around him was the tan
gled wood, only half illuminod by
the struggling moonbeams; above
him burst the shells Of the enemy,
exploding, says an officer, "like
showers Of falling stars" and in the
pauses came the melancholy notes
Of the whippoorwills, borne on the
night air. In this strange wilder
ness, the man of Port Republic and
Manassas, who had led so many
desperate charges, seemed about to
close his eyes and die in the night.
But such was not to be the result
then. When asked by one Of the
officers whether he was much hurt,
he opened his eyes and said quietly
without further exhibition Of pain,
"No, my friend, don't trouble your
self about NO." The litter was then
raised upon the shoulders Of the
men, the party continued its way,
and reaching an ambulance near
Meizi Chancellor's placed the woun-
ded general in it. He was then
borne to the field hospital at Will
derness Run, some five miles dis
tant.
Here he lay throughout the next
day, Sunday, listening to the thun-
der Of the artillery and the long
roll of musketry from Chancellors-
vile, whore Stuart, who had sue
cceded him in command, was press
ing Gen. Hooker back toward the
His soul must have
at that sound, long so famil-
lar, but he could take no part in the
conflict. Lying faint and pale, in
a tent in rear of the "Wilderness
Tavern" he seemed to be perfectly
resigned, and submitted to the pains
full probing of his wounds with sol
dierly patience. 1t was obviously
necessary to amputate the arm, and
one of his surgeons asked, "ifwe find
necessary, shall it be
done at once?" to which he replied
with alacrity, eyes, certainly, DR..
do for me whatever you
think right" The arm was then
taken off, and he slept soundly after
The operation. and on waking, began
to converse about the battle. "If l
had not been wounded" said he, cor
had had one hour more of daylight,
would have cut off the enemy from
the road to United States ford; we
would have them entirely surround
I'd; and they would have been obi
red to surrender OF cut their way
out; they had no other alternative.
My troops may sometimes fail in dri-
wing an enemy from a position, but
,he enemy always fails to drive my
men from position" 1t was about
his time that we received the follow
NC letter. from Gen. Lee ~ have
ust received your note informing
ne that you were wounded. / can
not express my regret at the occur
'ence. Could / have directed events
should have chosen, for the good
If our country, to have been disa-
lied in your stead. l congratulate
you upon the victory, which is due
o your skill and energy"
The remaining details of Jackson's
illness and death are known. He
vas removed to Guinea's Depot, on