, 1869-12-24
STOHEWALL JACKSON.
Who Killed Him IA Rentniscenc CO
oIthc War.

Who Killed Him IA Renainiscexc CO
otthe War.
AohRHEowN, n. T., Dec. ID, 1863,
10 he Editor nJ the .St.7 York 7i1.es;
OF tse aeste q sse rsbe ac1es @ 10 raomss SoSass
Jonathan Jacfeop, take the liberty Of asking
!ou e ada ~ testimony to that o1 o.hett %
that he wss Killed BY his own tsoops and viii
male ny narrative ~ Abort "a possible for your
Al he battle OF ctanceitoray[lle commanded
the setttd Brigade Q! the seo?9d Dlyis,oR Of the
Third ATTY sEc.ls, and cur d1sis1oa was held In
fessfve neas the Ghauce1lorzvlue House nnt1
%sT 1eta eoSk % sa!nrday sferaoon tee "a q
which broke the Eleventh Corps, hurllng Il back
oe.ed 10 lie 1rnus to checr TIC sstacT Of tss enc
lhe Hxht q tae Orange Gourt Hoase
tnc enemJ stopping anJ further ad!aoce Il
that time AZ soon n my ltne was formed
and pcfels thrown out In front Of ii, role 10 mo
front to !ntptcs The picket line, 81 u wAa ny fu-
necessary. II waa nov tvtnEhi and a little later
essfness o se dense foer IL vncp eaT oas
& soa Of tne sentinel covering lie Iii fross of
PLANK road, head tns sound of ~ appro,cnins
cG1aicade nom The 1de Of the eneu1I.
nan a'sn snU5 'I @ !oe e s 7se
10 Leaf that The soldier rest me lerel!ed his ride
Tor ehot At him bat stopped him from nzinx,
hin ~ ofIlcer maeiDe . recone o,ssance, ID Wbich
cafe II would hare been a uaeleaa thing to Etli
him-even he could hare hit him IN Inc nncef-
cLtl5 IN trying TO pierce the gloon, this petsou
SLOWLY tnrned his horse, and the whole psrty re.
lr1ned loMard the ConicderateA u a Fallop. The
tan &C, When suddenly the dnrkuess IN ihat dIrcc-
uou Eas BtEhted up by dash, succeeded
,IIerrai of about twenty seconds caue another
rome OF our troop might pos41oly be IN tnas d.
rection. determined 70 ride forward aloue, aud
.sttsI InIeel a. Il called tato act!on there might
leasli Z M orderly 1sthu ny picket lie. Emeix.
Ing from the thick underEroWth upon the road,
1!deEless home dasned past me torA,1s our lines,
TWO Of whom were supporting the third, who WI
stretched en- the ground, apparently gl!evou,1y
nearby. - Nv inalssiDcti,, bns wnetner taeI @
| were lied 10 trees or held BY other pe,sons
could not maize onr saw At
ably otneers, and Visions Of the l.hbJ bcyaa 10 DIT
tnseuRa MT n!od At nndtDg myself 70 near taeu,
but ttnecslEg that waa well armed and mounted,
and slonched nat, which ware common 10 sotn
patrIes skt stu, regarding the group In A.cnce,
S by q oss se u IL asq
.ons, who seemed TO regard me Win surprise. snd,
tneakisg As ore having authority, he directed ms
were, " indtcatieR the direction d bil asmy, 10
s gf IF sss. a1s ssa ea'Py
own i,sss. lust ss ! reached or or ptcse.
| pi1i Tosd commenced nr.na. aud cou:d pla,nly
! hear The Krspc 9asnIn through the l1moa or the
Trees near The point bad left found my brigade
ftne d apstta tn preparation for Ihe barrie That
night Two tntrepi on1ces1 Of my hEsEade-Le1-
sseDe ~. Mo a5d g.g9 n M1E 4, q ne
within the enemyj tines hnd captured several
prisoner, from whom extracted the inio,uatIon
front; aud one OF them, m otdeer, gave NE, upon
kort Of otcross-e1afnnst,ou, sone Interesting de-
tsiA Al ear'y daylight the next morning tS1u-
| tack uFon our Inc, which, brlpR unsupported, a.
| tboIRh thousands nt tresh troops LAY within half
.na sn0E rs e ser saan FL ,;s asia9ss
Afoa, fortnight Afterwards. at the camp 1t
detailed aecount Of the death Of stoueHan Jsck-
| son, And tht circumstances or his rece1vtug n4
roane r9a a1s ,d,n = sle;s 70 me- = e, .aas
| and thAt be va killed bJ hu own men. Other
Confederate ACCOUNTS mention "some ons was
loekrg on mottoa!ess and si.enI" Tue pnkno1 "a
indas1duA VAS clsa N dark tzeA st,ulety re-
tsmE!tcE sce Federal uniform. hot II seemed I'm
pe4nbe taA ne cnaia nave peoesta;so t1 1ntt
fpot T1tnoIt being ascovefeo, ana what louo rod
seen Cd 70 peose thAs he belonged TO the coafed-
et1teA captain uoedfne oHecsed hlto TO fde
| mp Sncfe a1d see what Hpops mass were, p
Epon which the stranger Alowiy rpde IN
The erection ptAnted out bot DeTer returned
NTH my Answer. Who this silent pe9sohaEe
VIA Is le9t TO postts1fJ, &C. A. Vel kncH
[ S:oteEAu Iac13oo from The time Of the Mexican
NAr, could not hAst failed 70 reoogQi1e hin had
| "IteISkxed" hlm On THIS occA4xu, which
would. however, have resulted n1oat dlaaxreelhl}
| 10 At leas. one Of The nAr tiesa 4adk for which
| AEai m{tef OF the present occ1S.du 10 heartily
| thAnI : Captain Wttboorne " for tartngavcE1sd
| by hl1 oppottune command, hoping ne Wtu eK.