The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-01-13
stonewall Jackson.

~ cueIGl OuISOii ONAi' 49,
yefe. furnishes the New York Herald with
the following particulars concerning the
death of@the great Confederate leader:
Having observed your remarks on the
subject Of the death of the rebel General
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, I take the
liberty, Of asking you to -addomy testimo-
ny tosthat ofgothersS 50 that there can
remain no reasonable doubt but that he
was killed by his own troops, and will
make my narrative as short as possible
for your columns. ~,
AT the battle of Charlottesville COM
enandea thesSeconu brigade of theSecond
division of the Third Army Corps, and
our. division was held in reserve near the
charlottesville House until about five
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the I'd of
May, 1868, which was the time of the
furious attack made on the right of oar
line, by jackson, which broke the Eleventh
corps, hurting it back in disorder. We
Were almost Immediately ordered to the
front;to check the attack; of the enemy,
and :deploved in line of battle to the right
of the Orange Court House plank road,
not far from oursfrst position, the enemy
stopping any further advance at that
time. As soon as my line was formed
and pickets thrown out in front OF it, L
rode to the front to inspect the picket
line, rs itzwas my invariable habit to do,
to rectify its positions if necessary. 1t
was how twilight, and a little later the
laoozi,ss light aided the vision to pierce
the darkness of,sthe dense forest in which
was our position. While. engaged in
ehahging the posts Of some of the senti-
nels covering the left front of my line in
com paratiTely clear place near. tho
plank road, Irheard the sound of an ap-
;proaching cavaIaade from the side of the
enemy, which soon appeared, and, the
foremost horseman ,ldetaching himself
from it, came. on alone, SO near that the
seldier nearest me leveled his rife for n.
sirut at shin; but l stopped him from
firing, not wishing to reveal our position.
and Judging him an officer making re-
connoissance, in which caseit would have
been,a 3 useless thing.to kill him-sven if
heacould have hit him in the uncertain
light. After, q few moments, spent appa-
rciitly in trying to pierce the gloom, this
person slowly turned his horse, and the
whole party returned towards tho Con-
federates-atia galIop. The clattcr of the
Ioofs became fainter in the distance, when
suddenly the darkness in that direction
was, lighted up by flash, Succeeded by
theawe1ls known rattle Of volley of mus
lset1yafron at least u battalion, on the.
rightsof thesroad, and after the interval
of about twenty seconds came another
volley from its left. Being apprehensivc
that some of our troops might possibly,
bo:inl that direction, determined to ride
forward-afone and satisfy myself, as, if
called into action, there might be, danger
Of firing upon. our own troops. l did sos
leaving my orderly within my picket line.
Emerging. from the thick underground
upon the road, riderlcss horse dashed
past me towards our lines, and l rcined
up. neara group of three persons, two Of
whom: were supporting the third, who
was stretched on! the ground, apparently
grievously hurt A horse, or perhaps
more than one, were near by, as | saw
Z indistinctly, but whether they were. tied
to trees or held by other persons [ could
not make out. saw at once that these
were Confederates, probably officers, and
visions Of the Libby began to fit through
my. mind at finding myself so near them,
but rejecting that was well armed and
mounted, moreover that | wore private's
gray overcoat and slouched hat, being
common to both parties, sat still, re-
garding' the group in silence, but prepared,
to fly if necessary at the first warning.
The silence was broken by one of the
persons, who seemed to regard me with
surprise, aud, speaking as one having au-
thority, lie directed me "to ride up there
and see. " hat troops those Were," indica-
ting the direction of his army, to which
Isgavca sign of assent, and, too happy to
escape, L rode in that direction until out
of sight of the group, wheH, making a
circnit, I returned within my own lines.
Just as reached our picket line the Fed
eral section of artillery posted on the
plank read commenced firing, and could
plainly hear the grape crashing through
the. limbs of the trees near the point /
had left. found my brigade engaged in
strengthening their position by a rude
line of abatis in preparation for the bat
tie. That night two officers Of my br-
gade-Lieutenant Colonel Holt and Cap
tain Hugo, of the Seventh New York
crawled on all-fours within the enemy's
lines, and captured several prisoners, from
whom l extracted the information that
Rhodes division of Jackson's corps lay
in our front, and one of them, an officer,
gave me, upon a sort Of cross-examina-
ton, some interesting details. At early
daylight next morning Sunday, May 3d,)
the enemy commenced q vigorous attack
upon our line, which being unsupported,
although thousands of fresh troops lay
within half musket-shot, was forced, after
gallant defence and heavy losses, to re-