The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30
Zee and Jackson at the Battle OF the
ChicehOminY:


Zee and Jackson at the Battle Of the
Chicahominy.
In the article Uf gfeate>f Interest to Amer.
can readers in the Edinburgh RerIe,r for
April is the following description Of the in
tervipw between General Lee and Stonewal
Jackson, dliring the battle of the Chicka-
honiny "a few minutes more, and the GAL
lant soldier himself appeared on the scene
and rode up to greet Lee, chcered by Long
streets men, already veterans enough in war
to understand what h,s coming meant.
Nothing, it has been said, Of this first meet
ing of these great soldiers on the battle
field could be in more striking con-
tlaSt than the appearance and manner Of
the two. Handsome in fare and figure.
finely mounted, 4 graceful rider, C;tlnl-yisaged
and carefully dressed, Lee presented the
6edn 'deGt Of the commander whose
outward bearing cap;iyated the soldiers eye.
His famous lieutenant rode, apparently by
choice. an ill-groomed. rawboned horse, and
sat so short-stirruped as TO give his figure
the most awkward appearance. An old
cadets cap, evidently Il relic Of the college
prOlc.scrship he had not long siuce lett, was
drawn down over bis eyes. His coat wa:
words were ierkcd ont in short, abrupt sen
lenccs, between which he sucked the lemon
which was. lis usual, his sole rctrcshmcnt
during his days wurk. Yet each already
understood the other, and valued him ut his
| true worth. "That + Il heavy fire down
hA, oudcr.' said Lee, IL the Federal guns
opened in reply to .Jack>on'$. Can your
men stand it?" "They can stand al
| most anything. They can stand that was
| tile emphatic reply; aud after few word,
| of order and rXpl nutiOn he left his chief
| 10 lead on the attack. This was decisive.
aided Is it WAS by fresh advance ~ the
troop< before engaged. The FederalS were
turned. oycrmalchcd, and driven from their
position, and before dark the shattered re-
mains of Porter's force we've crossing the
| Cbckahominy in hasty retreat. Lees first
battle. i'm fact, was striking success. and as
we'll earned aS any of the more famous vic
tories in after days. which have been 80
| widely studied and so often rNioi!ed. No
| word hcnrpiorward from his Government ul
auy want of confidence in bis powers or
| tear of his over-cauliun. From that hour
| Inc became the most trusted Is well rs the
most noted General Of the Contederacy. "
to bis >oIdiery, his hardy bearing, free SELF
exposure. and constant presence near Their
ranks. completed the Influence gained by
thai power of combining their force to ad-
vantage. which they in~tinctiyely felt with
out fully understanding. From man TO
man flew the story ot the hour. The sub
t.e Influence of sympathy, which wlnS
many hearts for one. WAS never more rap
idy exercised. Like Napoleon, his troops
soon learned to believe him equal TO every
emergency that war could bring. Like Han
nihal, he could speak lightly aud calmly at
the graycst moments. being then himself
least grave. Like Raglan, he preserved Il
sweetness of temper iImt no person or cir
clm>ianrrs could rutllc. Like CrSar, he
mixed with the crowd of soldicry freely,
and never feared that his position would be
forgotten. Like Blllchcr, his one-rccngniZcd
fault was that which tn" soldier readily Tor
| givcs--a readiness to expose his life beyond
the proper limlatiun- permitted hy modern
war to The commlndcriil-chei. What
wonder, then, if he thcnceiorward COM
nnnded an arlny in which each man would
have died fOr HIM; an army from which his
p1rting Wrung tears more bitter than any
the fall of their cause could cNt1rt: anarmy
which followed him. after three years ot .lo-
riouS vicissitlldeS. into private life, without
one thought of further resistance against the
fate to which their adnrcd chief yielded
without Il mu!mur.'