The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-27

! raj officers 10 ride in front Of their lines lat
! Mine kur, in November, 1865, General r.
/ E., Lee, General A. P. Hill, aud General
! Stuart crawled cut. in front of our advance
skirmish line in order to reconnotre the po-
sition of the. enemy and Jackson was ia
nous for it. So that he did nothing out of
! the usual OF der on this occasion, and the Off
! Ger, from whom L get these points is very
| positive that no special orders g to fire on
! horsemrn coming from the direction of the
! enemy" we're given the troops that night.
! When the firing first begun the party were
! sitting tuietly on their horses looking in the
| direc ion of the euemy's lines and eagerly
! listening at the CHATTER of the axes telling
! timber and other noises indicating their
movements. A smattering fire commenced
| on the right POSSIBLY in response to one
| from, the enemy, and Immediately the
| brigade in front of which Jackson's
| paily were quietly sitting on their
horses opened fire upon them with the most
! fatal results. The party at this time consist.
| ed of General Jackson, who received three
! terrible wounds in the arm and hand, and
| whose horse dragged him under the bougb
of tree and lacerated bis face terribly
Captain Wilbourne and Lieutenant Morri.
son, who saved himself from being carried
into the enemy's lines by his frantic horse
By thrswing himself to the ground and suf
feriDS severe bruises; General Hill, who
save himself by jumping to the ground and
lying there till the firing was over; Colonel
! William II. Palmer, whose horse was killed
under him; Captain Forbes, a gallant quar-
termaster, who was serving as volunteer
aid on HIPS ste Il, who was instantly killed
Major Conway Howard, whose horse carried
I into no in q
| Taylor, whose horse, was killed with Ave
bullet.wounds; Sergeant Tucker, who wa;
captured and couriels Muse severely wound
ed aud Sauad ers killed.
The bearing OF Jackson to the rear, TIT
woundng OF A. P. Hill, who sent at once fol
Stuart, the grand attack on the enemy's po
s,tiop, with the walchWord "Charge, ant
remember Jackson" and other interesting
incidents Of this eyentful period, are detailed
in the hooks, and there is not space to repro
duce hem here. ssrg Il.
DR.. ,.'GUiRE's STATEMENT OF THE CIRCrM
@i....l. q STANCES ATTENDING HIS DEATH.
! AsDr. Hunter MEG uire, Jackson's medi
cal dirtctor and trusted friend, has given |
detailed and deeply interesting account o
| bis last hours, which Is not accessible to thl
general public, The following extracts arr
subjoined:
After describing his removal to the rear
! DR.. Mcguire says: His suffering at this TIME
was intense his bands were cold, his Skin
clunmy his face pale, and his lips compress
ed ard bloofless not o groan' escaped him
not sigh OF suffering except the slight cor
rugation Of bis brow, The fixed, rigid face, ant
+the thin lips so tightly compressed that th'
impression of the teeth could be seen through
| them. Except these, he controlled BY hi
I iron will all evidence Of emotion, and, more
difficult thanthis even, be controlled that dis
/ position TO restlessness which many OF VI
have observed on the field of battle attend
! ing great loss Of blood.
After reaching the hospital he wa
placed in bed, covered with blankets, aHe
another drink Of wliiskey and water gipet
him. Two hours aud q halt elapsed befor,
sufficient rtacdon took place to warrant ar
examination. At ao'ciock Sunday morning
Surgeons Black, Walls. and Coleman being
present, / informed him that chloroforn
would be given him and bis wound exam
! lined. told him that ampntation wculs
probably be required, aud asked II 1t wa
/ found necessary whether 1t should be don
at once. He replied promptly, Yes, Ger
tainly Dr.. Mcclure, do for me whateve
you think BEST Chioroform was then ad
mnistered, AMI as he began to feel its effect
aud Its relief. TO the pain he was suffering b
exclaimed, MWhat an infulte blessing an