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

Jackson's eyes glfnereQ Oeneatn ;n.s Wv :;
clr a we win give them the bayonets.
1t was then that Bee, about TO yieio Up nls
noble life, aailoped back TO his broken hn INT
and reused them BY exclaimiDg hany ~.
hind the Yirgipians. There stands Jacks s.a
Ike u stone wdH. Let Us determine 20 oIe
here and we shall conquer. Ine prlaaue
ceiyed It officially on the S0th Of May, 1863, as
the following order will show:
ApyUrANr AND INsPECTo.RGENERALs
OpFIcE, May 30, 1883.
Speciol Orders No: 100.
/ XVIII. The following resolution mas Deen
submitted to the Secretary OF War from tne
officers and soldiers Of the bfigade iormerty
commanded by Lieutenant-Generai l no 10 ~
j. Jackson
"Resolued, That in accordance with Gen.
eral Jackson's wish and the desire OF t9Is
brigade to honor its first great comnaneer
the Secretary of War be requested 10 ofuer
Is s,onev7ali Brigade and that In thus form
.llv odonting q title which Is inseparably
connected with bis name aud fame we VIII y.
strive ir render ourselves more Wortny u az
by emulating his virtues. ana, NE nl.,, ae'
fare ,,s Of securing to our beloved country
,he blessings of peace and independence"
xix. The Department cheerfully acqul.
ICES IN the wish thus expressed, and directs
that the brigade referred to be hereafter
designated as the "STosEwALL BRIGADE"
n comments the spirit which prompts the
reouest, and trusts that the zeal and devo-
ton. the patience and courage OF the fallen
hero. whose name and title bis earlier com.
panions.in.arms desire 80 appropriately 70
honor and preserve, may attend and animate
not oply the "S.onewaiI," but each brigade
and eyers soldier 10 the armies OF the South
nov struggling to drive back from their Dor.
ders an implacable and barbarous invader.
Ry command of the Secretary Of War.
JOHN WrTHERs,
Assistant Adjutant General.
.Tnckson,s Division was organized In the
Valley in the spring Of 1852. and was com.
posed of the Stonewall brigade, the Second
Virginia brigade (Jones's), and the Third
Virginia brigade (Taliaferro's), with the
Louisiana brigade of General Starke after.
wards added.
ErePs Division joined Jackson at the
opening of his famous Valley campaign, and
was composed of Elzey's afterwards Early's)
brigade, and Trimble's brigade, and Hays's
brigade. Lawson's Georgia brigade was
added after seven days. battles, and other
changes made.
Jackson's Corps was organized after the
battles around Richmond, and consisted OF
Jackson's Old Division.
E,celrs Diuisfon.
q. P. HIPS Diu,sion.
D.H. HIPS Dipision.
Colonel Crutcbfield, and afterwards. Gen.
eral A. l.. Long, commanded the artillery OF
the corps.
The StonewaIi Band.
The StonewalI Band was organized In the
wear 1856. in the town of StauutoD, as the
!" Mountain Sax Horn Band" under the
leadership of Professor a. j. Turner, with q
membership of thirteen, and remained un.
der that organization until the year 1857,
| when it procured set of silver instruments,
and the name then changed to "Turner's
silver Correct Band" At the commence
ment of the war, members Of the band be.
longing to the various military organizations
| went into the army with their respective
lcommands, and so remained until the re-
organization of the army. In the month OIL
NAV. 1862. at Swift Bun Gap, when they
were regularly detailed as the Fifth Virgins
Regiment Band, under the command OF the
Iamented Colonel William S. d. Baylor; anc
It remained In that capacity until by genera
order of General Stonewali Jackson it wat
constituted the Brigade Band, and followed
) the fortunes of the Captain and bis success
ors until the surrender at Appomattox, or
, the 10Th day Of April, 1865. Of the origina
J members of the band all are yet living ex
cept William E. Woodward, who was killed
! ia the ranks OF the West Augusta Guard
one of the companies Of the Fifth Virgin:
regiment, of which he was member. at tht
first brittle of Manassas, on Sunday the 2is
day OF July, 1861, and Horace N. Stoddard
who died at bis home, 10 Staunton, on th'
Goth day of December, 1867, of disease con
tracted in the army. Since the close of TIT
war the band has been re0rganized with thu
remaining original eight members and thu
addition of thirteen new members. a
present it is ia AourishiDg condition, un
der the leadership of Professor A. j. Turner
d who was its Instructor In It's incipiency anG
leader before the wnr and during the memo
rable DAYS of 1s61-'62- '63, when he wa
compelled to leave the army, and was sue
ceeded By Professor z. T. Barnitz, who wa
! its accomplished head until the surrender a
lAppomattox.
II A visit to their neat and commodious hal
) will not be unin eresting. 1t is fitted vi
, comfortably and tastefully, with q superb
!, Observation-Disclosures piano and varlou
: pictures, prominent among them one 0
! General r. E. Lee and Stonewall jackson
the latter surrounded 6y the old var instru
ments, which the members sacredy preserv
as a relic OF the Lost Cause and under til
picture of Stonewall Jackson the word
"Brigade Band" The old instrument
; have been replaced by an elegant set OF mes
, ones. There Is now not only the old ban'
, re0rgonzed, bat most excel emit orebestr
organized from its membership by Professo
Turner.
IL "stonewall Jaekson's Way.
Every soldier of the Army Of Norther
. Virginia remembers the camp.song Stone
, lines dear and familiar to the suryiyiD
heroes Of the Stonewall brigade. Thes
, verses were generally believed to have bee
: l,found, stained with blood. in the breast OF
= dead soldier of the old StoneWali brigsd'
after one of Jackson's battles in the Shenas
: doah Valley
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