The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-26

heard General Esell remark to bis CHIEF OF
staff, who vas goirg TO Stanton on lew
days' leave OF absence, that he need not
hurry back, as the army would rest there
eight or ten days before sweeping down tne
Valley again." The next morning at day
break Jackson put bis army in motion LOT
Richmond, leaving brigade of cavalry 70
watch the enemy, who were in sucn pro.
found ignorance Of his movements tnat Ut
the very time he was laundering on McC,ei'
lan's right flank they were enlrehcI,us
against an expected attack from nun. oui
own army ard people were in The same leuos,
rance. At Charlottesville it was eHpec.ea,
that We would turn eff through GreeIie auo
Madison counties. At Gordobspliie u IiTsoI
teriau minister at whose house 0enefa' o'eh.
son made bis headquarters, toid me a' q
secret not to be breathed, that We were W
" march at daylight The next mornluS Iol
Cuioeper Courthouse to intercept coiun, :,
of the enemy coming across the mouhtaios'
At Hanover junction we eXpectcu W heau
towards Fredericksburg 10 meet Mc,o"..',
and it was only on the day on when Tue
great battles begun that the men Degan ~
Gee what old Jack was AFTER" ana REM tne
mir with shouts of anticipated victory, uen'
eral Jackson bimselt. accompanied only oy
| single guide, left the army at freuelich's
| Hall. Louisa county, about midnight (mlss-
| ing The elegant breakfast which gentiem I'D
sent for him the next morning to partake OH
and rode on horseback TO Richmond. press
ing several horses on the way from cltlZans,
who grumbed l)udly at having to give up
their horses to ",hat COURIER" l'ltle sus-
| Meeting who he was or the great mission ne
was on.
Il is said that on this march Jackson met
one of Hoods men struggling from the road,
and asked him "whcrc he was going"
81 do not know, sir" promptly responded
| the Texan.
"Wbat command do you belong to y"
81 DO not know, sir"
| "Whst state are you from Z"
| "Don'L know, sir"
| SWELL" said the General, little lmpa-
| tently, " what do you know" -,
"Notbiug at all, sir, on this march, LOT Ola
StoncwalI says we must be Hno"-nothlDgs
ill after the next battle, and am not gorg
| to dsobey orders"
I remember the establishment exhibited by
| staff officer captured by some Of my regi-
| mant the morning of the great battle OF
| Gaiues's Mill when told that we belonged to
"Jackson's army"
81 thought" said be, "that Jackson was
in the Valley. All is lost if be is here"
Just before the battle Of Cedar Run Noun
tain General Ewcl rode up to the house CT a
citizen whom he knew we'll, while the troorS
we're lYipe in the road awaiting orders, and
asked
"Dr. -. can you tell me which way we
are going!"
That question should like to ask you,
| General. if it we're proper one."
| IL ledge you my word" slid the Gene.
raj, THAI ] do not know whether we will
| maich north, south, east, or west. General
Jackson ordered me TO have my division
| ready to move, and That is generally as mucn
as | know of his plans
His march TO Pope's rear was so rapidly
and so secretly made that the authorities at
| Washington thought it mere raidng party,
ard sent up one brigade to disperse the
"raiders."
So secretly did be execute bis great flank
| movement at charlottesville t at Hooker
| thought him Sin full retreat on Richmond"
and WIS Just about to begin hot pursuit.
when Howard's Flying DutchmeE an
nounced his true whereabouts.
| A Federal colonel who was guarded to
| Richmond after this battle by friend OF The
| writer's said that Just before Jackson's guns
| were heard bis surgeon offered 10 bet one
| hundred dollars "that Jackson would turn
| no in The rear lie at once took the bet, in
| the firm conviction that such move was i'm
| possible but it bad hardly been closed when
firing opened in The rear, 4 Confederate yell
| rose above the din Of battle, "HoWard's Ely.
| ing Dutchmen rushed peIl-mel from the
woods, ragged rebel demanded his surren.
| der, and the surgeon claimed the stakes.
After the rest of General Lees army had
| crossed the mountains to East Virginia. in
the autumn of 80, friend told the writer
that "Jackson's corps would certainly win,
ter in the Valley, for the General bad rented
q house for bis family" We marched at
| aybreak the next morning for East Fir.
! giDia, and the glorious battlefield OF first
Fredericksburg.
| jackson seemed to penetrate the plans OF
| the enemy, and to be cosuizant of their
| every move by intuition. During the march
to Hooker's' rear he said suddenly to Rev.
B, f. Lacy, who was acting as his guide:
"As soon as the enemy miss me from their
front they will send column to the plank
road. wish you to guide two brigades TO
tuat point, that they may be ready to meet
| the enemy and cover my movement" The
order was executed, and the brigades had
| barely cot into position when they
we've attacked at the very point which
Jackson had indicated. He was remark
able for the short, cool orders which he
rave upon the battlefield. Just before the
| battle of Cedar Run Mountain Colonel Pen.
delon IA gallant young off 'er Of Jackson's
staff rode up TO General Early, whose bri
eadc was in advance, and said: "Gener.
Jackson sends his compliments, and says adj.
| vance on the enemy" On the same occasion
a 0uartermaster who General Ewel had mel
on the field and pressed into ssryicc on BIZ
staff rode up to General Jackson and said:
"General EweIl's mpliuents, and says be
is ready" " General Jacksou's compliments
and tell him to proceed" was the lacouic re.
ply; and thus opened that battle. which shed
lustre on the Confederate arms. At Goa
Harbor, on the memorable 9th OF June
1862, after be had gotten his corps in posi-
ton, the great chieftain spent Il fe"
moments in earnest prayer, and Their
said quietly to one OF his staff
"Tell General EHell to drive the
enemy" Soon the terrible shock of battle
was joined, and he sat quietly on his ole
sorre sucking a lemon and watching through
} his glasses the progress Of the fight. Pre-
, sently staff officer Of General Ewell gal
loped up and exclaimed, General E@el
says, sir, that 1t is almost impossible for him
to advance further unless that battery 1point
ing to i'll is silenced.' $50 tell Major An.
drews to bring sixteen pieces of artillery tc
bear on that battery and silence it immed
ateIy" was the promp! rep'y. SION the bat.
terry was silenced. Now" said the General
"lel General Ewei to drive them; aud
right nobly did EweIl and his gallant mer
obey the order. During the hottest of the
fire on that memorable day General Lee Chi:
noble spirit stirred within him at the slaugh
ter OF hts meD) turned to Jackson and excaim