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

us battle on our own ground, where certain
destruction awaits him."
But he had not counted on the bold stra-
tegy of Lee, the splendid executive ability Of
Jackson, or that" array of tattered uniforms
but bright muskets" who bad never failed TO
follow where be led. That brilliant move
OF Jackson to HookeI'5 fink and rear
followed, and our great chieftain fell in the
full tide of what he regarded as the most sue.
cessfu military movement OF bis life. He
said after be was wounded: IF / bad not
been wounded, or bad an hour more of day
light, wonld bave cut off the enemy from
the road to tbe Unitcd States ford We would
have had them entirely surrounded, and they
would have been obliged to surrender or cut
their way ont. Trey had no other alterna-
tive. My troops may sometimes fail In driy.
ing the enemy from position, but the ene-
my always fail to drive my men from posi-
tior."
A gallsnt gentleman who served on the
staff OF General A. p. Hill has recently
given me somewhat
NEW VERSION OF TIE woUSDISG OF JACKSON,
which has never been in print, ard which
will give in detail: While General Rodps's
division was p essing the enemy in line OF
battle 4. i. Hi's division was moving in
column TO their support, and General Hill
and bis staff rode to the front to assist in
relieving tie confusion which baG rec,s.
! sariIy en,ued from charging through the
thick undergrowth. After the pursuit had
ceased, and Hil's division was moving for.
ward TO relieve Eodes, the enemy opened
very severe tire of artillery from some thirty
pieces; and just after this Hill met Jackson
in the turnpike, and received from him the
characteristic order, twice repeated, and
with General Jackson's peculiar wave
of The hand in the direction irdicated,
6: Press them and cut them off from the
Unit.d States ford" Hill replied: Scene.
! ra', AN entirely unacquanted with the to-
biography Of this country. Have you an ON.
Ger who could aid me?" Jackson then di.
rected Captain Boswell, of bis staff, to report
10 General Hill, and be himself rode on
down the 70 through the liuea, and about
| fifty to sevehty-tive yards in front OF them.
) Nv informant thinks that there was with
Jackson at this time none of his staf, and
only one of the signal corrs; but it would
! seem. from other accounts, that he was at
! least ioiued soon after by Captain Wilbourne
and Lieutenant Morrison, of his staff. The
! coutiouity of the Confederate lines to the
Federal lines at this time was sbowD by the
! fact that some OF Lanes Dr!Sade OF 6llfs
! corps brought in Federal colonel, who said
! that he stepped in front Of bis lines and only
came few teet before be found himself ID
ours. As soon as General Hill saw Jackson
| ride in front Of bis lines he felt 1t bis duty,
as subordinate, to join him, and accordingly
he also rode forward, accompanied by seye.
raj of his st.f AID couriers.
ItwisnoL an unusual hing for our gene
raj Officers 10 ride 10 front Of lneir Ilaes (at
Mine Rur, in November. 1863, General r..
Z. Lee, General a. P. Hill, and General
Stuart crawled out in trout OF our advance
skIrmish line in order to reconnoitre the po-
sition of the enemy, and Jackson was IA
| nous for it. So that be did nothing out OF
the usual order on this occasion, and the ON.
Ger from whom get these points Is very
positiye that no special orders . to nre on
/, horsemen coming from the direction Of .ne