The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-10-29
THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.
NEW ORLEANS, oct. II, 1879.

notice quoted Il short statement from 4
Bowling Green (KyD paper, giving
the origin of the name Stonewall
Brigade" which is erroneous, rs well
| AS the incident relative to the ConfcCte-
| rate battle flag, which does not apply
] to Gen. II. j. Jackson, but to Col. II.
r. Withers, of the - Virginia Regi-
| ment, now one of the distinguished L.
S. Senators from that State. The COR
| rect version of both incidents is as fol-
lows:
During the battle of Muntl,ssus,
about II o'clock, n. NJ, when that
gallant AMI mcritoriouS officer, isriEu-
der General Bernard Il. Rec, was en-
deslvOring to rally his troops in the
small valley in rear of the Robinson
house, he noticed Juckson's brigade,
which had just arrived aud taken posi-
ton Il little in the rear of him, in IL
col'se of small pines bordering the edge
of the plateau where was about to be
fought the first great battle Of the war.
Bee finding that his appeals were I'M
needed by his brave but disorsanizcd
troops, then said to them: Rally,
men, rally! Sec Jackson's brigade
standing there like Il stone WALL"
Those words gave the Appreciation to
that brigade, and thence to its heroic
commander.
The other incident occurred at the
delivery Of the Confederate battle flags
to my forces ut CcntcrVittr, in the
autumn OF 1871. Many of these tiuss
had been made from ladies' rcd silk
dresses, some OF which were mucl,
faded, but nevertheless highly ,,ppre-
ciated by our troops. Tho brigade had
been drawn up in columns of regiments
on the plateau of Ccntcrvillc, around II
small! elevation, where were stacked
all the flags for distribution. The
colonies of regiments marched to the
front and formed Il line near the coiors.
After addressing II few remarks to thcs.,
officers, l handed each one, in Success
sion, flag; when l came to Col.
Withers, he remarked: "Gencr,l it is
nearly white, and may he htisttkcu for
flag of truce" ! answered at once:
" Then, sir, dye it in the blood of our
enemies" which he promised, laugh
ingIy, to do. But he had occasion to
dye it more than once i'm his own gal
liant blood, and finally he was so DIES
perately wounded that lie had to l,c
put on post duty towards the end of the
war. q. ~. BEAuHEGA I,u.
A Northern man emigratcl to South
Carolina three years ago for the benefit
of his health. He now writes to the
Country gentleman long account of
his observations, from which we ex-
| tract the following closing paragraph,
pertinent to the times:
Financially the farming had bee,,
successful. Best of all, my health was
completely restored, my lungs pro-
nonnced sound again by the highest
,0x1sn
stranger among II recently-cOnqucrcd
people, had made many valued friends.
Never during these years has any dis
courtesy been shown, but on the con
trary, kindness, as unexpected as il
was welcome, was lnvishcd upon me.
During illness in my E,mily, Il Southern
lady came to our home, amt remained
nursing and housekeeping for more
than two months, "bccnu1r," She said,
'sI could not bear to think OF you all in
trouble, SO far from your relatives, with
no one to help you :" and to this day
she makes light of the service, and
claims to have "cnioycd the visit.'
This is our experience with our white
ncighbOrs.
"How about the blacks :" some one
will ask. If carefully selected, and
properly treated, they are very good
servants, possessing, in many instan
| ces, the rare quality of personal attach
mcnt and devotion. the generation
now growing, up will not be- ITS rt.iiuhlc,
! as truthful, or as honest ns are the cx-
slaves. The schools have given then,
the "littIc learning" always so danger
Gus; through their newspapers they
have been made restless and rlcasttrc-
loving, and the few educated Sptwi-
mems that have yet appeared have