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

of Lees old veterans as they think even at
this day Of the glorious campaign which fol-
lowed; of how our great chieftain sent Jack.
son to meet the advance Of the .braggart
Pope, and haIdle his old friend Banks so
roughly at Cedar Run mountain OF how
Jackson executed his brilliant movement to
Pope's rear, and forced him despite his
general orders) to have sone regard 10 lines
of retreat; OF how General Lee came up
with the rest Of the army and crushed Pope.
on the pIairs o Manassas OF our milch into
Maryland; Of JatkSon'S capture OF Harpef's
Ferry with eleven thousand prisoners, sew
rnty :three pieces of artillery, Sc. of Sharns-
burg, where, With less than thirty thousand
men OF all arms, we met McCle:lln's eighty
seven thousand and successfully resisted
cve!y-attack ard Fredericksburg, where.
on The 18Th of December, the glorious cam
paigu was closed with another splendid vic
tory on the plains which northern writers
have APPLY named BmnS'de'S slaughter
pen.'
Jackson greatly enjoyed the rest of several
months which followed: but Hooker. who
succeeded Burnside, and bad SO incrt ased the
numbers and efficiency Of his command un-
til he boosted lbat it was "tbe finest army
! on the planet" begun on the 2Sth of April,
1868, movement which added Chancellors.
vile to the long list Of Confederate victories
but deprived us Of tie priceless services Of
] .cksoD. With 5000 men safely across The
river at Fredericksburg and 10000 entrench-
ed at Charlottesville, besides Stoneman's
! cavalry, which he had sent to break up QUE
RAILROADS, while General Lee had only about
45, 900 men of all arms, it did really seem
that there was some ground for Hooker's
boast in bis general order 10 bis troops ::
, "The enemy must either ingloriously fly, or
! come out from behind his defeEces and give
! us battle on our own ground, where certain
destruction awaits him." Az.A
But be 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 had never failed TO
follow where he led. That brilliant move
! ment Of Jackson to Hooker's flank and rear
| followed, and our great chieftain fell in the
full tide OF what he regarded as the most sue
cessfnl military movement of his life. lie
said after he was wounded: /" If had not
been wounded, or had IAN hour more of day.
light, would have cut off the enemy from
the road to the United States ford I; we would
have had them entirely surrounded, and they
would have been obliged to surrenderor cut
their way ont. Ttey had no other allerna-
tive. My troops may sometimes fail In drig.
ing the enemy from a position, but the enc
my always fail to- drive my men from posi-
tien." sE 80 sts 3s.n sf...gses., -6i g,.s.
a gallant gentleman who served on the
staff of General A. P. Hill has recently
given me a somewhat 10 - s;ste
NEW VERSION OF TIE woUSDISG OF JACKSON,
which has never been in print, and which I
will give in detail: While General Rodps's
division was pressing the enemy in line OF
J. battle A. T.. Hills division was moving in
column to their support, and General Hill
and his staff rode TO the front to assist in
relieving the confusion which had nects.
sariiy ensued from charging through the
thick undergrowth. After the pursuit had
ceased, and Hill's division was moving for
ward to relieve Rodes, the enemy opened a
very severe fire of artillery from some thirty
pieces; and just alter this Hill mel 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 Indicated,
8; Press them and cHt them Of from the
United States ford. 2 Hill replied 8. Gene.
raj, am entirely unacquainted with the to-
biography of this country. Have you an Off.
Ger who could aid me ?o Jackson then di.
rected Captain sWell, Of his stnf, to report
to. General Hill, and he himself rode on
down the road through the lines, and about
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