The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-17
TEh,a.l TEh,.l Rebel Well.

THE Music sTONEwALL JACKSON . LOVED
\ HABoUT HIS DYsPEPSIA.tl~ = : r.ri
[Cs,onel Kyd Douglas in the, Philadelphia Weekly
Times.l . l.,ss.ny 3..4,,.L &.
j have. referred to.Maior Jackson's i'll
health. 1t took the form OF dyspepsia, and
once during the war he told me he had SUI
fered with it for twenty years, and he knew
OF no misery which attacked a man as 1t did,
physically, mentally, and morally, and was as
likely to drive one to suicide: 1t produced
in him that simplicity OF diet which was
as conspicuous as his simplicity. 'of man
ners. He never, was a hearty eater, but
often ate OF one or two things on the table
plentifully, eating some things he did not
like, and liking many things he; did not eat.
In the army he rarely accepted an invita-
tion to dinner, and when ne did it was gen
orally to oblige his staff. He once said to
me that he believed he was fonder OF :Whls-
key and brandy than any man la his army !;
and vet he never tasted it. His discipline
commenced with himself and controlled
t mis- appetite as firmly as he did his troops.
H. In face and figure ,Stonewall Jackson was
not striking, Above the average height,
with frame angular, muscular, and flesh
less, he was in all his movements, from
riding d horse to handling pen. the most
ungraceful man in the army, His express
sion was thoughtful, and generally cloudAed A
with an air OF fatigue. His eye was smail,
blue, and in repose as gentle rs a young
girls. With high, broad forehead, small
sharp nose, thin, pallid hips, deep-set eyes,
and dark, rusty beard, be was not a hand-
some man., His face in the drawing groom
or tent, soitened by his sweet smile,
was as different from itself on the pat
tie-field as q, little, lake In summer noon
II lxo M sfPnZQn
Walking or riding the General was ungainly;
His main object was to 20 over the ground,
without regard to the manner OF his gong.
His fayorites horse was rs little like Pegasus
|as he was like Apollo; he rode boldly and
well, but certainly not with grace. and ease.
He was not IA man OF style. General Lee,
on horseback or: Oh, was the. han dsomest
man ever saw. II was said OF Wade
Hampton that he looked as knightiy when
mounted as il he had stepped out from an
old canvas, horse and Understandings
was q, model .of manly beauty, and Joe
Johnston looked every inch a soldier. None
of these things can be said OF Jackson.
]. Akin to bis dyspepsia, and perhaps as o
consequence, was his ignorance. OF mu-
sic. One morning, at ashland, he startled
q young lady from her propriety by grayely
asking her il she had ever heard Q new
piece OF music called g Dixie" and as
grayely listening to her while shetsang it.
He had: heard II a thousand times from the
army bands, and yet II seemed new to hip.
Judged by the Shaksperean standard, VINO
eot,id he more:5,s.:i fit for. treason, strata-
gems and lspoils ,, Y Z And jet there was
one kind OF music which always interest
ed and delighted him, u ,Was the st e. rebel
yell" OF his troops. no this. grand: chorus
E'be never failed TO respond. The difference
between the regular g hhrrah y of the Fed.
eral army and the irregular, wild yell OF
the Coniederatss was as marked as the diff
ference: In. their uniforms. The, rebel yell
Was peculiar mixture OF sounds; kind OF
weird shout. Jackson WAS. greeted with 1t
whenever he made his appearances TO the
ttrooIs, ON the. march or in battle; and inst
as invariably ,he,, would seize his old gray
cap from his head in acknowledgment. and
his g Little Sorrel, knowing his habit,
would break into 'aagsaiop and never halt
until the shout bad ceased lemsmRsEk one aa
might, at tattoo, this cry broke 9iterrth r tn
the camp OF the StoneWgl brigade, and
WaS taken up by brigadss and divisions,
until IL relied over field and wood through.
ont the whole corps. The General came
hassiiy and lbaTehea5ed from his tent, and
going up to fence near, by, he leaned upon
lftand listened Id quiet 10 the rise, climax,
aud conclusion scf that strange serenade,
lraisilae s,ia bead 10. catch the last sound %
II Prev fainter, and until It died away iikt
an echo along the nsountsins. Then turn
iau toWard HIS tent, sse mnttered IN hal
Ispiiloany I. fThat 'ias the sweetest eniustc
4 ever card .,