Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-08-25
The Rebel Yell.
The Music that StOncwall Jackson Loved
About his Dyspepsia.

About his Dyspepsia.
(Col. Kyd Douglcss in Philadelphia Tsmcs.)
l have referred to Maj. Jacllson's
i'll health. It took the form Of dys.
pcpsia, and once during the war,he
told me lie had suffered with it for
twenty years, and he knew cfno
misery which attacked, rs it did, /,
physically, mentally and morally,
and was us likely 70 drive one 10
suicide. It produced in him that
simplicity Of diet which was as con
spicuous as his simplicity Of man
ncrs. lie never was Il hearty eater,
but often ale Of one or two things on
the table plentifully, eating some
things hc did not like and liking
many things he did not cat. In the
army he rarely accepted an invitation
to iii ncr, and when lie did, it was
merely to obligc his staff. lie once
said 10 me that he was iondcr Of
whiSkcy and brandy than any man
in lis army; and yet lie never tasted
il. His discipline commenced with
himself, and he controlled his appe-
Sic aS firmly rs he did his troops.
In face and figure S,oncwall Jack
son was not striking. Above the
average height, with a frame angular,
muscular and ncshicss, he was in all
his move mcnts, from riding horse
to handling Il pen, the most ungracc.
iul man i'll he army. His expression
was thou yhliul, and generally cloud
cd with IN air Of fatigue. His eye
was small, blue, and in rcpose rs
gentle as Il young girls. With high,
broad forehead, small sharp nose,
thin, pal!iI lips, deep set eyes anl
dark, rusty beard, he was not a
handsome man. His face in the draw
ing room or tent, sottcning by his
sw*ct smile, WAS as tiffere ut from
itself on the battle field as little
lake III summer noon differs from The
same when frozen. Walking or ril
ing, The General WAS ungain!y; his
main object was to 60 over ne
ground, without regard to the mau-
nrr Of his going Ills favorite horse
vas rs lite like Pegasus as he was
like Apollo; he rode boldly and well,
but certainly not with grace and ease.
lie was not q man style. General
Lee, OH horseback or off, was the
handsomest man l ever saw. ltis
said Of Wade Hampton that he look
cd rs knightly when mounted as if he
had stepped out from al old canvass,
horse and all. breckenridge was Il
model Of manly beauty, and Joe.
johnson looked every inch soldier.
None Of those things can be said Of
jackson.
Akin to his dyspepsia, and perhaps
rs II consequence, was his ignorance
Of music. One morning, at Ashland,
he startled young lady from her
p.opriety By gravcly asking her if
she had ever heard new piece Of
music called Dixie" and as gravely
listening 70 her while she sang it. He
had heard ii Il thousand time: from
the arm bands, and yet il seemed
new to him. Judged by he Shak-
,pcarcan standard, who could be
mere "!it for treason, stratagcms and
spo'l@ y And yet there was one
Kind Of music which had always
Interested and delighted him. 1t was
the rebel yell" Of his troops. 70
this grand choru he never failed to
respond. The difference between the
regular 'hurrah" OF The Federal army
and the irregular, wild vel of The
Contcdcratcs was rs marked Us the
difference in their uniforms. The
rebel yell was Il peculiar mixture Of
sounds, Il Kind Of weird shout. Jack
son was greeted with il whenever lie
made lis appearance to The troops
on the march or in battIo; and just rs
invariably be would raise his old
gray cap from hi, head in acknow Ie,lg-
mrnt, and his"I.i;tlc Sorrcl," know.