The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-11-20
AsToNEwALL JAcKsoA's wAY.t
A cpSFEDERATE SING THAT MADE ITS
a MABK INTIIR wuKID. ss

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"Sionewnli jackson's wayn WAS written
ut Oakland, Allegheny County. Md; al-
n,si wiIhln hearing of the guns of Ansj.
etan. AIrnit tri, days afIerihai battle IL
first appeared III ihc columns of tie Bali
timorr R7atbHroH 10y the anihorl, hea-
! died.: "F,nlnd on the body of a Sergeant
of The OLD sionrwall Brigade. killed al
4ssNinrhesier" Tir original c,ny had
dropped from I,ir packet In tile heart of
| the Federal encampmrnt NJ Antiriar,. lac
heing then a special correspondent of
Northern journal.
Taken from the Republican. the song
was at once set 10 music, aud Published
simultaneously l,y two in,lsic dealers IL,
Baltimore, lut with different airs. The
one 10 which II was popularity sung
tl,rougilont Virginia, aud especially in tie
| Confederate army 10 the valley. was COM
! l,s,sr,i by young Frederick Beilt--, re-
I rnnrkaLie musical genius, wliose early
death wis nst only y private but pablic
loss. The .-ympat!sizers''0 Baltimore
caught the tune as eagerly ms they had
that Of "My Maryland;;" hut their enthn-
sia-n, u,rt Will, rude che, AT the hai.,ls
of the reiaiing provost marshal, who
seized and burned the sheets. destroyed
the plates. and cauieriztd the wound IN.
fiicle,l upnu loydl hearts by applying
red hot oati, Of allegiance To srvtrai Of the
music sellers 10 that city. ........
Inev-ry printed collection Of the Iso-
ems audi, ligs or The war this one hns been
awarded a prominent place aud almost
every compiler has soiil I,i for information
i concerning its mipin aud aail,orship. At
nne lime The title oi the stils was used A. a
handy newspaper phiase io describe tie
characteristic exploits nf the hero; aud
''StnnrwalT Jacksnn's Way" appeared at.
the head of reports aud editorials IN The
Southern press. .-" "'"'
As Hu example ~ oftheintereSf n aroused.
we may niention that Dr. Oliver Wrn,isii
Holmes. in his lively lecture on tIe
''Songs of the War;" sloke Of ..Slonewaii
Jackson's Way" ~ by far the hest song
that had come from the rebel side Ano-
ther writer cites II M n fue example Of the
true aud stirring ballad. comparing u with
! whitiIer's well-known "Barhara Frist-
chic" A leading New York journal once
characterized IL as "bailai that will live
~ long NJ the waris reniemhered:" and
PnInam's Monthly inas twice painted To
! II n genuine inspiration. Nor has its
fame been confined Ia :his country. A
litriary nobleman Of E..gIand wr"te 10
M American iset requesting him to pro-
cute, if IHesible, AN autograph c'Py of the
sohg. !. ~e@#=s .s.--E @s '-.i-
but tile song had already gone thrnugli
| "Ihe lines" IL was re- printed IN Rich
n,"ud and gaily sing hy every women
aud child in the valley af Virginia. Is.
perially hy the admirers of Cei,-rsI Jeb
Stuart, With whom u was favorite dlty.
Once the aullmr in passing aI"ne aud oy
night fr"m General breckenridge army
ttlirn lying near waalstotk) Ia R'cl.
mnn,i. was arrested NJ Gordnnville as
Federal spy, and while guarded ly lwo
senirir~ in the public ron ofan Inn. was
rrcagnize,i hy stranger n Tie man who
wTute "sSt"newall Jacknn's Way
lnerery place u has npi~ared anony-
murlsly excerpt In Miss Mason's compila-
1 linn. published IL Baltimore. By her II
u prron-'nIsIy. ,lescril,sd to me DE
! Rivierr." OF course it, text. 10y frequent
rrprInting, has suffered much damage at
the hands of The printers proof readers.
With the exception ~ the original draft
IN tile old RepuhIican. aud . cnpy
| furnished long afterwards hy the New
| York Round Tahle, tile one here given h
ll,e only correct copy ever produced. s
In Virginia the authorship has com.
nnnI; been at:riLuiel To u very uncertain
"lady.' Tie legitimate parent of tie sang
: n we'll known journalist aud magazine
writer, formerly .. Baltinore. whose
name is familiar 10 the readers ofthe A.
ianiic Alouihly. aud many ladies' aud
gentleman of that city are cnrnizant of
The facts here first made iablic setting
forth the true story of "Siunewall jack
sons Way" asega aa II @rt*"@& #@=#
sOSYwAI.. JacKsoS's way. @z
Gan,r. stack arms. meni Pile on the ridls.
Stir up the camiriire brighli
M matirr " the canirea faiis-- .s'.. IN.
Wen make u ruaring night.
Here Shenandoah brawls alung. =.
There buriy Blue Ridge echoe- strong.
To swell the bridges rolising sopy
OfStnnewali Jacksnn's way.
We we him now; tile queer slouchei Int
tirked o'cr his eye Askss; at ss-s$ q
The shrew,l. dry suiie; the sl'eecl, 10 rat.
sn calm. N blunt, ~ true .-"#S5@
The cute uI,l Elder knuws ilirm wril;
says he, "Ttat's Bumks; hes fond VI
/ shell; z-.,[ fse -5*@.' s1ss"- 81
Lmd save his snul We'llgise hlm'.~welI,
That's stonewal; Jackson's way.
silrnce !CSroundarnsl knpel all CAPS nill
Old lIl,,s.light's going tupnisy
] Stmngie the f,a,l that dnrss ." s,.,tf--
Attention Ii's L!s way.