The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-24
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VILE.
Death of StonewaII, the IRON
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not consent. The IRE Oh tue eDcNhE
artillery was still exceedingly hot, and
0s an advance of their infantry was
momentarilv expected, 1t was necessa-
~ To move on The litter brought on
by Capt. Leigh was now again put IN
reauisition the fainting General was
laid unon II: and some men having
been procured to carry the hitter, the
whole marty continued to move through
tbe tangled wood in the direction Of
MeIzi CEancellor's. SO dense was tne
underground, and the ground so dllh,
cult, that their progress was SO" ana
painful. An accident which happened
to one of the litter bearers, was the oc-
casion of more pain to the wounded
man than the injuries which he had re
ceived from the bullets. One OF the
men caught his foot in a grapevine,
stumbled and let go the handle Of the
Gtter which descended heavily to the
oroand. Jackson fell upon his lett
Shoulder, where the bone had been
shattered, and his agony must have
been extreme. For the first time,
says one of the party, "he groaned' ana
most piteously."
lie WAS TdlsCu HUN NhC 5A'NH
a beam Of moonlight passing through
the dense foliage over head, revealed
the countenance of the soldier, pale,
exhausted. with closed eyes-hls breast
covered with blood, and rising and
falling with his painful breathing
These around him now feared that the
great loss of blood had deprived HIM
of his small remaining strength, and
that his life was slowly ebblng away.
What a death to diel All around him
was the dense and tangled wood, only
half illuminated by the struggling
moenbeams-above him burst the shell,
of the enemy, exploding, says an Off
Ger like showers of falling stars:
and when the firing lulled for a mo
ment, they heard the melancholy cry
of the whippoorwill, lost in the thick
ct. In this strange wilderness the man
of Port Republic and Manassas, who
had led so many desperate charges.
seemed about to close his eyes and die
in the night, far from home and kin
dred. and watched over by a few friends.
only whom Providence had sent to his
assistance.
But such was not to be the termlna-
ton of his career. When asked by one
of the party whether he vas much hurt,
he opened his eyes, and said quietly,
without further exhibition of pain:
mo, my friends, don't trouble your
self about me.
The litter was then again raised
upon the shoulders of the men, and the
marty continued their way. The ground
now became still more difficult, and
finding further progress through the
wood utterly impracticabie, they turned
to the left, reached the road, and press
ing into service new reliefs of bearers,
made their way to a point Oh the road
where a solitary ambulance was stand
inp.-In this ambulance Col. Crutch-
field and Major Rogers had been placed
when wounded Although badly hurt,
the latter insisted upon being taken
out, to make room for the General, and
jackson was laid in his place.
The Genera! repeatedly asked for
some spirits during his progress to the
rear and this was now obtained. 1t
sensibly relieved him, and reaching
Melzi Chancellor's he found DR.. Nc
CURE, his chief surgeon.
From Melzi Chancellor's he was
taken to the hospital at Wilderness
Run, at the intersection of the old
pike and Germanna plank roads, five
miles west of Charlottesville.
SIT Is ALL RIGHT
All day long on Sunday, while the
great conflict was roaring around Chan
cellorsville, Jackson lay at Wilder
ness Run, faint, m~otionless, but thrill
ing at this sound so long familiar to his
ears.
Never before had the illustriOuS sol.
dier been compelled to retire from the
tield-for, at Manassas, though woun.
ded. he still retained command of hi.
brigade; and it must have stirred hi:
soul to its depths to find himself thu:
powerless as an infant while the great
battle, big with veal or woe for IN:
country, was raging f%uriously a few
miles distant from the couch on which
he lay.
But there was no choice left him
The fatal balls had torn through hesl
and muscle, through bone and artery
His lie was ebbing slowly; and h,
could only submit his spirit humbly t.
the decree of that God who had neve
deserted him, and to whose mysteriout
will be bowed with simple, child-lik,
resignation.
He had been carried, as we have said
to the field hospital at Wilderness Run
about five miles west of the battle field
and here he was placed in a tent i
rear of the tavern at the point, undo
astunted tree, which is still exhibite,
to the visitor. lie had lost SO niue
blood in that painful progress from tn
front, borne on a litter every mOmer
iolting and aggravating thus the eXter
OF his injuries, that upon arriving
Wilderness Run he was almos. pulse
less. The face from which his men ha
so often gathered the Inspiration {
victory, was calm and pale; the ar
which had risen ~reverently aloft in
many scenes of blood and death w
paralyzeG, and lay as helpless as an i
fant's by his side the great form whiC
had lowered in the front of battle w
stretched, drained of strength and m
ton. OF the bed of a hospital.
A thorough examination was spec
" made of the soldiers wounds. Th,
were found to be very serious; and Il
result of a consultation between Dr.
Mcclure, Black, Coleman and Wal
was that amputation of the arm shou
be immediately resOrled to.
This decision of the surgeons W
guardedly communicated to him. |
was asked: 'If we find amputati,
necessary, shall it be done at once
lie replied with a~lacrity and that di
regard OF pain which was a part or |
manly spirit: Yes, certainly! DIR. NJ
Guire do for me whatever Won fiji,