The Worthington advance., 1881-08-11

And battle with some fierce despair.
God pity those who cannot say
Not niue, but thine;" who only pray,
- .aet this cup pass, }" and cannot 80 =
,... TIE purpoee In Gethsemsne
ethsemane, Gethsemane,
olhelp us through Gethsemane.
ANI6nT WITH JACKSON.
Reminiscences OF tho Confederate Leader
Attor the Bloody Battle Of Fredericksburg
Anecdotes OF Stonewall-Fast Asleep
Dnring the Ariillcry's Thunder. BODY
Servant and War-Horse.
From the Philadelphia Times
While serving on Stonewall Jackson's
staff sometimes shared with him the
shelter of his tent, and it was my good
fortune to do so the night Of the battle Of
Fredericksburg. when sor.e little incidents
occurred which, though trifling in them
selves, were SO characteristic Of the gen.
erals considerate kindness that perhaps on
that account they deserve to be recorded.
After the fight was over when
The night clouds had lowered
And tho sentinel starr Get their watch in the sky,
we were riding together near Hamilton's
Crossing, on the right of our line, when
he turned to me and said: Colonel,
us this has been fatieuing day and you
must be tired, think you had better re-
bed, for we are likely to have a very busy
day TO- o-morrow." The advice was timely
and too good to be neglected.; so with grate-
ful appreciation of its fitness I thanked
him for tie suggestion and promptly turn
ed my horses head toward the camp,
which vas about mile from the Crossing,
whereupon he added. as parting iniunc-
ton: BE sure and tell Jim to make you
comfortable in my tent tonight and not
wait for me. If wanted, shall probably
be at army headquarters"
Jim was the generals body servant and
faithful factotum, as much identified with
him in his campaigns, es was the "0ld
Sorrel" which his master always rode in
battle. and which, by the way, was as little
like the Scriptural war horse described in
Job as tho general himself resembled the
classical representations of Mars in He
brew mythology.
The servant and "Old Sorrer being
about the same color-each having the hue
OF gingerbread without any of its spiciness
their respective characters were in con-
cstenation accordingly" For they were
equally obedient, patient, easy going and
reliable; not given to devious courses nor
designing tricks; more serviceable than
snowy and, altogether, as sober sided q
pair OF subordinates as any Presbyterian
elder. with plain tastes and q practical turn,
need desire to have about him. Both man
horse seemed to understand their master
thoroughly and rarely failed to come up
fully to all his requirements. So that
when told Jim that his master said he
must make me comfortable for the night, I
knew very we'll that nothing further need
DO urged to impress him with the compre
hensiveness of the order, which he'd be
sure to look upon as limited only by the re-
sources of the camp and his own capacity
as caterer. Consequently, in due time,
substantial supper was served to which
full justice was done, as had eaten moth
ing since daylight, and soon thereafter I
was found asleep on the generals pallet,
which appeared to have q caoutchouc capa-
bility Of accommodation where Jim. ION
hospitable thoughts in tent" proceeded, as
he said, to widen of it cut for to make it
more ftten for two"
IN TENT WITH JACKSON.
About midnight was awakened by the
entrance of the general, who had been, a.
learned afterwards, at General Lees head
quarters, but I did not let him know he
had disturbed me, as that woald have wor-
ried him. Lightinga a candle and laying
aside his great coat, sword, etc., he opened
the draught of the little sheet-iron stove
that warmed the Sibley tent, and seating
himself at the table read for while in his
well-worn Testament; then, kneeling rev.
erently down, he showed himself in PRAYER. "
When through with his devotions he drew
of his boots. put on pair of slippers and
quietly lying down by my side fell fast
asleep almost Immediately. BY this time I
Nrao frr, 10 In -, %o11
My thoughts reverting to the terrible scenes
Of the preceding day would not be controll-
ed and could not recall them from the
bloody battle field close by, where the
dreadful drama had been enacted aud
where there were then lying 80 many thou.
sands brave men, who
.:-hal eunk on the ground empowered
The weary to sleep and the wounded to die. s."
thought of the magnificent spectacle of
the morning before. when the rolling
mists" began to rise from the river and re-
vealed the grand Army Of the Potomac. i"
with its hundred and twenty five thousand
men, superbly armed and equipped, as it
deployed, column after column, on the
open plain before us, in all the pomp and
pride and circumstances Of war"-one Of
the grandest. sights ever beheld on the con-
tinent. thought of the splendid advance
of its triple times of battle, marching with
the precision Of regulars on dress parade
and preserving their alignment perfectly
along our front as far as the eye could
reach, until coming within point blank
range OF our position, when-with three
hundred cannon roaring around them and
the Dir filed with the merciless missiles of
death-they so calamity rushed to the
charge on the right band and on the left.
and were SO remorselessly repulsed bv the
concentrated fire of the confederates, which
sent them reeling back beyond the river
road to reform their shattered ranks for a
fresh assault, while the intervening ground,
covered with their killed and wounded wns
so torn up by shot and shell that it looked
in places as if it had been ploul.he I
thought of young Pelham's daring feat
how, ,dashing forward far into the open field
upon the federal flank, he so raked the ad.
vancing lines with IN cnflading fire from
two pieces of his horse artillery as to com
pei them to pause and not only to confront
him with whole division Of infantry.
thrown into crochet at 1igkt angles with
their main lines of battle, but, likewise. to
concentrate upon him the fire of four bat
teries, beside the heay guns on Stafford
Heights; and how, Notwithstanding these
mbined attacks, the bey artillerist main
~ 3A-~ s9O Wu04u0A uuo4 4OI U1O10 tQ4U an
hour, and until he was recalled BY positive
orders from his perilous position. Well
might General Lee exclaim as he did to
Jackson in regard to Pelham's prowess:
1T is inspiriting to see such glorious cour-
age in one 60 young" ana we'll might Jack
son say OF him, Us he did to me that dav:
Hes the best artillerist, for his AGE.
ever saw" thought of the furious as
saults made early in the afternoon upon
our right, when, again under cover Of a.
terrible cannonade, ''three lines of battle
advanced to the charge, preceded by clouds
OF skirmishers" and strengthened BY ten
batteries Of field guns upon their tanks: Of
how they broke through . portion Of the
coniedera to line, forcing two Of A. P.
Hills brigades to fall back on their sup
ports and of thstemporary confusion which
was caused thereby, for fear our flank
should be turned and our position taken in
reverse; OF how g1andly the lion hearted
Gregg flung himself into the fight thot Was
fated to be his last; Of how that staunch
old soldier. Jubal Early, came to the rescue.
!ega,nlng the lost ground and re-establish.
mo OOr line. and 0f horu thu