The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-06-25

which he had been driven.
Capt. Wnboun, Who was standing by jackson, now
said, they certainly mist DO oiir TROOPS - to which
tho General asqbncd Win nod d tho hbad but said
nothing. lie was lpJkina uf the road toward his
lines with appnteut astonslncut, 80 aud continued
for time TO look In that direction, II unable to
realize that he could have beon hrcd upon and
wounded by his own men HIS wound was bleeding
profuscly, the blood streaming down to mn his
gauntlcts, and II was necessary to secure assistance
promptly. Capt wilboutn asked him Il he was much
injured, and urged him to make an effort 10 his
nngers rs his ability to do this would prove that his
arm not broken. lie underworld TO do so, looking
down az his hand during tho attempt but speedily
| gave II up, announcing that his arm was brokcn.
An effort which his companion made to straighon II
caused him great pain, and murmurlng, you better
take mo down, " he leaned forward and fell Into
| Cart. Wlhourn's arms, lilo was so much exhausted
hy loss of blood that ho unable TO take his feet out
OF the strrmps, aud this was done by Mr. Wynn.
Capt Wlbourn, who, with MIR. Wynn, Of the Sig
nal Corps, all that left of the party notices
singular circumstance which attracted his attention
at this moment. The turnpike was utterly deserted
/ with the exception Of himself his companion, aud
Jaokson but In the skirting OF thlckots on the left
he observed some one sitting his horse by tho side OF
tho wood, and Coolly looking on motOnless aud Sc
lent The unknown individual was clad In q dark
dress which strongly Tosenbled the Federauuform,
| but II seemed impossible that no could have peno
tratod TO that spot without being discovered and
what followed seemed TO prove that ho belonged 10
the Confederatos Capt, Wllbourn directed him to
the men who had fred on Jackson-whon the stranger
slowly rode in tho direction pointed out, but never
returned with any answer. Who this silent person.
ago was Is left to conjecture.
lilo Jackson then carried to tho side OF the road
| and laid under a small tree, where Capt. wlbourn
supported bis head while his companion went for n
surgeon aud ambulance to carry him to tho rear, fo-
strict Instructions howotcr not % mention the occur
renee TO any one but Dir. Mcclure OF other surgeon
| Capt Wbouth then mado an oSaminatlon OF tho
Generals wounds Removing his neld-glasses and
havcrsack, which lator conalncd some paper and en-
yclopes Tor dispatches aud two religious tracts he nut
these on his own person for safety and with small
nenknfo proceeded TO cut away the sleeves OF the in-
da-rubber overall, drcsscoat, and two shirts from
| the bleeding arm.
| While this duty was being performed Gen. nm rode
M with his stan, and dismnuntlng beside the Gene
raj expressed his great regret at the accident. To the
question whether his wound was painful jackson re-
| piled livery painful, and added that his EARN was
brokcn.n Gen. lin pulled OF his ganntlcs, which
were fun Of bluod and his sabre and belt were also re-
moved. lilo then secuted easier, and having swal
lowed u mouthful OF whisky which was held to his
HIS, appeared much refreshed. II secuted impossi
/ bile to move him without making his wounds bleed
aics, but u was absolutely necessary TO do so, us
| the enemy was not more than hundred aud NIFTY
yards distant and might adyancoat any moment, aud
all at once aproof was given OF the dangerous posi-
| ton which ho occupied. Capt. Adams OF Gen.
INNS stan, had ridden ten fifteen yards ahead Of
| tho group, AMI was heard calling out 90 Halt
surrender Fire on them " they don't surrender ~
| At the next moment he came up with two Federal
skirmishcrs WIN had ut surrendered, with air
of establishment, declaring that they were not aware
they were In tho Confederate lines. Gen. iill had
drawn his pistol and mounted his horse, and he now
returned to take command of his line and advance,
promising jackson to keep his accident from the
| knowledge OF tho troops, FOR which tho General
| thanked him. He had scarcely gone when Lieut..
Morrison, who lad come up, reported the Federal
line advancing rapidly and then within about hun
dicd yards Of the spot He exclaimed, "bet us take
the General np in our arms and carry him off - but
| jackson said falntly, No: If you can help me
up eau walk lilo was accordingly lifted up and
placed upon his feet, when the Federal batteries In
'front.' opened with great violence, aud Capt. Leigh,
who had lust arrived with litter, had his horse Killed
under him 10y she'll lie lcaped to the ground near
Jackson, and tho latter, leaning his right arm on
Capt leigh's shoulder, slowly dragged himself alon;
| toward tho Confederate lines, tho blood from his
wounded arm flowing profnscy over Capt. Lcigh's
| uniform.
Iilll's lines now In motion to meet the coming
| attack, and as The men passed jackson they saw
from the number and rank OF his escort that hu must
he superior officer. 'Who IL that-who have YOU
| thoro?" was called, to which tho reply was, "Oh,
IFS only friend Of ours who Is woun,lod.' Those
Inquiries became last frequent that jackson said
tn his escort; 'When asked, Just say II Is COnfcd-
crate oiCer.' 1t was with the utmost dinculty that
the curiosity of the troops was evaded. They seemed
to suspect something, AMI would 20 around the horses
which Were led along each aide OF the General I,
conceal him, TO II they could discover who u
At last one of them caught glimpse OF a man VIII,
had Lost his cap. we have In the woods, ant
was walking barclcaded in the moonlight aud sud
denly tho man exclaimed, "in n most pitifu Tone V
says an eyewitness: "Grcat God, that ~ Gen. Jack
son?'' An evaslve reply was made implying tina
this was mistake, and the man looked from til,
speaker TO jackson with hcwildored air. hut passc,
on without further comment. All this occurred he
f"rc jackson had been able To drag himself more thar
twenty steps: but cart, Lee had the litter at hand
and his strength being completely exhausted, TIN
General was placed upon 1t and borne toward TN
| rear.
Ihe ltttcf was carried ny TWO utCcfS anu Two men
the rest of tho escort walking beside II and eadn
the horses. They had scarcely began TO move, how
ever, when ihc Federal artillery opened furious fir
upon the turnpike from the works In front OF Chan
cellOrsyille, and hurricane of shell and caniste
swept down the road. What the cye then
scene of disnrlercd troops, rdercss horses aud ute
Confusion The intended advance of the Confederate
had doubtless been discovered. anu tiIis rrc III
rectcd along the road over which they would move
by this fire Gen. I'm and some of his stan wer
wounded and one of the men carrying the litter wa
shot through both arms and dropped his burden.
CONTINUATION OF CArTAIN w1LnounS's LETTER
The part in reference to tho solitary rider wa
changed, however, so as to make 1t appear more Xix
a romance than reality. just at the time mentioned
mounted soldier suddenly appeared near us VIII
seemed to have been cut oil from his command am
lost and halted lust an instant as II ut loss what
do. lie seemed TO have discovered us luSt dis
covered him. and II was Just aS were In the act a
taking Gen. jackson little way from the pike int
the bushes to conceal him from tho View Of troops VIII
might lie passing, and before wynn had left for Dr
MCture and the ambulance. lie left for Dr. Me
CURE AS soon rs Gen. jackson laid on the ground
aii this man appeared and disappeared before wynn
left, ami IL was he who first discovered the man Of
horseback. AS did not wish our men to know Of III
wOnndlng of Gen. Jackson lie was directed To 90 rid
and see what troops those are ~ pointing toward on
trOOps-thinkiug, II ho should prove 10 be YANKEE
he would he captured by one of our own men, and
| did not want him To know who was wounded. IL
appeared TO he courier and he rode off instantly II
tho direction indicated M the pike. thought N
moro Of lin that night anil gave my cnro attention
to Gen. jackson: but as don. IIicano down tho pix
To n point opposite me, from which Called him &
| INC, requesting him 10 dlSnOunt ANA come alone,
supposed tho man horseback had met Gen. lin an
his party, who must have been enough To Sc
him, and l supposed he WAS probably ono of tina
, party. l made frequent inquiries afterwards an'
read all the accounts saw to see II could find on
who this man was and what became of him, but hear
nothing until saw Gen Revere first article writer
| year or Two after the surrender. always though
1t strange that nothing was heard Of the man, AM
concluded lie was captured. 1t may have been Gen
Revere, though his account Is not at al correct
what Immediately preceded tho wounding of Gen
Jackson as Will be seen by comparison of II wit
mine. wynn, who was with mo AMI who stlll live
here concurrcd with me In all the details afe
the occurrence, aud every time we have spoken OF
, since, and we have done 80 frequently. When Sc
him Will ask him Ills recOllectlons OF this sOtar
rider, which made great Impression On him.
When GEN lin came 10 me lle allowed only one
his escort TO dlsnount and accompany him, via Mai
Leigh who, believe, then called Capt Leigh,
eordercd erest to remain ON In the pike
lie sent at once for Dr. Barr, who promptly III
Just rs had nnishcd binding Gcn jackson S wound
| and putting his arm IN n sling.
Con. jackson was evidently greatly astonlshed, an
did not seou to understand why or how the trOOI
, should have fired on MS. AS soon as checked hi
horse dism0untcd. as saw from his looks that II
| very faint, AMI asked him If he could ride Int
our lines what should do for him. liesad, ''yU
had better take me down, ~ aud leaned toward me
and as hc did 80 fell over on me, partially faintin
from loss of blood. We were on the pike, about whei
We were irat fired on. was on the side OF the Gent
rails broken arm, and his horse threw back his head
turned toward the enemy and could not 10 kept still
| as ho was frightened and suffering from his CIV
, wounds. AS tho General fell over on me l caugl
; him In my arms, and held him until Wynn could g
! wynn and carried him In our arms some ten OF II
teen steps north OF tho pike, where ho was laid ON II
ground with his head resting In my lap, while pr,
ceeded to dress his wounds, cutting OF hIscoa sleeve
(lo had OiClOth or rubber OverCOat,) binding
handkerchief tightly above aud below his wound,
and putting his arm In sling, rs described 10y hot
1 | DR.. Dabney and Cooke, AS soon us We laid him dow
i sent wynn after an ambulance and DIR. McGuir,
/ and was left alone with tho General until Gen. Iii
I came up just before lin reached mo GOn. Jackso
revived little and asked mo Ia have u skilful su
1 ge0n TO attend him, and not allow any but skillfi
/ one 10 do anything with him. told him had a
/ ready sent special messenger for DIR. MCGurc an
an ambulance to tako him to tho rear, 10 which
Y replied, every good.''
q While ho WAS being borne OH On foot, supported |
| Capt. Leigh and one or two Others l walked betwet
! them and the pike, leading three horses and trying
keep them between the General and the troops the
/ moving down the pike, To koop them from seeing wi
/ II was; but II was Impossible, and met some me
| With litter before we had gone ton steps while
we put the General, aud while doing So the cnGu
opened Are at short range from the battery plan
; ed ON the pike, and also with infantry. The hOrs
erked loose aud ran In every direction and before
had proceeded far of tho litter bearers was sho
Y having both of his arms broken, This man lives
( | Fluyanna or Louisa County, Virginia, where Il
d citizens made after the war and boup