The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-29

lSG3-CUANCELLORSNILL WINCHESTER,
GETTYSBURG.
With the dawn OF spring in 1868 re-
pIcnishcd army, with fresh commander,
=. Fighting Joe Eookcr.' Tcnews the onset
by way Of Charlottesville, and finds Lee
with two divisions OF LOng,treets corps
absent in Southeast Virginia. But slender
as are his numbers, Lee is ever aggressive,
and while Hooker. with {" the finest army
on the planet" n he STYLED il, Is confront
ing Lee near Charlottesville. and Early l.
holding Scdgwick at bay at Fredericks-
burg. jackson. who. under Lees dircc-
iionS. has stralthily marched around him.
comes laundering in his rear, and alaH !.
for "Fighting joe" he can only illustrate
his pugnacious sObriquet by the conSoling
reelection that che who fights and runs
away may live to fight another day. FOR
Charlottesville shines high on the list OF
Confederate victories. and indeed WIS one
Of the srandest victories that ever blazoned
the annals OF war.
TnEFALL or STONEwALL JACKSON.
But alas (! too. for the yictor-on May
10th. i'm the eliminating act OF the drama,
Jackson himself had fallen, and never
more j. the foot cavalry 10 see again
olong the smoking lines that calm, stern
face: never TO hear again that crisp, fierce
order. ..GiVc them the bayOnct which
so often heralded the triumphant charge.
Never i the southern land TO he thrilled
oo-ain with hi, familiar bulletin: "GOd
blessed our arms with victory Al the
o0e Of thirtv-ninc. ut . time Of life when
tie mowers OF manhood are ordinarily
scarce. vet fiIll-orbcd. ne has touched the
zenith and filled the world with his fame,
and he who went forth two years before
from the quiet town, scarce known beyond
il. comes back upon tine soldiers bier, re-
nowned, reyercd. and mourned in every
cline where the heart qulckenS In sym
pathy for surprising yil0r, united with
| tron:cendent genus and honor without a
stain. There he sleeps. in yon green grave,
and ae i'm life he fought 80 IN death he rests
with Lee
WINCHESTER. GETTYSBURG.
Pint not long can the soldier pause to
weep. We fire our Sll3le over the ashes
| of onr heroic dead; and again the bugles
sound ;, boots and saddles" and the long
roll i heating. Less than q month has
passed. and again the Army oil Northern
! VIRGINIA i i'm motion, and while Hooper
is oroping round to ascertain the where
laboufs Of his adversary, the next scene
mnioIds. General Early has planned and
executed flank march around Winches-
ter worthy Of Stonewall Jacksonville men
Of This division are mounting The parapets
on juno I4th. and capturing Milrooy's guns I;
General Edward Johnston's division Is
pursuing Milroy', fugitiyes down the Val
lev nike: General Rodes has captured Mar
Iinsburg. with 100 prisoners and five can
non. EwelPs corps is master Of the Val
lev: and by June 9th the Army Of North
ern Virginia is in Pennsylvania, while Tor
the third time the Army OF the Potomac
Is clad il il can interpose to prevent the
fall Of Washington, and a sixth COM
mander has come 10 its head General
Ge0rg G. Meade.
The, follows the boldest and grandest
assault q modern Wharf.-The charge upon
the Federal centre entrenched on the
heights of Gettysburg-a charge that we'll
nig6 ended the war with "a clap of thun-
DER and was so characterized by brave