The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-03-25
stonewall Jackson.

About daylight upon the Sun !
day of his death Mrs. Jackson In
formed him that his recovery was
very doubtful, and that it was bet
ter that he should be prepared for
the worst.
He was silent for a moment and
then said: 1T will be infinite gain
to be translated to heaven" He
advised his wife, in the event of his
desth to return to her fathers house,
and added: You have kind and
good iather, but there is no one
so kind and good as your heavenly
Father"
He still expressed a hope that he
would recover, but requested his
wife, in case he should die, to have
him buried in Lexington, in the
valley of Virginia. His exhaus-
zion increased so rapidly that at IL
o'clock Mrs. jackson kDelt by his
bed and told him that before the
sun went down he weuld be with
his Savior.
He replied: 80, mo- You are
frightened, my child. Death is not
SO near. / may yet get we'll"
She fell upon the bed weeping
bitterly, and again told him. amid
her tears and sobs, that the physi-
clans declared that there was no
longer iany hope of his recovery.
Alter a moments pause he asked
her to call the family physician.
Doctor" he said as the physi-
clan entered the room, "Anna in
formed me that you told her | am
10 die to day"
When he was answered in the af-
| drmalive, he turned his sHnken
yes towarp the ceiling and gazed
for moment or two as if an in
tense thought, then looked at the
trends about him and said softly:
! VERY good, vefg good; it is all
light
Then turning to bis heart -brokeD
wife he tried to comfort her. He
ro,d her that there was much he
desired to tell err, but that he was
! too Tx for the undertaking.
| Col. Pendleton, one of the Off
GERS Of ms staff, came into the room
about l O'Clock. Gep, jackson
asked him:
| WHO is preaching at the heaa
quarters today"
| When told in reply that the
whole army was praying for him,
| be replied:
( Thank God tbey are very kind"
Then he added: ut is The lords
day; my wish is fulfilled. / have
always desired to die on Sunday
| Slowly his mind began to fail and
wander, and he frequently talked
/ in his delirinm rs if in command of
us army on the AelG o. battle.
| lie would give orders to bis aides
N his old WAYS, ana then the scene
was changed. He was at the mess
table 10 conversation with mem
bers of the staff, nGw 9Th his VIE
and child; now at prayers win has
military family. Occasional inter-
walls OF q return of his mind would
appear, and during one of these the
physician offered tins dyiGg man
some brandy and water, but he de
clined it, saying: 1T will only on
| ly delay my departure and do no
good; want to preserve my mind
to the last, if possible"
A few minutes before the end
arrived the dying warrior cried out
in bis deirium:
Order A. p. Hill to prepare for
actionl' Pass the infantry to the
front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks
-" then his voice was silent and
the sentence remained unfinished.
An instant later smile of ineffa
BILE sweetness and purity spread it
self over his cain, pale face, and
then looking upward, and siightly
raising his hands, he said quietly
and with an expression of relief:
LET US cross over the river and
rest under the shade of the trees.
And then, without sign of
struggle or pain, his spirit passed
away. Was death ever so sweet
and PEACEFUL Was ever rest so
anticipated, or heaven SO revealed?
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