The National tribune., 1888-09-20

Give US all the facts in good plain English.
but not such self-contradictory assertions.-J.
A. WRIGHT, LIST Mimi, Beverly, Mass.
STONEWALL JACKSON.
Who Killed the Rebel GeneraIl
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have read
with great interest the various contributions
in your paper in regard to the manner in
which StoneWalI Jackson received his fatal
wounds at the battle of Charlottesville, Va,
May 2, 1863 This battle was and has been
reckoned as disaster to the Army of the Po-
tomac. At first glance it is more humiliating
than Fredericksburg, for there the impossible
was attempted by that portion of the army
which sustained determined and successive as
saults, and the possible was achieved for the
time-being by that portion of Franklin's Di-
vision led by Meade, in single assault and
unsustained. Jackson has the reputation of
having been invincible, yet it was his command
which was broken through by Meade at that
battle. At Charlottesville all things were
possible. Never in the history of the Army
of the Potomac did it open battle in such a
hopeful, aggressive way and end in such indie
csion, disintegration and collapse. shall never
forget the enthusiasm when the Sixth Corps
carried Marye's Rights, or the logged unbelief
that Hooker had recrOssed the river. Towards
troops cannot be blamed for breaking up in
their position; the Sixth Corps did the same at
the Wilderness battle, and the Second also in
front Of Petersburg and the best troops in the
world can at times, in an inexplicable way,
topple over by regiments like a child's card
house. Such occasions bring out the qualities
OF their commanders, and the faith of tn cir
troops in them and each other. This was pitia-
ably absent with HoYard's command. The
good regiments floated helplessly along like
logs in drift of broken ice, and yet there was
brave endeavor and heroic fighting Sedg-
ch ha ,Ier
and for gallantry absolutely elfsacrifcing
without any laundering, keenan, and his cav
airy passed through death to imperishable re-
noWn. The enemy, in the process of wear
ing themselves out IN whipping the Army of
the Potomac had, after all, lost much that they
could never replace. Many a tough fighter had
gone down under the fire of the Second Corps
aud their commander, in the solitude of his
tent, was greatly depressed with his victory
and wrote that he would rather have lost his
right arm than Jackson. The leaders of the
COnfederacy, however, were encouraged to
higher hopes and achievements, and SO moved
on to the turn Of the tide at Gettysburg. Thus,
after all, Charlottesville with its mingled
g!ories and humiliations was an important pas
sage Of arms, and its consequences were far
reaching.
But to the real subject of this article and as
a contribution to assist in this matter, first
Of all, jackson received his first wounds at a
place about three-fourths of mile northwest of
the Chancellor House; or in this way: Go
down the plank road three-fourths of mile
toward Wilderness Church from the house, and
then go north about three-fourths of MILE
and you will be very near the place Again,
II any of the comrades know Bullock's Spring,
north from the house; fEom this blind road
goes westward through q cleared field for half
a mile, then through woods until the plank
road is reached Just after you enter the woods
30 ft,,,.- H., I'll
was wounded. He rode out to reeonnoiter
taking with him two Orderics, and went out
by this blind road according to his own state
ment) until he came to small rayiue, where he
was fired upon by some United States troops
he was wounded, one of the Orderlies killed,
and his horse wheeled suddenly, and, as he was
disabled, threw him. He was then carried
back, as has been described and at the junction
Of the blind road with the turnpike was ex-
posed to artillery Ere, and his strctcher- bear
ers were wounded and he was thrown to the
ground. 1t is at this spot that the monument
Is placed. l believe this will help comrades in
locating themselves, as some state that they
were in trent Of the house. This would be fac
ing southwark. Jackson stated that he was not
wounded by his own men, yet Dabney, his
biographer, states that he was. Maj Lacy, who
located the monument, asserts the former to
be the case, and thus it will ever remain in
doubt but it may well be questioned that any of
his own men, to whom his characteristic appear
ance was familiar would have fired upon him
even after dark for being on horseback, his
figure could be easily distinguished. Its solu-
tion now remains with some command or de-
tachment which at that time was posted just
outside the woods westward of Builock's Spring
The lst Mass. or 73d n. Y, it is stated, were
firing in that direction. No doubt at diff
fereut points of the line and in the confusion
similar incidents occurred. AS is we'll known,
L l. - 4 L
until his death q year or two ago, and Mr.
Webster, the taxidermist of this city, prepared
the remains for preservation, and he stated
that there was no indication that he had ever
been wounded.
The shots fred at Jackson were evidently
not volley or scattering firing. 1t was appar-
entity quick, accurate and off hand and from
men who were ready to fire on tine first man to
show himself The statements that he went
out and gave orders not to fire on him as he
returned, and by mistake came into another
part of his line and was fred upon; also that
the men he gave the order 10 were relieved by
other troops and that they fired upon him,
appear to me untenable, from the fact that
from the point where he left the plank road to
where he was wounded is not distant enough
to give time for all this, and he was brought
back along the road he rode out upon. His
horse was for time inside the Union lines, and
was afterward picked up by A. 2. HILL
In July, 1863, at Westminster, Md, there
were great many prisoners who were captured
at Gettysburg, and was surprised to hear one
of Jackson's men say: +" We killed Jackson for
marching us so like -, and we will serve
Ewell the same way II he keeps on!" None of
his fellow prisoners made any protest.
/ have felt doubtful about putting this in
print, but it can 20 for what it is worth /
consider that it is very questionable whether
Jackson was wounded by the fire of his own
men.-G. THOMPSON, Washington, d. G.
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whats that?"
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