South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-07-31

morrow night. Everything done 70
carry out your orders. don: like
yacSson's movements; he will aud,
denly appear when least expected.
GRAND STRATEGY
Having ascer:ained that MoC,sI-
Ian Was sending troops 10 reinforce
rope, General Lee, on the 18th al
august, ordered The divisions nj
.ongstreet, ID. q. Jones aud K. n.
ANDERSON, two brig AIDES under Hood
and Evans brigade to Gordonsyille
anu also Stuart with FitzAugh Lees
brigade OF cavalry.
On tue 10Th = forward movement
was commenced. Pope's army was
In Cuipeper county. between the
k,piiau aud Rsppahannocx. O, The
Same day (20th) Pope learned from
cap: ured dispatches of Lees move
ment and hastily crossed the Kappa.
hammock. Jackson crossed the Rap
iuan Al Bonneville ford and Long.
street lower down. Pope massed a
iarge iorce on The north bank Of the
happahannock In an unavailipu at
tempt to prevent tho Confederates
from Crossing. A Confederate force
among which was my own brigade.
crossed The Rappnhannock near the
sulphur Springs. That night the
rain lell IN torrents and the river
overlooked its banks, preventing our
recrossing. The enemy came up In
heavy force and the situation was ex,
tremeIy critical. General jackson
personally superintendent the repair
OF the bridge. which bad been de-.
sttoyed, and our troops got over not
moment too soon. Jackson now
commenced his famous N arch To thu
rear Of Pope. His movements were
covered from the euemy by demon
STATIONS Of The cavalry, On the 18th
he passed through Thoroughfare
Gap and the next day captured the
small Federal force at Bristoe Station
and Manassas Junction. and, after
feeding his hungry soldiers and load
ing his wagons. destroyed Immense
stores OF quarlermaster, commissary
and ordnance supplies. By rapid
marches and counter marches he
eiuded and bewildered Pope. and on
the 2Sth concentrated his force in
tue cut OF recently made railroad
IN proximity to Thorou2hfars Gan,
so as to unite his forces With Long.
streets forces, whose approach 1aS
announced by firing on the morning
OF the 29th. The description OF Jack
son sconsummate generalshio in these
maneuVers was very graphic aud the
speaker characterized il as brilliant
display of grand strategy Tue of :
feet was with less than 20 900 men
he confused and delayed the GO. 900 Of
Pope until the decisive hour on the
3oth WHEN Long street fell upon the
demoralized legions and put them tc
II ght. Jackson's exhausted vetera al
joining In the chase until night closed
upon as signal victory as that o.
Waterloo.
CHANCELLOR ,vILLE.
The march into Maryland. Jack.
sons strategic capture of HArper<s
Ferry aud its 10000 Federal carri-
son, and his conspicuous part in the
battle OF Antietam, fought against
desperate odds were picturesauely
described. The speakers mos. en-
orgetic and eloquent delinoasion wa.
reserved for the browning and fn a
act In the splendid drama OF Jackson's
career in his great achievement a,
Charlottesville, Here he said, 9Th,
disparity OF forces was greater than
IN any battle OF the war, and th,
chances OF the Confederate army were
apparently hopeless. But MOTH uf
could dsunt the spirit OF the two grea.
souls who devised and exee.ted the
bold and brilliant strategy by which
victory was snatched az it were, from
the hands OF fate. There is nothioo
in the annals of history, ancient Of
modern, TO Rurpass the audacion,
march Of jackson around the font
and flank OF H0okor's army, and the
vehemence with which he fell, like 8
thunder bolt, upon the unsuspectino
enemy, crushing in his right wing and
folding It up in confusion upon the
disordered centre The description
OF this great victory, in which Jack
SOD was MORALLY wounded conclud-
ed, OF course, The narrative of his mil
itary career and the speaker passed
TO his concluding remarks upon the
genius, character a1d personal traits
OF Jackson as a soldier and c1ms
mander.
LEE AND JACKSON,
Tue ardent admirers OF General
Lee on the ono han and OF General
Jackson on che other he said,
'sometimes start q contention as to
which Of the two possessed the great.
est military genius This is not on =
ly ill-adVised in itself, As tending TO
lead in the heat Of rivalry from the
praise Of one 70 the disparaQement OF
the Other but II is founded unon q
misconception oftheir respective char.
acters. They we're. each in his par
ticu!ar sphere, pre-emlnent- Lee In
eoncsiViog sud planning the general
outline and scope of great campaigns
aud movements, and Jackson ia ex
eeuting these plans With cons1mmate
skill, energy and cslsrify.
They mutually supplemental each
other and made togethe, n co .nbina p
too Of military ssgaoty and proves