Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-19

toned General 0regRe coSe sr.ti
wish you would 60 back ana ~ nim. a..
him I want you to see nm. .v ionc since
/ had seen him; that he was mot.Ay
wounded and that there was nothing 70 -
done for him. He said: i wish you wou,o
90 and ace him: tell him sent you: 90
i mounted my horse and rode to the icfoy
house and saw General Gregg, VINO VA
slowly getting worse, and delivered tno
message. had hardly gotten out OF tng
room into the hall when ! met uenus.s
Jackson, who must have ridden very c.os s
behind me to have reached there so soon
He stopped me, asked apous h;,,,
Crocp. and went into the room 20 sec MN;
No one else was in the room. What psssea
between these two officers no one VIII eVel
Lnoyv I waited for him and rode oack 70
@amn with him. He didn't speas wotu
On the way. When We got to the camp ne
locked M at the sky for moment snu
said. How horrible is war. SELL SUI
Horrible, yes; but we have heeninyaaeu;
What can we DOE DO ne saio' anu
his manner was savage and ms voice Ins5
ing. DO? Thrash them! IL ne nao A'eN
we would have done IT."
FIRM BELIEVER IN STATES RIGHTS
"Was Jackson outspoken in his express
s,ons OF opinion regarding tho cause ior
which the South foughty" asked the IT,
porter. CO., s,,.. ha
believed in the sovereignty OF Virginia; no
believed that che had reserved the rien,s
to secede when she joined the Union. anu
that the North had no right Of any kind to
forco Virginia back into the Union, re-
piled DR.. Mcclure with enthusiasm. ne
believed that when the people OK the North
came down South and stole our property,
ran off the slaves bought from the people
of the North and paid for, burned down
the houses and barns OF this people, IN;
suited our defenceless women, nung aue
| Imprisoned our helpless old men, behaved
| like an organized band OF cnt-tnroa'san an.
should be treated like highwaymen and
assassins. He hated no individual north
| eruer-not one so far as l know; put ne
hated the whole northern race. lie toiu
me once that ne had but one objection to
| General Lee. and that was that he diu no'
| hate the Yankees bad enough; tnat LEI
was the only man he knew that no wouiu
| follow blindfolded. ,,,,,
| THE cry that he (Jackson) had been ecu
Gated at West Point and was inaeotsu u
the Federal Government was 20 nun
farce. Who more than his own state mau'
West Point Who contributed 10 hel
glory as IN uch "a the men OF Virginia anI
| the South? Whose names in the wars VI
1912 and 1913 1.-Two in history TODAY!
His allegiance was to his state. III
loved il better than his fame or life, better
than everything else on the face OF TIM
earth save his own honor, and anything OF
anybody that impeded the establishmen
of her sovereignty would be swept asiue
it was in his power.
HIS HIGH OPINION OF NAPOLEON.
I'm listening to Jackson talking of Napo
noleon Bonaparte. as | often did. wa
struck with tho fact that he regarded hin
"a the greatest general that ever lived. On
day asked HIM something about water
loo. He had been over the field, inspec'
ed the ground. and spent several DAYS II
studying the plan ofbattle. lasked who ma
shown the greatest gene'dlsnP p;d more iis m
dedly Naboleon.' | said, Well. why wa
he whipped, them Ito replied, I ca
only explain il by telling you that thin
God intended him to stop right there.
Did he exert much vigilance regardin
the movements of the enemy" was tn
next question asked.
"Jackson's knowledge OF what tho en'
= nv were doing or about to do was som
, times very wonderful. have alread
l stated what he said to President DAVIS
First Manassas, and 1t turned out ate
Z | wards that he was right, and that WI,
4 the number OF men he asked tor he cou
easily have captured Washington.
4 JAczsoY's PLAN AT FREDERICKSBURG.
{ AT fredericksburg when he wanted
/. make an attack upon burnside IN :,
= night, IA I knew he did, he realized q
Il generalization Of the Federal army az
o how easily they might have been drive
Q into the river. Ho had made all OF his
2 engagements to attack Burnside. He
2 tended first to push forward his artiller
It and after that TO let them go to the re
r, and the infantry to charge. What
n found out afterwards showed that II {
g attack had been made by Jackson as
r proposed the Federal army would ha
1t been drowned or surrendsred.
W Another evidence Of his apparent
G. intuitive knowledge of what was going I
% in the enemy's ranks was at Malvern Hi
h Late in the night of the last days fight
IS found him asleep by tho side of tree oil
his faithful servant Jim making some &C
l. fec for him to be ready when no awok
IF While was there several general ONCE
came 10 and said that their comman
n were modified. and that If McClell
ID made an attack in the morning they wou
have no organized force with which TO
ID slst him. 1t was proposed presently
ID wake General Jackson up, and some o
10 made the attempt, but when he went
rs sleep ne was the most difficult man
Or arouse ever saw. have seen his serva
pull his boots OF and remove. his cloth
~ without waking him up. and so here
To Malvern Hill on this night 1t was alm'
Or impossible to arouse him. At last SOL
o. one got him up into sitting posture z
ct held him there and another one yell
TO into his ear something. about the condlti
& of our army, its inability to resist ava
III next morning, etc. He answered; PIED
ht let me sleep; there will be no enemy the
40 in the morning. and 80 II turned out.
at "This faculty OF knowing what II
= were doing was great point with Jacks
" | remember at Chantilly, after the Seco
I'd Manassas, battle was fought IN TORE
~ of rain. that an aide-de-camp came up q