Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-17
stonewan Jackson and JeG Davis.

Stonewan Jackson and Je6 Davis.
 Dr. Hunter H. McGuire, of Richmond, Va, who was attached to Jsckson's com mand as medical director, and who was his attending surgeon and amputated his arm after he had received his wound at Charlottesville, contributes to the Rich mond Dispatch several columns of remi- niscences and anecdotes concerning Jack sons army life, among them the following:
 The first time General Jackson ever saw President Davis was at first Manassas. The enemy had been routed and the wounded brought back to the field hospi tai which had made for Jackson's brig ade Out of about eighteen hundred shot that day in our army six hundred or more were out of Jackson's brigade, and he him self had come back to the hospital wound ed. The place was on the banks of the little stream of water just this side of the Lewis home. Hundreds of men had come back, the fight being over, to see about their wounded comrades, SO there were really several thousand people gathered in and about that hospital, President Davis had gotten on the cars with his staff at Manassas Junction and ridden as fast as he could to the field of battle. He had been told along the route by stragglers that we were defeated. He came on down the little hill which led to this stream in a rapid gallop, stopped when he got to the stream and looked around at this great crowd of soldiers. His face was deadly pale and his eyes flashing. He stood up in his stiIrups, glaced over this crowd, and said: I am President Davis; all of you who are able follow me back to the field.
 Jackson was little deaf and didn't know who Davis was or what he had said until I told him. He stood up at once, took of his cap, and saluted the President and said: We have whipped them. They ran like dogs. Give me ten thou sand men and I will take Washington city | tomorrow
 ''The next time be saw President Davis, | SO far as I know, was at the Poindexter House, after the battle of Malvern Hill. I had gone in the room to get some infOr- nation from General Jackson after Me Clellan had retreated from Malvern Hill to Harrison's landing, when I found in the room Lee, Longstreet and Jackson looking over some maps spread on the dining room | table After a while President Davis came in. General Lee greeted him very warmly Why, President, he said, T am delighted to see you,' and the meeting was very cordial After he had finished shaking hands with General Lee he turned to General Longstreet, a'd his greeting here was just as cordial as with General Lee. He then turned and looked, as one may say, interrogatively at General Jack | son.
 "When Mir Davis first entered the room I recognized him and told General Jack son who he was General Jackson be- lieved that during the campaign through Bath and Romney with General Loring, President Davis had treated him badly. Indeed, the treatment that General Jack son received from MT. Davis on that occs- sion made him resign his commission, and this resignation was only prevented from going into effect by very strenuous effort on the part of Governor Letcher. There were other things which made Jackson think that MT. Davis had treated him un- fairly. He had made some men whom Jackson ranked outrank him as lieutenant general, and there were many other cir cumstances which caused Jackson to feel rather resentful towards NIT. Davis, so when told him wbo the visitor was he stood bolt upright, like a corporal on guard, looking at MT. Davis. Not mus cle in his body moved. General Lee, seeing that MT. Davis didn't know General Jackson, said: why, President, don't you know Stonewall Jacksona This Is our Stonewan Jackson MT. Davis started to greet him, evidently, as warmly as those he had just left, but the appearance of Jackson stopped him, and when he got about yard MT. Davis halted and Jack son immediately brought his hand up to the side of his head in military salute: MT. Davis bowed and went back to the other company in the room."