Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-16

close NJ hand 20 spring an attack Stone.
wall was the central figure Of that circle.
and like the foemcn Of Bogkarls az Mlsso
longhi. be
Woke toh hear he ssntriea shrek.
10 armsi Thcy comoi
Kissing his babe and bidding his wife TO
hasten from the scene that must soon b..
come a battlefield, he rode to tho front 10
jlin his troops When next bis wife say
Lun he was on his dcathbcd. and in tho
meantime had become the hero of the most
renowned military feat II tho wnr-tho
flank attack On llo0kct's army at Chan.
tcllorvillc.
Il was no ordinary crisis tina. called
Jackson ffom his fepose. not ovon for war.
Tie Union army, led by Fighting Joe"
Hooker. was crossing 10 the nttnci.. some
miles distant from Los camps, intending
70 march around aud stake In tho roar
II outnnmherd Lees force two 20 one. 1t
was necessary Tor Jackson TO chnngo front
or turn away from the river heights back
20 the interior, and while doing s0toAtiil
gnard the heights. The ONION general
wanted 10 got possession NJ tho heights
without lighting bloody battle on thelr
slopes, and had taken q roundabout coure
90 got the COnfclcratea 90 abandon them.
jackson controlled four divisions VI about
4l,0p men. lie knew that Hooker could
easily set apart 5000 or more out OF the
$4,000 men IN blue 90 uttompt tho huigh's
on the river font while the remainder as.
sailed the Confederate rear. aud 70 no lef5
ore division to defend the heights and
with tho other thncc hurried westward 20
meet tho main Union columns. Thee had
crossed north of Fredericksburg aud bad
literally gone around Lao
Hooker had 10 fact vet apart ono corps,
the Sixth, under Scdgwlck, =, OO0s strong %
cross az fredericksburg aud oltcr direct
attack, aud on May /, after two days Of
hioodless maneuver, the situation was
deadlock. Neither side would strike the
opeulng blow for fear Of getting the WORT
o. u. jackson had stationed ono division
On tho river heights facing eastward
iglinst sedgmies, aud his other three %
visions lay across liookers pathway flye
nilcs IN the interior at place called Tabof-
incle Church. With Jackson nj this point
zero two divisions OF another corps led By
IHe In person. Hookcr's main body was
.trhng out SUI 90 the westward I've miles
from Tabernacle Church 20 Wildernes,
Church. One good road leading to Fred.
cricksburg lntorsected both the Union AMI
Confederate positions. reference 10 tho
diagram VIII show that tho Confederates
were betwoen Tho two Union fires on May
!. On May 2 Hooker was between two
Confederate fires, and on this sudden re-.
scrsal hangs stoncwhlls rcmarkablofnme
On the morning Of the "a Jackson's three
divisions disappeared from Tabernacle
Shurch and started westward aeros. tho
long front Of il0okcrs vast army. Tho
narrow space between Jaokson's route aud
Hooker's outposts was pntr0lod by tho
NNfnIful ffsHa of a..
IN order that no chance ruconnolssancs
from tho Union line. should reveal tho
mysterious march. skillml guides were as
tho head u the column 10 poIut out bv.
roads and concealed ways that would
shorten the distance aud insure secrucy
AZ one point tho column ran luto QUO VI
lockers ouipOsts, nglt cnsuel, and the
movement VI tho Conicdcratcs westward
was fairly disclosed and reported 10 Union
headquarters jackson then turned his
column farther south to avoid another col.
lisiun aud pressed on, making march OF
fifteen miles In all and bringing up Square.
" on Hookera right rear ut Wilderness
Church.
Il was o'clock IN tho afternoon, May
2 Twcutyiour hours had changed tho
face of thlnes. Hooker and bis 5000
were now bcsct By enemies on the east aud
ON the west, and Ia spite Of all were IN.
warned of the blow about TO fail. Tho
march Of Confrdorutcs westward rs re-
ported from the scene Of the little fight on
The Union ontposts was believed by the
Union general 10 be q retreat from Fred
ericksburg toward Richmond. Hooker had
sent his cavalry corps away on Wild ride
along the railroad, between those two cit
ie', and hence the eyes Of tho army were
absent There was no scouting. no recon.
noiterlng, no alett upand.Adoing spirit
~ Union headquarters. In this lay Jack.
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