The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-23
STONEWALL JACKSON.
of the Statue to His
Memory at Lexington.

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Tuesday was day of unusual in
terest and commotion at Lexington,
Va. 1t was the occasion OF the un-
yelling of the heroic bronze statue of
Gen. ThomasJ. ("StonewalD" Jackson.
10000 people were present. From
an Associated Press dispatch we con-
dense the following:
Thirty years ago today, on the
battlefield Of Bull Run, General
Thomas ]. Jackson received the soubri
quet "Stonewall," the name by which
he is known the world over, and which
the southern people have since that
time applied to him as term of en-
dearment. Today the honor and
respect in which he is held was testi-
fed to by grand outpouring of ex=
confederates, who assisted in the un-
yelling of a monument to his memory.
\ Not less than 10000 confederates
are in town. They have come from
every state that cast its lot with the
seeessionists. Probably not less than
10000 of the boys who wore the blue
DE also here, and in the throngs in
The streets the blue raiment and brass
buttons of the Grand Army of the Re-
public are to be seen on every hand.
Gen. Wade Hampton ofSouth Caro-
lima, was the presiding officer and to
the right and left of him on the grand
stand were groups of surviving officers
of the Confederate army and navy
and other prominent persons.
With a few words of greeting, Gen.
Hampton introduced the Rev. A. c.
Hopkins, D. D., of Charlestown, w.
Va. who was chaplain of Stonewall
Jackson's staff and who invoked the
blessing of the Almighty on the coun-
try and especially commended to
Divine Providence the welfare OF the
southern states. Amid rousing cheers,
which continued for several moments,
Gen. Jubal A. Early was introduced
as the orator of the day, and the griz-
zled veteran who, as Gen. Hampton
said in his Introductory remarks, is
probably the best informed survivor
in the entire country on southern civil
war history, eloquent by dilated on the
life, character and military achieve.
ments of the renowned warrior.
The Grafton covered one hour in
its delivery-the general reading from
manuscript-and was historical re-
view OF the war history in which Stone.
| wall Jackson figured, and closing with
this paragraph. 81 trust that every
| faithful soldier of the Army of North
ern Virginia is ready to exclaim with
| me-"If l am ever known to repudiate
the cause for which Lee fought and
Jackson died, may the lightning Of
| heaven blast me and the scorn of all
brave men and good women be my por
| ton
Many distinguished men from all
over the South and elsewhere were
present. Immediately behind the
orator were seated Mrs. Jackson, and
her brother, Capt. J. G.. Morrison, who
held the two little grand children Of
| Jackson in hi, arms. TO their right
was seated w. E. Christian, son-in
law of Mrs. Jackson, while Edward
V. Valentine, the sculptor of the statue,
was seated on the left
| Lieutenant Governor lanes A.
Walker, the only surviving commander
of Stonewall's brigade, was chief mar,
shall. Promptly at noon the firing Of
a cannon gave the signal for the head
of the line to move. General Walker
and his aides led the way. Then came
the survivors of Stonewall Jackson:
brigade-some on foot, others or
horse back and many enfeebled OF
crippled in carriages. Behind band
that rendered the familiar strains O
"Dixie" came the survivors of Stauntor
l-Poague's and Carpenters brigade:
two thousand of them, with Colone
W. T. Poague in command. Their
the surviving officers, Colonies Cum
mings, Griggsby, Edmonson anG
Williams. After these came carriage.
with the honorary guests, the orator
presiding officers, the sculptor of the
statue, Mr., valentine, Mrs. Genera
Jackson and w. E, Christian, of tn,
New York Forum, with his two little
children, Julia Jackson Christian anc
Thomas Jackson Christian, grand chill
dren of the great soldier. In the thirc
division were the members of the me
mortal committee, under the auspice
of which the money was raised for thu
statue, members of the Ladies Jackson
| Memorial Association, the genera
officers ofthe Confederates States army
including Generals T. L. Rosser
George H. Stuart, Bradley T. Johnson
Fitzhugh Lee and Roger A. Pryor
together with the faculty and boar(
of visitors and military staff of tn
Virginia Military Institute.
In the fourth division was the So
ciety of the Army and Navy of tn
Confederate States of the state Q
Maryland and large number OF visi
ting veteran camps, including lie
camp of Richmond, the New Orlean
veterans, Tiger camp of Salisbury
n. c., Winchester camp and veteran
organizations from Maryland, Wash
ington, D. c., Leesburg and Roanoke
Behind the veterans came local cavalr
companies with infantry and artillery
and a company Of sharpshooters.
The sidewalks along the line c
march were packed with spectator
and so were the windows, and i
many cases the roofs of the variou
buildings, and as one noted survive
, after another was recognized, cheer
ran from block to block like the echOe