Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-04
THE REAL JACKSON.
tontFd D. h. Hill Describes the Famous
Confederate Chictsin.
HIS RELIGIOUS CHARACTER.
How II Wa. Formed by IT'S Wife-His Iron
VIII the key TO His success
incidents Of His Career.
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personal rcCollcCtiOus OF MN, ana 10 ,'e
relation OF incidents and anecdotes which
] know OF my own knowledge TO be true.
gy the way. I have never heard or seen
IN anecdotc Of him which had any marks
III authenticity about II. 4 letter-writer
from the Rio Grarde said OF General Tay-
Tor. after the battles OF Palo Alto and
Ecsaca 1--WE call him old Rough and
Ready" No one In the army had ever
heard Il before but 81 struck the popular
Fancy Il won him tens OF thousands Of
Notes for The Presidency. and 1t has gone
down e. history
In like manner a lettcrewriter from the
he'd Of the first Manassas gave Jackson
fhc cognomcn OF Stonewan and told n
Nory pretty story about General Dee
pointing 20 him. and saying, There stands
Jackson like stone wall" Not only was
The tale sheer fabrication. but the name
vas the lcas, suited to jackson. who was
ever IN motion. swooping like an eagle on
d. prey. Sat the name spread like wild
fire. end has reached the uttcrmost limits
or the GLOBE. The story Of how Jackson
II
60 point The other way is very romantic.
but - also false. SO the pretty incident Of
his standing sentinel for his weary bril-
gade Is touching. hut IL monstrously alb
surd and reflects but little credit on Jack
FOn as a soldier. The efficient guarding
% a whole brigade In the presence Of an
enemy requires more than the vigilance Of
one man. even though that man were
T.. D. tory
has been often repeated by press and pull
pit.
\ NUISANCE.
There was nuisance In the service
known as the army correspondent He
was generally the hanger-On Of some Of
fcer's headquarters and managed TO es-
cape conscrption by vigorous and unre-
uniting putting Of his chief As the knight
q the quill never Vcnturcd into the fight,
ana only snuned the battle afar. he knew
nothing accurately of battles. but managed
10 pick up few real or supposed incidents
from the wounded md from stragglers.
These. enlarged. beauti6ed, and cmbcl-
lished. constituted the sensational letters
from the front lie often. however. man
aged adroitly TO give sly laudatiou OF
himself 10y telling about what he heard
Zee say, or what he saw Jackson ana
1.ongstrcet do. OF course the lettcr-writei
must have been under fire If with these
generals Many of the sensational anec-
d0tes had their origin I'm this species "f
self-exultaiion. hut most OF them were
made out Of whole cloth 70 give spice and
Viquaucy 10 army correspondence.
knew Stoucwall Jackson from 1876 iii
1861 was often thrown into intimate rela-
tions with him, had many hundreds OF CON
Nersations with him. heard his opinion upon
n q q
different postlons.-a lieutenant of artil-
cry, a lieutenant general. a college pro
lessor. a church deacon. q sabbath schooi
teacher. etc..-and the estimate ! formed
az him in these different walks OF HE
and phases Of character was I'm many r.
snects different from that usually ac-
oepted.
HIS RECOMMENDATIONS.
In the winter Of 1851 the greater part
Of the regular troops Of the United States
army were taken from General 1aylor'
marched TO the mouth OF the Rio Grandr
and shipped TO Yea Cruz the new base
Of operations selected 10y General scott.
While waiting there for shipping / strolled
,ver to the tent OF Captain George Taylor
of the artillery, and as We were conVers-
ing. "A Young officer was seen approaching.
"Do you know Lieutenant Jackson
asked Captaln Taylor. lie will make his
mark i'm this war. | taught him at West
point; he came there badly prepared, but
,yas rising all the time. ana II the
curse had been four years longer, he
ould have been graduated AT the head OF
= class. He never gave UP anything, and
lcver passed over anything without under
landing II.
Some wears after the Mexican war a
vacancy occurred in the chair OF natural
and experimental philosophy In the VIZ
glnia Military Institute. II was onered
10 Professor (afterward lAeutenant-Gencf-
nh a. L. Stewart, who declined. Colonel
Y H. smith the superintendent, applie1
10 me for the name Of "a suitable army-Oi-
ucer to FIJI the chair. Captain Taylor $
euloey upon Lieutenant Jackson at once
REQUIRED TO my mind, and he vas com
mended There was a meeting or the
Board of Visitors held in Richmond. and
MIR. Carlisle. OF West Virginia, a relative
Of Lieutenant jackson, was present. and
cordially endorsed the recommendation
given him. He was elected without any
other testimonial than that given on the
banks of the Rio Grande. Lieutenant
jackson resigned from the army. and ac
cepted the position rendered him. Thus a
chance conversation on the utmost verge
Of Texas was the means or transferring
him TO the Valley Of Virginia, and of
crs Of Scotch-Irish descent who first gave
him reputation at Bull Run. and who will
I've known In history az the heroes OF the
Stonewall Brigade.
A MODEL OF GOOD ENGLISH.
Jackson had been baptized in the Eris-
Copal Church, but not confirmed. HIS
Jennings, however. were toward that
church One day | read him the detini-
ton OF sin given I'm the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism." Its brevity and comprehen-
siveness impressed him very much. Know
ing his great admiration for sententious-
ness, / read him the answers 10 several
other questions. He became so much
interested that he borrowed the little
book, which he said he had never seen
nor heard Of before. lie kept IL week or
more and on returning 1t said that he
had read II very carefully; that II was a
wonderful production-a model OF me
English. as well as or sound theology
then gave him the Confession of Faith OF
the PRESBYTERIAN Church. This. too, he
had never seen. He kept IL much
longer time than the catechism, and com
pared the foot-notes with his Bible. He
professed himself pleased with everything
except predestinaiion and infant baptism.
His scrJples about The latter did not last
very long In the last years Of his life
ne Was regarded as a fatalist.s but his
lepugDance 10 prcdesiinatlon was long ana
determined.
John Il. Lyle, of Lexington. one OF the
hottest of men was instrumental In nrst
arouslng a religious interest In Jacksons
mind. But even after he had become an
earnest Christian. and wished 10 connect
himself with the church. he had had no
special prediction for Presbyterianism.
This was determined by potent influence.
unconscious. doubt not. TO himself. He feil
in love with tho daughter OF Presbyte-
rian clergyman. Had lac known IL ne
would have resisted bias in his denomi-
national connection from such cause.
But have always believed that her iaith
wore new attractions in his eyes after
he had given her his heart. In this love
arfsir. as in all other things. his simple.
earnest nature was displayed. l remem"
Der but as yesterday his coming TO my
room. and, turn the conversation az often
as l might. his bringing II back to this
young lady. AZ length he said: II don't
Know What has changed me. / used 10
think her plain. but her face now seems
10 me ali sweetness" burst out laughing,
and replied, you are Ia love: that's what
u the natter lie blushed up to the eyes.
ana said that he bad never been In love In
his Jife but he certainly felt differently
toward this lady frsm what he had ever
feiT hafDfs They .pe .cl g