Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-26
STONEWALL JACKSON'S FOE.
He Feared the Whisky In Liquor Ware
house More Than the Enemy.

FTOm Iue 1OuGQS SOul pdulOu.
"About daylight of the day before
the second battle of Manassas" said
Confederate officersat recent reun.
ion of the blue and the grey, was or.
dered to report to General T. ]. Jack.
son, with detail of hundred men,
for special orders. I went at once to
headquarters and presented the orders
had received. General Jackson came
out, and beckoning Inc to follow him,
rode some 80 yards from his staff and
then turned to me and halted:
"'Captain, do you eyer use liquor 9'
he asked.
"'No, SIR I replied.
"a smile lit up his rugged face as
he said: Il sent for special detail OF
100 men under command of an officer
who never used spirituous liquors. Are
you that man?'
ayes, SIR I said, 4 was detailed on
that account"
"sWell then,' he continued, Il have
an order to give, upon the execution
of which depends the success of the
present movement and the result OF
the battle soon to be fought
"'If to keep sober is all that is need.
ed, general, you may depend upon me,
I said.
"'No,' he answered, "that is not all
but unless you can resist temptation to
drink, you cannot carry out my orders.
Do you see that warehouse over
there p pointing to a large building a
little way off. Take your command
up to that depot, have the barrels
of bread rolled out and sent down to
the railroad track, so that my men can
get it as they pass, and then take your
picked men into the building and spill
all the liquor there; don't spare a
drop, nor let any man taste it under
any circumstances. This order l ex-
pect you to execute at any cost
"He turned, and was about to ride
back to his staff, when I called hastily :
"'One moment, general! Suppose
an officer of superior rank should or
der me under arrest and then gain
possession of the warehouse p
"Coming up close to me, and look
ing me through and through, as it SEEM
ed to me, he said, with look of SOL
emnity that I shall never forget:
"'Until I relieve you in person, you
are exempt from arrest except upon
my written order. I fear that liquor
more than Pope's army he added, as
he rode rapidly away.
II took my men down to the ware
house which had become so important
and threw guard around it placing
five men at each entrance, with orders
neither to allSw any one to enter, nor
to enter themselves.
"The next thing was to roll out the
bread, which I did. Just as we were
finishing that task I was called to one
of the entrances to find a general
officer with his staff demanding that
the guards should either allow him to
enter or bring him out some liquor.
OF course, I refused to comply with
the command, upon which he ordered
his adjutant to place me under arrest.
81 told him I was there by General
Jackson's personal order, and was es-
pecially exempt from arrest. He or
dered his staff to dismount and enter
the warehouse, and I gave my men
the order to level their guns and make
ready.
"This made the general halt, in
spite of his thirst, and hold consulta-
tion with his officers. They conclu-
ded to try persuasion, since they could
not get what they wanted by force.
But they found that method of no
more avail than the other. Then
they demanded to know my name and
to what command / belonged to, and
threatened to report me for disobedi-
ence.
i should never have yielded, and
whether they would have pushed
things to an extremity, in their raging
desire for the liquor, I do not know;
but just at that moment General A. 2.
Hill came galloping up with his staff
and naturally wanted to know what
was the trouble. explained the sit
uation, which the quick-witted general
took in at once, and ordered the thirs-
ty squad off.