The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21
TOLD OF JACKSON AND LEE,
THE FLdPJACKS OF LEES DARBY
COOK SAVED THE UNION
Thin a- q wafer and Big as n Cnrtwheei,
They Were Fit for Gods-Lee Mads
Himself Sick on Them and Gettysburg
Wa. Lo.t-A National Fiapjnck Wanted


Was Lo.t-A National Fiapjnck Wanted
From the Hev ORLEANS Times Democrat
Strange Is IL not, that Jackson. liks Sher.
man. should have been considered crazy"
the first year of the war; Indeed. before tho
war so eccentric was he that he was called
Crazy Jack" OF the Virginia Military lnsti.
tute, Nobody seemed to understand him. But
go IL has ever been and ever will be, when W,
ordinary mortals can't comprehend genius
we get even with him by calling him crazy.
I remember we'll how uneasy somo Of the
Confederate Generals were when placed IN.
der Jackson's command in early 1862. Ewen
didn't like It. and Dick Taylor didn't like it.
They were afraid jackson would lead them
into some awful scrape or other. And when
Evell. with his division. was lying near Goruons-
Vile in lato April. 1892. but subject to JACK.
,on's orders Ewell and Taylor were very aux.
inns TO get from under him either to 20
down TO Joe Johnston at Yorktown, or to hav.
some General sent TO the valley who would rank
with Ja;ksun. SO. at Taylors instance. he was
sent to Richmond by Ewell to see Mr. Davis,
his brother-in-law, and Mr.. BENJAMIN. then
Secretary OF State. but recently Secretary Of
War, about getting away from Jackson. But
while Taylor was gone jackson ordered Ewel
to come a-running" to the valley! The camp
he had loft in the morning NJ Swift RIVER sat.
oil the northwest niue VI tho Diuo hhkos L"'
ell occupied that night jackson was gone.
he knew not where. Tho valley campaign hal
opened, no was making his strategic detour
back southwest over the Blue Ridge toward
Charlotte ,viile: hence west by rail past Staun-
ton TO Buffalo Gap. and thence northwest ly
long marches to Mcdowell. where lie struck
Run But thers wsSoTs ting
jackson. Gsn Ewcll may have known where
he was. but doubt Il. , &c., n,.,
mond TO the old camp near Gordonsville. TO
ind that Ewell had gone TO jackson In tho
his comma nds happened TO be little way out
from camp on the road toward Gordonsv'llc.
when Taylor game rntti,ns DOM the .s.S %oq,
valley. / told him did not know. He thea
had TO confess my Ignorance. and could only
say that lie had broken camp on a certain
morning, going with his own division ,onth.
Gen. Ewell occupied his camp that night. AMI
had been there herr EYER Toy6 since ;n. :. .ro,r M
Bgt." h: added. there IS one sonsosti to1;
long. Gen. Lonestreet is coming up here 10
take command"
mandsrs t JScRson sas then sSae M Hq
far to the west Of us. He probably never knew
how near he came to missing his great fame
not only defeated four Federal Co -nmander..
but! "optnanksdm, two Of his e 9sr, best Gener-
jackson disturbed his immediate subordi-
mates by never telling them his plans nor con-
spltng them. They hsd smgiy to follow hun
campaign to n subordinate nor called q council
OF war nor asked advice. soon after Ewell
with Gen. Taylor and coming upon Gen. Ew-
ell. Taylor asked him what the movement
III reneG nj G aUn. RaoS Gsn WAY
were shot down ! wouldn't know 9 thing OF
an s P FL s,mana and dSa ssS
second In command would knoww, You
would would ySu smIlea I Ews ~, In his odd
wsy around SHG ss' ts isS
wouidn't Know any more than ] do now, You
Tavlor found their ''crazy." retlesns com:
| mander to have moro war senee than all OF
sS h 81 h Thsy
have said that Taylor was often sick and
suffering intense bodily pain yet that Al battle
| ger. would soothe his pains. mako his head
clearer. and his disposition more amiabis.
not with Bonaparte. our GreAI Gen. Lee was
the victim Of an Indigestion, and H. cost the
burg! The battle Of GsttSsbars Is singular
execution to Gen; Lees battles. II WASH:
was sick. and not in possession OF his usual
near him at tho time tell us this; and from
some OF them the story OF how It came about
| has leaked out.
| Gen. Lee was very fond OF old Virginia hap.
Jacks -wondrous cakes OF African invention.
| Thin a wafer and BIG nearly as . cart wheel:
| and Whom made OF new -four and served hot
| with fresh putter and maple molasses and
folded and folded. la, ers thick. they are feast
| for tho gods But Gen. Leo, the best and
tenderest of men. as well as the greatest.
| hadn't II in his heart 10 fare well-much as
| his ample means would have allowed, when
his men were suffering for food: and II one
| wanted q poor dinner he had only TO drop 10 on
Geo. Lee at that hour; He lived Int little
his darky cook; and when the army ai-
| vanced into Pennsylvania. flowing with milk
| and honey and other good things edible. he
said: Well. Use .gwine TO git something good
| for Marse Robert for once. II he never Gi:s
none no mo-" SO. skirmlshing around no
| got ur the necessary ingredients for the Gen
| erals favorttc cake. The darky. in his pride
as chef and Jealous love for his master. out.
| did himself IN that 30th OF June. The cakes
were too tempting; tho General atr too p!cn-
burg was lost The Niger aud tie fapjauks
| saved the Union! Some time ago II was a
| craze" to find q national flower: why not
have a national cake? / suggest that a,
| Thanksgiving the hapiack have equal honor
| with the pumpkin" pie!