The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
MEMORIES OF GEN. JACKSON.
D,y THE sEvENTY-THIRD An
.'vrRsARY Of HIS BIRTH.

s.vnnnahians VIII Have NO FuDmc
[,,.-orvance, But the Day Hec"liS
o Wen who Fought in the Civ
,or the stirring Scenes of the
,-,..inia Campaign.
49,. is the 7Sd anniversary of the
',..f stonewall Jackson. Although not
"H tho occasion of any public observ-
MAJ .ns anniversary recalls many MEM
an -, rbe thrilling experiences of the
early co.'s. t4. ,n
. wall: rally on the Nirginians,' the
S''1 Of Gen. Bernard E. Bee, at 'he
If Manassas, which gave Gen. jack
D'. .,e sobriquet of "stonewall," is one
savings of famous generals of the
war It was his gallant conduct IN
ts.+ battle that made jackson major
general ~ q
.o1, Cen Jackson was a soldier from
nth His first public Office was that
Unstable in his native county. Then
-.aor 10 West Point and there began
-. career which made him one of the
e,,,,,s generals of the age. He died
s.oD, wounds and a fall received at the
III Of Chancellorsville May 10, 1868.
+, tbe southland, where the memory of
1ocl,son is so sacredly revered, the esti-
NATE Of his one-time enemies will be read
with interest. Mai -Gen. De Peyster,
1-nited States Army, in a critical review
If the battle of Charlottesville says:
mo single event in the history of Stone
wall Jacksons remarkable career exem-
nn6es his intrepidity and ability better
,bon the prosecution of his flank march,
t1rning. and attack upon our right. IL
1,a,, he regarded as equal, in miniature, to
tba resoIute directness which carried MARI
boroueh to the Danube, in 1T04; Eugene 10
The relief Turenne, in 17O6; Butcher across
tbe T,Ibe in 1918; and Mary to the relief of
schwurzenburg, in 1914; and exactly akin
in energy and will to Kearney's advance
on Williamsburg in 1862; to Grants perfect
ampaign through jackson to the invest
,ent Of Vicksburg in 1868, and to Sheri-
dams daring ride to redeem Cedar Creek
in 1@4 Disregarding all minor things, he
PRESSED on with a celebrity and audacity,
rhch in such a case are the infallible
landmarks Of genius. Like hurri-
cane or cyclone or anything which is a
type of terrible, fiery, and destructive as
SAINT on he sped to the browning glory Of
his life; on to his death-shattered in shat
tering The simple fact is
Stonewan Jackson swooped upon Howard,
like one of our western tornadoes, that,
without the slightest premonition, burst
over the sleeping forest and level all be-
fore them cutting a swath through the
deep-rooted giant trees, and leaving be-
hind as memorials of their passage long
visas of stripped and Frustrated trunks.
No surprise of the war equals
that of our right at ChancellorsVille-no
that of Prenuss' division at Shiloh; nor
that of Casey at Fair Oaks; nor that of
the Army of West Virginia at Cedar
Creek-none of these can compare with it,
The men of the eleventh corps realized
the very words of Germany's greatest
soldier, being caught just as he taught
his generals to catch their enemies, all
untrussed, or unbuttoned. 1t has been
conceded that Stonewall Jacksons con-
ception and execution of this the last
day of his life, was also his life's crown
ing event, the fabulous song of the dy-
ing Swan, expressed in the reality of
superatve sOldiership. Whether
he fell by the bullets of his own men or
by the balls of the opposing unionists, it
matters not. The result was of incalcula-
bic advantage to the latter. Stonewan
Jacksons power was annihilated-there
in the moonlit glade of that mysterious
wilderness, just bursting into leap and
blossom, the leaves and flowers of his
own great life shriveled and died, blast
ed by a SCATTERING volley, as unlocked for
as the levin bolt when it falls from a
sudden cloud upon some overtowering
tree that has long stood, the admiration
and the wonder of all who gazed upon
its pre-eminent grandeur. In this first
fight in the Wilderness Stonewall Jack
son proved himself all that his panegyr-
lists claim for him-most glorious at his
settlng-snking to his rest after his life
career short but magnificent, amid such
crimson glories as seldom dignity the
close Of soldiers life, even the most
illustriOus"'
A noble tribute to the grand old soldier
from magnanmous foe. Let us now at
tend the deathbed of Stonewall Jackson,
the humble Christian warrior. When his
vile told him of his approaching death
ne calmly replied Very good, very
good-it is all right
few moments before his death he
called out in his delirium: "Order A. p.
Hi to prepare for action. Pass the in
iantry to the front. Tell Maj. Hawks
mere tue sentence was ielI unun-
Rned But soon after a sweet smile over
spread his face, and he murmured quiz
e'y with an air of relief, Let us pass
over the river and rest under the shade
~ the trees These were his last words.
,..ney have been commemorated by Mrs.
Margaret j. Preston:
What are the thoughts that are stirring
his breast?
what is the mystical vision he sees?
Lsl us pass over the river and rest
Onaer the shade of the trees
mas he grown sick of his tolls and his
tasks?
Signs the worn spirit, for respite or
ease?
-" NJ moments cool halt that he asks
Ouaer the shade of the trees?
Is the gurgle of the waters whose
flow
Vl'ime has come to him, borne on the
breeze.
WehOfN listens IN lanninp On low