The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-23


Many incidents Of Jackson's carees
| prove that he possessed the instincti,-a
| power to know the plight and to foreteI
| Inc purposes of the Federal army and its
commanders"
DIT Mcclure then went on to tell many
incidents OF Gen. Jackson on the battle.
| field, the most interesting and dramatic
| OF which were the following:
AT Malvern Hill when a portion of our
| army was beaten and to some extent de-
moralized Hill and Eweu and Erlv came
| 10 tell him that they could make no resist
ance II Mcclellan attacked them in the
| morning. 1t was difficult ia wake CO..
jackson, as he was exhausted and very
sound asleep. 1 tried it myself and afte,
many efforts partly succeeded. When he
| was made to understand what was wanted
ne SAID, Mcclellan and his army will ne
| zone py daylight and went to sleep again.
! prediction was true
| AT Fredericksburg. after R,r,staa,s 70
| pulse, he asked me how MANY bandages
| had told him. and asked whv he
| wanted TO know. He said that he wanted
| 10 nave piece of white cloth to tie on
each mans arm, so that his soldiers might
Isc , lllze each other in a night attack
ana ne asked to be allowed TO make such
an attack, and drive his foe into the swol
| len river or capture him Subseouent
| events demonstrated that he knew the
/ state of things within the hostile lines.
ana would nave accomplished his pur-
! pose. Gen Lee withheld his consent for
the reason that so often restrained him in
like cases; he could not put at so great
risk an army which the South could not
replace.
That Jackson replaced the second and
thlrd requirements, the genius to devise
ana the skill and courage to deliver the
| blow needed to defeat his foes is if NOT
amply proved by the general fact that his
own force, in the valley campaign. was
| never over 1900 and generally less. and
| that Tor a time he was keeping at bay Co.
wv Federal soldiers in or near the great
| valley, and 10000 at fredericksburg
| scundly thrashing in the field from time
to time large portions of this great army?
"Or, taking a wider view, jackson and
his small force so influenced the whole
| campaign as to keep 100000 federal troops
away from Richmond, and compel the
Federal government to employ a larger
| force than the entire Confederate army
in Virginia, in order, as Lincoln said. to
protect the Federal capital, while anoth-
er superior force operated against Lee
and Richmond
L cannot give you any instances or
| Illustrations of the mental action by which
he reached his conclusions or devised the
combinations which defeated his enemy:
| for Jackson took no counsel save with his
FAMILIAR the Genius or War. and his
GOO. He DID hold one, and only one coun-
sci of war. In March 1862 a Winchester
jackson had in his small army less than
oOOO men. Gen Banks, who was advanc-
ing upon Winchester from Harper's Ferry
and Charlestown, had 10000 soldiers. Gen.
Jackson repeatedly offered Gen. Banks
battle, but the latter declined and on
the night of the 18th of March went into
camp four miles from Win
CHESTER Gen. jackson sent for
ms ofncers and proposed to
make night attack, but the plan was
not approved by the council. He sent for
the officers a second time some hours
later and again urged them to agree to
make the night assault but they
again disapproved of the attempt
30 late IN the afternoon, we withdrew
from Winchester and marched to Newton
rode with the General as we left the
place, and as We reached a high point
overlooking the town we both turned to
look at Winchester, just evacuated and
now left to the mercy of the Federal SOL
uers think that a man sometimes
Yields to overwhelming emotion and I
was utterly overcome by the fact that 7
was leaving all that 1 held dear on earth
BUT my emotion was arrested by one look
at jackson. His face was fairly blazing
with the fire that was burning In him.
and felt awed before him. Presently he
cried out with a manner almost savage
THAT is the last council of war | will
ever hold" And it was-his first and
last. Thereafter he held council in Sc
cret chamber of his own heart, and act
ed. instantaneous decision, absolute self
reliance, every action. every word dis
played. His voice displayed it in battle
1t was not the peal of the trumpet but
the sharp crack of the riae-sudden i'm
perative resolute.
jackson always expected to hold his
lines, but was always most dangerously
aggressive. L heard him once say, 1--WE
sometimes fail to drive the enemy from
his position. He always fails to drive
us. But he was never content with the
defensive, however successful, or how
ever eXhausting. In the terribly destruc-
tive battle of Sharpsburg he was looking
all of that day for a chance to make the
counter stroke.
He was always calm and self-con trolled.
He never lost his balance for one mo-
ment. At the First Manassas, when we
reached the field and found our men under
Bee and Barlow falling back-when the
confusion was greatest and Bee in despair
cried out They are driving us back there
was not the slightest emotion apparent
about him. His thin lips Were compressed
and his eyes were ablaze when he, CURLY
said. Then, sir, we will give them the
bayonet.'
In the very severe engagement at Chan
lilly, fought during heavy thunderstorm,
when the voice of the artillery of heaven
could scarcely be distinguished from that
of the enemy, an aide came up with a
message from A. p. Hill that his ammuni-
ton was wet and that he asked leave to
retire. Give my compliments to Gen. Hill
and tell him that the Yankee ammunition
is as wet as his; to stay where he is There
was always danger and blood when he be-
. gan his terse sentences with Give my
compliments
Jackson knew the value of the South
ern volunteer better and sooner las / be-
lieve) than any other of our great leaders.
On this subject, L once heard him
say, The patriot volunteer fight
ing for country and his
rights makes the most reliable soldier on
earth.
1.-THE first time I was under fire, the
attempt to diagnose my feelings did not
discover to me anything that l recognized
as positive enjoyment. l tod Gen. Jack
son frankly what my feelings were, and
! asked him how he felt the first time he
experienced it, Afraid the fire would not
be hot enough for me to distinguish my
self he promptly replied.
Il have seen Gen. Jackson stop while
the army was on The march TO help poor