Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-21
THE GREAT JACKSON.
now HE BRoUGHT ORDER OUT OF
CHAOS IN THE "NIRGINIA ARMY"
TIE EARLY DAYS OF 81 RECALLED.
uuII Run and First Mannssas-The
Pnrt Taken by the StonewnlI Bril-
eadc-tn Oft-Toid But Never Tire
some story.
some story.

ID. i'' N'Lii'' "' ave A|'' "'''
York Evening Post.
when in May. 1851. General Joseph T..
,.,.,.,, arrival at Tarner's Ferry TO
.,.ts.,ol ,,i.o,,,,,,i,od
''ii'iN''.' ''0
mass of men ana ihuShe'S '"''o 90
famblcd. he found five virginia regiments
and TWO or three from Alabama and
,,.st.sirrf all in nominal control Of a
.t. ..,-tu,.,,,t, ,rn,,, -
'..'i'' Jun
Soon order grew our OF ChaoS' anu We vi
the Virginia army" found ourselves one
4,,. ~, Bolivar HEIGHTS five rcgi-
---t .,,., an. ..,-t,.
mtAiS d" @I' '"'' 80
E.riI bisaoe' compose" Vi '"'
rh.rty-thiTd. Flith, IWenly-scNehth' ana
5-.u-fh
t,. ,-to,,.1 mos n man who
...r
never spohe u"i'79 SPUN" 49,
seemed 10 sleep. mad his headquarters
u.ler a tree. and the only tent he used
$40. chat of his adiutant. He walked
...t...,..,. ,.i..,,. 81 his
1e'al "'o"'' '"o - N'-'e
blue cap oonceailhs MS Iea'uIes' D'0-
fitting. single-breasted blue coat anu
high boots, covering the largest leeJ ever
seen. completed the picture 'aue,9
from the Virginia MHlaIy lls'lOule
called him "Old JACK, told us thdt ne
had been IN mo ChVeu Slate9 army ~
tie @.e1lcan war uiu Hau .,S',il, and
was c"os1A 's. - da,,lbter lie
-.i- -. DO, 81 ,,o,.forroance OF mis-
a" .9 - .,..,o-,.tiraI ,yonosition his
~-.'1s o. = - ~ IN, ,,.oI, AZ the
Only pious"lV us 80 80 - ,,r,,,,
same hour TOT AlS HedIth' sN'C'' - IN
- - ~, -. 5id Mt ,yorl, and AGA
ate--fNl va 49,
dyspepsia, and after pack Of wet sheets
every sunday morning; ne at'.ilu'u , ,,,T
's9Dy .1'-'-l 0i''' - 49,, niebt
"-u '"- ~ 80, IL ota the queer
'-i-D5 |'0 ~. .,-.,,od 1.rous con-
.S,.N,.,,rs ta cot tbsno during the
sianUy -Nn,'o no So 80. -, -, n
va, W., ,,.-ta O. on Lut he al
IeiIio''' "a o+. u, falt NJ, or. kreyv or
""s 90 49,. ~ -, - e,,, MIN
~, 80 i,t an. c,oTn,r his wife
-. a.. l,,,od ,,.r,. bigb I'm tbs estimation
- 49,. his rigid conduct and the abso-
r... t.itb ~e,o.sd i'm his word and deeds.
SOM il was observed that every night
+r.-. WAS singing and PRAYING under
..rs. tree" and every Sunday morning
cd .,aniug Colonel Jackson held prayer
-...,i,,-e which 1 regret TO say, were at
,.-+.a F, only a few. always. however,
~. tis STAFF who seemed to have been
.tos., ar elected because they were of
,.i. ,-,,, ~ lie He WIS uniformly cour-
-'' "' ~, -, ,l-,.,,.s l,ant his ewes half
',ouS ~ 1i', ,t',i.t,, ,ybich ne invariably
'. .',,,-arire, but his replies were
81" ~. ~ ,oiDt Not many DAYS
S - - our officers found out that
-. -, yrr,ta one of his short
- az g, al,v,vs to be obeyed or sus-
100 49, - followed neglect.
p'''7''' ,r,,>.
FIRST LONG hOl'l4 b!-A I'm
one Sunday evening in early June the
"long roll" was beaten, and we were soon
IN line, marching out between the hlsh
hills toward ShepherdstoWh DIlus0, u"
the upper Potomac accompanied py d
long procession Oh caIII"eOo - -,
our mothers anu st9,eIS, mrs ON
~ our il4oNi0 80 co,ld NOT go TO
Aoi 800 80 ,-isi,ed ms i'm our camp
lHoHl' '"D9 "''ty ca. +bo FIRST time in
ana tA"I eleN'''9, - e.It 20 us like
our lives. Ire looheu anu 40i' ~ -
war. FOR were We HO' Va ,-,-'tlt,o This
keep the Yankees ouV % - IN ~ M
was the feeling ana pelleA u a. -
and the Mario" cOuHlIE - I,,, o,,,
around inc many nill9 W. li,. go fur
long iino Oh piIe"l D"' - -l.-i,. fonr tbou-
regiments I~'n'' tsiL+,s. boaltb-
N
sand i've nuhoIe" ol ''V ~ tt5i-.t,i, ,.o,,tb
lest ana most JOY -, ,.i,,id etcht of
~ was my HIs1 e'I" A. darkness ten
what war me ,le, febind but the sol
space an were ~ a, ',i,,rt march and
Cieis' IL was ouI "a - -, Ntanv
BY o. CLOCK we .,io and were only
itA asleep DE 11o .'ttIinc- If ,nusl,ots as
aroused Dy wv - go a ,olle, with
Tie foremost ~, cross fbe bridge.
Out oIoeIS' "Nu ~, ..r6ered hack bv "Old
only 10 De S'I ,'-'y,oe. >, who rcprimanded
JACK ',i0 '' IL, personally superin-
us CO!oi.ei g. 80 ,bt wooden structure.
''"o'U l"e '', -.s.,,,,,- cpoSsrcG
ThE ENEN 80 ,,,,.,,od
During th- next wen ~ -
over severa! couhtles' ""u -. ,,rI~,l
We reached Wincheste', ~ 80
J. r.. Johnston ndd esldD''9.ieN az ',,,.,t,,,i
quarters. We were lh pe,, - fo1t
tr.m. and knew each V'"'' w. -.
Ike soldiers. IN NlH0ne, 80. ,..,,,cs,,
fe6aleo Gay anu alsst',,nsi socessionists."
VI ~ S-r'.'' v,e,k ending June I'd. we