Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-22
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ments. the result Of experience and neces1
sitv have been adopted IN tne ldCISS "
the Continental armies. Inc ConleHel
rates. With rank anG me Nv and intel
ligence. soon fully appreciated the coss
Of Ell movements under hre. Inc gu
way Of sending a regiment IN liont VI
brigade. and then oeployihg ~ nv "a
skirmish line was seen TO lose time anu
cost men. They therefore organized pat-
talions OF sharpshooters, commahdea DSS
field officers, for eacn brigade conposGu
Of men detailed from each rchipPg win
proper proportion, and marchlns 60 Nm
their companies. At the coIhillanu, ,,i ~
ward sharpshooters. they ran . ~ a.
the line OF battle. and covered the oIIsau5
front before regiment Gouiu q. nay n. fa,Dous
from its place in line. TINS - Ihe io 80 "a
movement Of the German intahtry Oh au
vancing by rushes. or by oetacheu D Siaoo
Of mon You get your men IN pace,
without exposing them unnecessarily anu
get them promptly there. ,,oo, |
jackson in some respects, was goou
fudge OF men. He never cared LOT ap-
pesrances What he required was was, h dn'-
A. His chief quartermaster, MAJOR JOhn
a Harman. was rough diamond OF lhIs
sort. When Lee was withdrassWSdlhs ia an
Sharpsburg in September, IoS Ma 10
Hartman of course. had chaiee VI -
trains. and II was no easy matter "
miles of wagons across wide river -
a dif1cult ford. He got troop OF cayal-
nv and stationed them on inc l owei
| side Of the ford across the IlEei' Si The
| each with a stout hickory pole. az IN
/ teoro nassed each cavalrymhn pei i9
| bored them. and their gait was eie"etS
! accelerated Under him was CIaiooi h9 No ~.
| Mason. an old railroad contia ceo o.,,d rot
con was utterly illiterate, ana coulu no 70
,,.;,a bi. name. but he was possesseu va
| ono NJ those phenomenal brains tt iI.,. ~
| could carry In his memory az ~" ,en-roila
| az haul Of earth, and stone on a rV ~
| section OF railroad, and the quahtiIy %
secSiou VI I'D the survey and ca!cula-
49, ~ the engineers were only coh'l ~ M 10
tiOns ~ Mason's estimates. Wheh Nrs
con was hurrylng from CIosS Port
where he had beaten Ereii !, was neces-
10y - cross the South tork ol
shena ndoah. There WAS no ~ set
brtdCa was necessary. Inc Ride
pI'o 81" 70 law plans for the piausv
to w WORK 20 thought, took unnecessary
a siroa so he sent FOR Mason; ~ ho", en- az
,on Getting along with me orius Css,neTsl
to,n Wasorl?" said he. why bridge
the 'picturs' amt Done, stream with
IS! ~ trom which the bodies mao , pe
Na .se.'ea and made a roadway Owl and
III fenca rails In thirty mn Ii struc-
over this primitive anu I'a,,ev marched 10
ture tt ~ port Republic 30 sI1l, 1T, Of
the pa a,Lonoce not worthy Of the dignity "
the historic page' -.t,.tons are graphic
The authors DESCRIPTION, no a. s,ery oil
and soul-stirr'rg' De 5ssssnrintion Of Chan
, Napier. ,,ta II is as If he hau "e ~
: r cgllg1 and an actor: Lee n We with
} sovth side of the Rappah "a 'i the north
sCH ~ I'm Hooker was on the ornesed
, 62,CVV men 500 90 men. Hooker CROSSE
slue 49, above Lees lett anu >" III
, the ,,1d his rear. marching sou,h, VII
I, | left Sedgwick on -, ~ attack Lees real
/ orders 10 GSIool5er1 had engaged MN a., II
! when nS yvIen the situation had peen G1
] iiiIoInnad jackson proposed 20 Lee uoolCer',
j bis corps, and pass ar aaou ras- "Wha
= right, ana ,,e meY" said Lee. IN
VII you If Anderson and McL4ws' 1s sch'
g IacSson- ''Wen. go on salu sJttjng OF
SON arose. They h Iaet b peet the Federal
- two eIaoHhS afore He saluted ana sdIu
t su.s, troops will move az QHSe cloud
e .atTSo dav had broken WlIhVuu tarcn M
), and as the troops began W oreen vista
n tHe VViiderness, grass uhder ~ ~ 1t
y tb,cE foliage overhead were u spp5aJi in
i e,,nshine. The men, conlpi liei,'a move
n tuitively that daring anu Used rapid
d oaDt was in progress pIes..eoT,dio6 h
e. mem and General Lee, stahulns =
- IVl "eli u{side 10 watch them pass, 80 ~
sr their confident bearing the pl S-,o55o,ts ba
le 80 soon after the nrst Iesnnd AZ m
J. cess. - Iockson himself appeared al ~, ~
IS gone ey "a, Jao g,eff onposite the commando
n hed4 90 He drew rein ana the NV
he nnnversed for few moHi,e I tba dire
re Jackson rode on, polhuns - rooyinl
sc Nm Tace' saws ar eyewitness va
I'd fiS tS,1ebed and was turned 10 Gene
~ 90 who nodded approval ,C.i.-,"ieTv b.
ne said Such was tle ZEE had 100
& W. o,ifh him I'm front or Ho1hSi -
L. ~ 90 at Fredericksburg conlroiLtiii,s -,
er Isl. 81 NcIaws and Anderson ny
rs brisk a ,ednTession OF great streng
be slNe ZINC instant assault JachSor
is WI was discerned at various W.,
he - different Federal oIhcSIs. D. ,rae r
nd IA token up the idea that L so " ." ro,,
I'd ndu .tnie On Gordonsville, his direct .ou
IT, - NTotIn,ond having, as hOOheI ~ ii
he been cut off by Sedg"leh' 20, % dn1arte
IS rNnorts Of the generals 10 nJaot 70 =
49, a large force was pasa'IS a. :
,er tn9t - no alarm. Ii was Lee III
~ 'e.TT'S,yonty-dye thousand men wei ttn
~ ,ic,Sne' I'm the forest, within a Hi'.s
i'd the Federal works oVSi ~ not
we both to north ah tno Northern army a
me s-itsaS 70 have suspected their P,D'C 80
int EKbn belief that Lee ana JaGGkkS 81 w
IA. retreaung had taken nm Nh banks Rad.
he MIMI ianorted from time 10 time on
er- 49, 1870 was massng IN the 'hChI
an ll 9 ,be confederate cavalry keep
las INST outside enecuNe lantSV, Vet
lie Every road and every cieai s LIS reco
- - atteIilr. enc in force to ascertain what
nc nOtss'sa'ii,S Going on within the forest, a
Nv a. rs1oTts of the scouts were helu
on | be exaggerated ,., ,,
.rbe men were in position Gag
we'd =. iawaiting the signal; their qu
ar ig+alIigence had already reaiZeu
yer Situation, and all was NE anu 49, 49,
10 | .top Across the narrow CledIl"e -.
Ter ll1H ~ long gray lines, penetrating
airy g.. the forest on either nank, IN
can 49, 49, on the road, were four Napolss
We ms the horses frettins WIN sM,'
- nent. far in the rear tnelr fIiSs s So
M nv" ,,nder the long shafts or the sen !,
lns he heavy columns OF A. T. III
1tris;on were rapidly advancing, ana
ing, ,r.Iio NJ the artillery Closing W
.ent IN erevy louder and louder JacAs
or Itch in hand. sat silent on Litue >
aud VI; his slouched hat drawn Tow .os y
IDLY his eyes. and his lips tightly pnaes~t
son. S IN and soldierly-and on Rodes r.
lllhe ,5ator Blackford. Are YOU rec
Mas RodesY said Jackson
,e, .aid Rodes, impatient as ms ~
sVou can go forward. sirT snd Se0 -,
nod from Rodes was suiliclen, " :,
~ Rlackford and the "p 1",L came
W ~ a single bugle. baSk eai 1 ,
h nous from bugles right anu
resP,h o sk,rmishers dashing throusn
FA aItu "nrSergrowth. sprang easetS
TX WIG Ivy followed by the quick
NJ the line OF battle .,u, sas
the .u,or a moment the trooPs
CON. huried in the thickets; tnv"' ,assn
dys- enenny's sentries. compietsa sSots
ming surprise, fred few scat.si cane oui
.ptic the guns on the t uInpN waked; thro
-,,ts INTO an ~, ~ ~ the summer evening