The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

| OF these repeats Jackson's last words
| Let us pass over the river anl rest Un-
| der the shade OF the trees"-an1 another
| gives Lees famous sentence ar Manas-
| sas, There stands jackson like 4 stone
wall" The third inscription is Lees rib
| ute TO his dead commander, and The
| fourth is the name and date of death
| Near by in the woods is the monument
| erected 10 the memory of the dead mem
| bers OF the Coils Zouaves, a stone shaft
| with copper tablet containing the names
| of the heroes.
! mile up the road IS the house Of a
/ man named Tally, who was JacGson's
| guide during the flank movement upon
| Howard. Tally is a weIl-preserved man,
| of rOtund build, with a white imperial
beard As he stood on the lawn of mis-
| home, while the party awaited lunch, he
| pointed out the hill not !ar away, 10 the
I top Of which he guided Jackson, 50 that
! the latter might looK down upon the
Union Army. Tally was with jackson at
the last conference with Lee, and brought
/ the army around by field and road until it
| had tianked Howard. In simple language
| he told the story Of the day, but" hs
| added, II was not with Jackson when he
| was shot. / had been sent by HIM with
| a message 10 Gen. Stuart"
| Who was in your house at the time?''
at was occupied by Gen. Devens as
| his headquarters. From the hill over
| there Jackson and ! could see the Yankee
| officers out on this lawn. They did not
seem TO be aware that We were in this
| neighborhood."
| Private Soldiers Expected Trouble.
IF the officers did not know it." said
1 Af.T
! der in the ranks who did not expect the
/ corps TO be smashed. We had heard from
many sources that the enemy was march
| ing upon US. bat the officers seemed 10
| think that there was no danger. You
know they thought that Jackson's army
was in retreat Instead of that, il was
| marching upon US. We were just getting
supper at the time, and were not pre-
pared TO resist an attack"
| I remember said Tally. laughing
''Our men snatched Up pieces of beef from
| the frying pan as they rushed by The
meat Was so hot that they could hardly
| hold IT,"
Curiously enough. On the lawn was also
a man named Hawkins, who ii, ed in the
| house across the road. Hawkins had car
rled some mail that morning over in the
| direction OF The EapDahannOck, and had
| been warned that the Union Army was
in the neighborhood. In trying 10 get
back home. he Was captured and made a
| prisoner in his house. where there were
about twenty-five women and children
| vino had FED there for shelter. His home
Vas Gen. Carl Schurz's headquarters.
"One OF SChuTZ's stan Officers" said
HaW kins. as he placed a chew of tobac-
co IN between his grizzled beard. came
in the house. and. throwing down his
| sword. said he would go out and see the
/ fun. He had heard some firing ana
thought Il was a Sirmish He never came
| 70 get his sword. j had been In the Con
fedeTate Army. had been discharged. hut
| as / stood IN the door OF my house. my
old company came rushing right across
my garden This Was too much for rne
| and. picking up a gun, / went of with
them down the road. yelling with the
rest OF them / heard all the officers As
| they talked durihs the day. and not one
OF them knew that they were going 10 be
attacked
Sight In the " ildefneas
A few miles beyond Tally's house the
party entered the Wilderness Never did
name seem unre rnfsftrad 1~ba r-,1tz,- -