The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-26

ING the thicket on the left he oh
served some one sitting on his
horse, by the side of the road. and
coolly looking ON, silent and mo-
tionleSS. The unknown party
was clad i'll a dark dress which
strongly reSembled the Union
uniform; but it seemed impossible
that one of the enemy could have
penetrated TO that point without
discovery, and what followed
seemed to prove that he belonged
to the Confederate forces.
Capt. Milbourne hailed him
and directed him to ride up
there and see what troops those
Were, meaning he men who had
fired upon jackson. The stranger
slowly Obeyed and rode in the
direction pointed out, but never
returned. Who this mysterious
person was, is left for us to con
lecture. Captain Milbourne, who
was stanLing 10y Gen. jackson,
said:
"They certainly must be our
own troops" to which Jackson
assented merely with a nod of
the head, but said nothing. He
was looking up the road towards
his own lines with apparent
amazement, as if hardly able to
realize that he had been fired mp
on by his own troops. His
wounds were bleeding proluSely,
the blood running down so as to
fill his gauntletS and it became
necessary to secure assistance i'm
mediately. Capt. Melbourne ask
ed him if he was much injured
and urged him to make an effort
to move his fingers, as to prove
whether his arm was broken or
not. He endeavored to do so
but quickly gave it up, announc.
ing that his arm was broken. An
effort which his companion made
to Straighten his arm caused him
! pain and murmuring, "You had
better take me down." he leaned
forward and fell into Capt. Mil
b0urne'S arms. He was exhausted
to such an extent by loss of blood
that he was unable to take his
feet from the stirrups and this
was done by Mr.. Wynn. He was
then carried to the side of the
road and laid under tree, where
Capt. MilbOurne supported his
head, while his companion went
for surgeon and an ambulance
to carry him to the rear, receiv-
ing strict instructions, however,
not to mention the occurrence to
anyone but DR.. Hunter Mcclure.
or other surgeons. Capt. Mil
bourne then made an eXamina.
ton OF the generals wounds.
Removing his field glasses and
haverSack, which latter contained
some paper and envelopes for dis
patches and several religious
tracts, he put these in his own
pockets for safekeeping and with
small pen knife proceeded to
cut away the sleeves Of the rubber
overall, dress coat and two shirts
from the bleeding arm. While
this duty was being performed,
Gen. Hill rode up with his staff
and dismOunting beside the gen.
eral expressed his regret at the
accident. To question whether
his wound was painful, Jackson
replied, every painful" and then
added that "his arm was broken
Gen. Hill pulled of his gauntlets.
which were filled with blood.
His sabre and belt was also re.
moved. He then appeared much
easier and swallowed with much
readiness a draught of whiskey,
which was held to his lips. II
now appeared to be impossible to
move him without causing the
wounds to bleed afresh, but it be
came imperative to do so, as the
enemy was not 200 yards distant
and might advance at any mo
ment, and all at once a positive
proof was given of the dangerous
position which they occupied
Capt. Adams, of General Hills
: staff, had ridden about 10 PAGES
: ahead of the group, and all at
: once was heard calling out;
"Halt! surrender! fire upon them
: If they don't surrender!" At the
next moment he came up with