The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08

against Beuregard. but he had never de- mandeJ that JOOO0 only should ne Iauncn- ed upon O,0O0 rebels enveloped in the laoy- rintn of strong entertainments ana un- reconnOitered masked batteries. pr. Hunter Mcguire, in his Discourse on Stonewall Jackson reports that great soldiers view of conditions immediately following the battle. and their concur renee with that advanced in the letter or Capt. Waddell justities their reproduc- ton here. pr. Maguire said referring to the scene late in the day after the bat tie. as President Davis arrived upon the field f Iom Richmond: ,
 While dressing his (Jacksons) wound ed hand at the First Manassas, at the field hospital of the Brigade, at i21ng branch, near Lewis house, l saw Prest- dent Davis ride up from Manassas @ 5te army had been defeated. He stopped his horse in the middle of the httle strt m, stood up in his sti.T1ips' tn9 palest, sternest face l ever saw. and cried to the great crowd of soldiers: T the field.
 Gen Jackson did not hear distinctly. told him who it was. He stood up. took on his cap and cried. We have whipped then them; they ran like sheep. Give me l0.- QUO men and will take Washington City tomorrow"' John Esten Cooke, on the ; stan on the day of the battle. has ex- plained the marching and coUntermarch- distressing ti to Capt: ,Waddell by reason of the non action of that, command, Cooke says Beauregard reTnai ked the night be- .o, norS tne battle: "Ewell and Bonham can strike their flank and rear before sun- rise Gen. Johnston responded Then no une IS to he lost, General" Later in the dAy as the battle had been fully de- veloped on the Confederate Unprotected left, Beaureggrd was heard to ejaculate: Why don't the firing there ttoward Cen trevllls} G. cd3lmI,I,nence? d1I,,? Johnston rrespond- ed In hls denofrat'. tone: ''I fear 1t is too late Just then a stuff officer dashed up. his horse covered with foam, report ing; Zen. Ewell never received your now" Beauregard, says Cooke, made a gesture in which it was impossible to say whether anger or disappointment pre- gathering; his rens, exclaimed: We must fight il out on the left" and dash full speed for the point where Bee, with inc Fc u tn Alabama; Hampton. with his Lesion; Barlow, with his Georgians and S1onewar Jackson with his solid Brigade army. Tine generals paused not q mo- ment Johnston seized the flag of the Fourth Alabama, It's hetd officers all wounded. and personally bore 1t: Beaure- gard. finding Hampton wounded. and fieut. Col. Johnson killed, put himself at the, head Of the Legion. ., and ga called upon the blood horse, the people of Charleston had given him, was carried off by can non Shot from the enemy.
 We have other letters from Capt Wad- dell, all essential, these and the letters from the field written by others. his com rades, to indicate the conditions of the unparalleled conflict and the feelings of the cambatants The prese rvatlon of them and knowledge of them Is essential to the education of pOsterity In the truth which prepares statesmen and sol diers for patriotic service. James F. WaddelI was now a major commanding a battalion of artillery.
 aaCsfnp near vicksburg, March Is, 1883. ''Nv 0ear Father-It is the Sabbath,