The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-06
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naval battle, and which presents a
conspicuous contrast to the spirit
of jealousy and ambition that has
brought about the investigation
which is now attracting both ma
tional and international attention.
The night before the battle of
Charlottesville. Lee, with 44.000
men, confronted the Federal gener-
al, Hooker, with 5000. Hooker had
been in position sufficient time to
be well intrenched when Lee faced
him. and his position was thereby
deemed too strong to be taken by
strictly front assault.
About daylight on the morning
of May 2, 1868, the first day of the
great BATTLE, Maj, Hotchkiss, Lees
Typographical engineer, reported as
he had been directed to do, at Lees
quarters, in the woods. He found
Lee and Jackson there, seated upon
two federal cracker boxes, and
spread before them, on another
cracker box, a map and showed
them a road be had discovered lead
ing to Hooker's right rear, and ex-
planned as far as he knew, the situ-
alton of the Federal army. Gen.
Lee then SAID to Gen. Jackson:
"What do ou propose to do2' He
replied, go around here" moving
his finger around the road the en-
gineer had indicated. Lee said
What do you propose to make this
mo cement with?' He replied:
with my whole corps" Lee then
asked: What will you leave me?'
THE two divisions of Anderson
and McLaws, (about l,400) said
Jackson. "Well, go on, said Lee,
and then with pencil he gave
Jackson his last instructions, say
ing: "Gen. Stewart will cover your
movement with his cavalry Jack
son. "Well, 60 on, said Lee, and
then with pencil he gave Jackson
his last instructions, saving; Gen.
Stewart will cover your movement
with his cavalry. jackson smiled,
saluted his conmander-in-c chief,
and said: "My troops, (30,000)
''will move at once, sir and they
did. What sublime audacity on the
part of these great captainsl What
dangerous violation of the long
established rule of war, not to
divide an inferior in the presence of
a superior force! But Lee knew the
measure of Hooker's military en-
terprise, and he also knew and
relied on the splendid generalshlp
of Jackson, who was to conduct the
daring movement, This knowledge
and the mutual confidence thut Lee
and Jackson had in each other, per-
haps justified Lees apparent des-
peration.
After a march of fifteen miles,
Jackson reached Hooker's right
rear late in the afternoon and fell
upon it with the unexpectedness
and fury Of thnuderbolt from a
clear sky. He swept diagonally
down upon Hooker's line, driving
everything before him till night put
an end to the battle and saved
Hooker from complete rout.
During the night while making
a personal reconnaissance for a
night attack, Jackson, by mistake,
was fred upon by his own men and
mortally wounded, but lived eight
days, During the night, Hooker
reformed. as best he could. his
shattered and routed lines, and
early the next morning, Lee, with
Stuart 10 command Of Jackson's
corps, renewed the attack and by
| 10 o'clock, Hooker, with what was
left Of his splendid army Of 10000,
was in full and flying retreat be-
/ fore what remained Of the iuvinci-
bic little army Of Northern vir-
ginia.
When Jackson was told that
Lee had won the victory. he sent
lhim a note of congratulations, and
here is what Col. Marshallof Lees
STAFF says Of the note and Of Lees
reply: "At the moment when the
transports Of his Uee's) victorious
troops we're drowning the roar Of
battle with accIamations a note
was brought to him from Gen.
Jackson. It was brought to Gen.
Lee as he sat on his horse near the
] chancellorsyille house, and unable
TO open it with his gsuntleted
hands, he passed II to me with the
instructions 10 read It 10 him
Tue note MAGE no mention Of the
wound that Gen Jackson had Re.