Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-10-16

path OF their advance checked IL
In this resistance o acavalry charge a
q handful Of bluecoats. that suffered
severely in thecollision. gained some
priceless minutes.
Il was 'iStonewall's" greatest en-.
ploit. but IL cost him his life. In the
dusk he rode ahead Of his front
lines % reconnoitre, with = view ol
replacing bis wearied men With fresh
troops. Upon returning he and his
escort were fired upon By his own
men, and the winner Of 50 many en-
gagements, wounded In three places,
sank frosn his horse into the sup.
porting arms af one Of his aids. Ar
ter the amputation OF bis left arm,
near the shoulder, and the extrac-
tion OF ball from bis right hand,
the General was removed to GUM
ey's Station. and died week later
Of pneumonia, his last utterance be-
ing the beautiful sentence: LET
US pass over the river, and rest un-
der che shade Of the trees"
At Gettysburg there was several
curious contingencies. II any one
of a number of like circumstances
had occurred, IL seems - though
Lee must have gained the battle.
Hill fought valliantly and successful
ly on the first day, men could prob
ably not have done more than Long,
streets and Ewell's men accomplish
ed on the second and third days,
yet, as one muses. on the incidents
of the great battle, he cannot forbear
asking, What If 'Stonewall' Jack
SON, with his energy, promptness
and dash, had been on that closely
contested field ?" Well might Gen.
eral Lee call him his right arm. {"
The writer has visited the spot i'm
the beautiful Valley OF Virginia, near
Lexington, where Jackson sleeps, n
bronze statue of the victorious Gen
eral surmounting the tomb, and in
the memorial chapel of Washington
and Lee University, nota mile away,
the niche where the coffined remains
of Jackson's great leader, Robert (.
Lee, repose. Was there something
in the proximity of his lieutenant's
grave that drew the elder soldier to
its vicinity for his closing life work ?
"StOnewali's" Memorial.
The place of 'Stonewall's" mortal
wounding is appropriately marked
by an inclosed granite memorial,
and nearby is the rock originally
employed for that purpose. 1t is
uncomfortably near Hooker's head
quarters; indeed, well within mile.
But that General might have turned
defeat into victory, for Jackson s
corps was in desperate situation,
Notwithstanding its initial success.
But the next morning, while Hook
er was standing on the porch of the
Charlottesville House, which is ''all
and singular" of Charlottesville,
q cannon ball struck one of the pill
lars, split it, and stunned the CON-
mander in chief. Upon his recov-
cry he gave orders for the with
drawal of the army, and these were
obeyed, after more fighting, roads
being cut on May 5 to United States
Ford.
But on May 2 Sedgwick had been
summoned to attack Early and Barks-
dale. At IL A. NJ, on Sunday morn
ing. May 3, General Newton carried
Marye's Heights, but only after her.
culean effort. This success was no
reflection upon the men who attempt
ed il the previous winter for the
conditions were vastly changed.
Sedgwick pressed on over the road
to Charlottesville, until he reached
Salem Church, FIVE or six miles out,
where he encountered sharp resis-
tance from the ubiquitous Lee.
At last, however, Hooker succeed.
ed in Withdrawing his troops from
their perilous position and re-estab.
fishing them in their ancient quar-.
ters, near Falmouth. Very soon he
was to be called away to protect
Washington and the North from the
great invasion which resulted in
Gettysburg, on the eve of which en-
gagement he was superseded by
General Meade. The Union casual
ties of the campaign were about
II, 900, while those of the Confeder
ates were about 1900.
My return on foot to Fredericks
burg, after examining the Chancel
lorsville locality, was very interest
ing. Ten miles lay between the two
places. and after Mott S run. a strean
of lively recollection to the armies
was passed, q fine open country wa
visible from the hills. There ar,
abundant marks of battle.- and th'
rear wall of the Chancellorsvill.
house (which was burned) exhibit.
the round shot and shell that pierc
ed it, while Salem Church, directly
on the way. was literally SCARED.