The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-28

hui Auess. very soon Lane,
on the right Of the road. tha y fssin,
~ ~ -se,en.n North Carolina haan
20 nre, enuahgerlng the lives ~ sssia
ana horses. at once dashsa ny
through the leaden nan Ia ", ,s iov
and. having succeeded In rss. s rsirs
and quiet, returned to inv yn,v.ofihg "
the damage done by the VIVA ~ Y NJ
When the picket line began ,n , s.s
eral jackson, who was on fha " nie
road. turned back and rode agH q
line OF battle, which had NOT hasnus la
for the reason already assienSS5 p d
ing ms way 10 the rear Jarkso, ~
TO the left OF the road to AVOID ~ eiW
from the Seventh and Thirtvlsaerlne scl
tarollna, regiments. which az tvnta N
| quleted. He had nearly reac cSsaseu sba
terry, Keeping in the edge ~ Nv ~ NJ
Wnen Tor some unknoWn ca,,a ue vN
Barry In command of the Ejvh,Hss,, Y,
Carolina regiment, on the ieft f' - .i NJ
ORDERED ms men to FIRE. The Twen,,nle i p
Ngrth Carolina regiment helm 80
with the Eighteenth, also hischg ala
guns II was from these vollevs ssa
eral jackson received his III ual
He was at the time In the edoa nun
ber. not far from my battery - " 'as
MY men, very soon Informed ma a.
general had been wounded ana ~ aal
lheir number. John Webb. haa ~ ~ %
- ,N1 NStici' put Just then ira ~
upon us, and such was the rain can
ana smell that we wondered ! ulis
left on the pike. However. s.ots
atter awhile, and the roaring c easss ~
IN THE AMBULANCE
with the returning quiet Colon., =
fields guns. which had not been ~ ~
thus far, came up to relieve mo w s's
coined them, and as soon as onr,o "s
pieces were made movable we wen, v
100 or 200 yards behind the limos
HeVeIopmenIs, and the return AZ nh 3
hinS whom ! had sent with a nsir ~ ~
for disabled caisson. pat " lfss
we had scarcely halted 1, a.
when Major Rogers came up yyonn ~
was removed from his horse IN ~ ~
lance. which, there is every ressa 10y shl
heve, belonged to my battery M.
mel Crutchheld. my schoolnlate "A
mate friend, rode up and SAID. .csM's
please assist me to dismoupt: nv ky
broken. had him also taken from
Sadule ana placed In the same anhni,,.
l was then In the act OF turning sv1l
my horse. when q litter came alan ~
by -FOUR soldiers, with others In affssd ~
knowing that Jackson had been wosn1.I
asked, Whom have you thereq Iba s ~.
In MS laeonic style spoke IN: .Ts, ~
Is an officer At once recognlzlny XII ~ ~
said: Hold the ambluancev ana m n ".
minutes | had Major Rogers lifted an, !,
General Jackson put in with IN,
Crutchheld; This done. the driver drovs 4
quickly ana as carefully as he could a n
field hospital and delivered his prsds
charge. W''s
DR.. Hunter Mcclure and his a.,Is,,.
gave Immediate attention to General M
sons wounds, but such was, thelr sss,|
that the amDutation Of the left arm y,
found absolutely necessary. Accord,T
that arm, which lad been raised I'M n
victorious battle, was most skIlfrlT 4
moved from the sufferers body, hit vA
the woeful result long known 10 TIA M
ana never to be forgotten in the sss
sit is indeed true, that General lyIl
sons injuries were inflicted. uawlttI.,|
by men who loved and idolzed hin; II
let the circumstances forever be nnfsl
bered In eXOneration Of these brave Nm
Carolina Confederates. Remember ~
were In strange forest, dense and tsn,sf
remember. also, II was night, and I'LL
owing TO the thick foliage the dstns
was intense--and, finally, remember. t.se|
was more or less confusion In the fi,A
occasioned by the Withdrawal Of RS.f
and Colston's divisions from the liyin
line, and the moving up OF Hills dhkl9 q
take their places, the woods being svg
by the enemy's guns most Of the thai
1t should be noted here, that Md
Norman was not only an eyewitness 4
what he tells us. and hitpssif bad, ~
son removed from the litter to the trss
lance, but that he had conference tta
the war, with General Lane aud Maia n!
Hotchkiss in regard 10 the matter
He, also. has 10 his possession, llFs
on the subject from the same oniN1
whose views agree fully with bis iia
ments, now published for the ftst. tlis
Let ME say IN conclusion that VIZ
out from memory Major M0orman's iirf
at the chanel and sent him q coN q
correction. In return he favored ne "
the facts written out In detail and lnas
have given In the foregoing parag'4
and as nearly as posi- BILE, 10 his own NJ
! have omitted In this article an lnfn4
letter from General Lane. 1t viii q
lished hereafter. ! had also TesefyM v
short notes from Major Jed llotcsnS
JackSous stan, for future time pat
are so apropos to the above that 'su
them.
Major Norman is to be greatly =
mended for giving his authorliailgs ~
ments 10 the world. Il. NJ. Iu&
Lexington, Va.