The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09
It'd TIMES: RICHMOND, A.sUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1902

soldiers, because tho best food, the best
shoes, the best time. no fighting and es-s
pecially the best and brightest uniform
was his lot. He had on a brand new |
uniform, and had the impudence to stop
me with Good morning. sir: W hat IS
this and where are you going. some
thing unusual must admit, TO see ar
tillerynen with horses harnessed and
equipped without guns, fastening from
battle line In front to battle line IN rear.
And with an air of none OF your DUST
ness condescended to some Httie e1-t
tent to crafty what I deemed his impu-
dent fnnuisitiyeness and unceremonious-
" passed on. A little way down the
road courier came dashing UP to me-
"Haye vo, seen General Jackson on the
70" mo" How far have you
travelled it2'' 'tHalf mile" Did not
see hirn?'' Emo. That's strange"
said the courier. II am compelled to
see him. Just then one OF my SER
geants, seeing the commotion and pc
coming interested, rode up and informed
me that General Jackson had passed five
minutes ago, and to my chagdn and
modification said to me: Lieutenant,
that was General jackson you were
talking with few minutes ago" Great
SCOTS! What a mistake; I thought him
a wagon master. "No wonder says
the courier, as he dashed off, for he's
got on his new uniform to-day" That
day was the last time 7 saw him, and the
next day the last time his army ever look
ed upon him. for on the End day of May,
1868, the rising tide of peerless general
ship Of the Army Of Northern Virginia
or any other army made its high water
ma rl1 with the blood Of "Stonewa1i'' Jack
son on the field Of charlottesville.
AN OFFICER HUNIBLED.
On reporting to General Barksdale's
command I am directed to go to Marye's
Hill and to request the artillery officer in
command Of the ten-pound PARROTS on
the right to detach his horses and turn
his guns over to me "a Parrot gun?) and
to report himself and men to the COM
handing officer for other duty: Never
shall I forget the face OF that artillery
officer when I delivered my order and
presented my men end horses to take com
| mand of his guns. for it was AKIN TO ois
grace for one company to man the guns
of another company. and he keenly feei-
ing this. the tears ran down MS lace as
he nrotested, but with firm but gentle
aes1,rance on my part that it was my
du+v to obev orders without asking the
WINS and wherefores. and that uniess ne
detached his horses I would DO SO WIN
| nv men: he sullenly and reluctantly de-
1ivered the guns and retired out OF view.
In a few moments I, with as brave
deta chment OF cannoneers as the Army
of Northern Virginia could produce "as
| in command Of the battery on those
| renowned heights with imperative orders
| 70 "hold the hill at ali hazards!' Wen.
| do T remember the salutation Of Banks
| daIe's men as soon as they saw the
| exchange Of these artillery commands
| and learned that they had for their sup
| mort one of Longstreet's batteries Win
| which they had fought on more than one
victorious field. AS previously SAID, thls
| battery was relieved only because 1t was
| not known to Barksdale's men, and not
| because Of lack of courage on the part
of it's men or officer
| We are now in battery on Marye's Hill;
| It will take me but moment to trace the
| Federal line Of battle Of May LIST, 1865
| and locate Rockers 900 available men
with 375 guns, as opposed to $4,000 army
| of Northern Virginia, with Ito guns. Cen
! eral Lee in his report says CHS word IS
| good enough for me) Q20,O00 and his own
| force 10000 volume Is, page 50, War dec
! ords. Yonder 500 yards in front is Fred
| ericksburg behind which but over the
| river is Sedswick, that brave and sturdy
| commander Of the Sixth Corps (Hooker's
! left wing) with 5000 men and 81 guns
He himself says 1900 CVol. %, page $50
| War Records) whom Hooker has left here
as the neither, while he goes to Chancel-
louisville with $1,000 men to place the
upper mill stone, between which he pro
! poses to crush out the Army of Northern
! Virginia. Opposed to these 1900 men
| and 81 guns with the best trained ar
| tilleries in the Federal Army. Lee has
| left General Earley's division OF only
| 5000 To these unequal numbers of q go
| to 5000 at fredericksburg. now separated
! by the Rappahannock river, we will re-
| turn in a moment andA trace their lines
! OF battle.