The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-10
THE VOUNDLNG OF
STONENALL Jackson.
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forest, and perpendicular to the woods
4 DIFFERENT POSITION.
The leading guns coming into acuon.
at once rode forward to find a posllioi..
being so closely confined by the SCI w
oaks that I could not umllmoeI. 40
reached the front guns. the Federal ar
tillery opened with a terriilic. ilse. ~ -,
able to move forward. returned 10 my
guns. where l found Generals Jackson
Stuart and Wright exposed TO the en-,
emy's shrapnel and canister denefal
Stuart remarked, General Jackson We
must move from here Then IS was the
gallant Charming Price. Stuart Ao3utaiis
Genarl was mortally wounded. He oieo
some hours later My battery lost six
men without being able to unlinoer
eu1. We then withdrew g. short olst-
ance and bivouacked for the night
"At daylight the following morning 1
v,s ordered to move with General tltz
Lees cavalry ovsr dina roads Tor ire
n,rpose of covering Jacksons troops. we
finally reached the plank road and halted
W. 90 being present. In a short time
General Jackson arrived at the head OIL
his column.
THE infantry and cavalry having been
mt in position. General Fitz Lee SAID
General Jackson, if you will ride WIN
me will show you the enemy's right.
They rode in the direction OF Chanceilors-
willie. Soon orders came to move TO the
old pike On reaching it, the column
filed to the right and advanced nearly
a mile towards charlottesville. There
we halted, and 1 was directed 10 I'M
liner one section (two suns) in the ROAD.
General Rodes coming up, at once formed
his men upon my guns. Inc Two "lll5s
of Lees army now occupied the same
road Lee on the east fronting, nnd,
Jackson on the west in the rear on
Hookers lines.
retired. Thinking it strange that l. pc
Iorcinr to the cavalry was not sent
hack also, I went to General jackson
| (n,v old preceptor at V. VI. ID, who was
sitting near by. and asked him II vas
expected to move with his line OF oattle
He replied Yes, Captain. l Will give you
the honor of going in with my troops: L ne
conversat ton continued while his divisions
were getting into position. Rodes leading
With Colston's 200 yards behind it, while
Hill was 200 yards still further to the
rear, and only partially deployed
HEAVY CANNONADING.
"As heavy cannonading was now heafu
in the direction of Tabernacle or Salem
Church. I ventrred a question as 10
whose it was. In reply General jackson
asked How far off do you suppose It
Is! l SAID rive OF SIN illlieso- L i-Sii ~
must be General Lees, he added. and
Immediately inquired. What is the time
of day. I said, Five forty. General.
Thank you was his response. 1t is
time we were moving l at once mount
| ed and rode to my guns In a few
minutes. Jackson advanced, driving
everything before him. and paving his
| way with Rockers dead and wounded
men. Two OF my guns moved with the
| ~. tl,,~
sections alternating as they came Into
| action.
might coming on. the deep darkness
was only partially relieved by the moon
light which struggled down through
| the trees Ordered to do SO. l began
firing my guns down the road leading to
! Charlottesville. This drew a reply from
! a six-gun Yankee battery. During this
artillery duel the division of A. P Hill
was moved to the front, so that Rodes
| and Colston might withdraw and reform
their divisions General Lane. command
| ing the leading brigade in Hills division,
| moved up in the rear Of my guns and.
| hating. withdrew to the edge of the
| woods for protection. AS soon as the bat
| teres became quiet, he threw his regi-
| ments into position, the 18th and 3Ith N
c. on the right of the road, the 18th and
18th n. c. on the left of the road. the
SD n c. having been thrown forward to
the Van Wort house as skirmishers.
GENERAL, LANE,
general Lane had just gotten his line
| established, and returned to the pike in
search Of General Hill for orders. when
General Jackson rode up and giving the
command Push ahead. General Lane.
passed on to the front through the dark
ness My battery at this time was right
! between General Lanes skirrnish and
battle-ines. AS General Jackson rode By
me to the front Colonel Crutchfeld. his
Chief OF Artillery, halted and said to me.
| Captain, I have ordered up my guns: as
soon as they arrive YOU can retire and
| rejoin your conmand'-Stuarts Horse
| Artillery Battalion. For a brief space,
shortly before this. there were no troops
on the firing line but my battery.
Let it be observed here that General
| Lane did not advance a once. as had
been expected by General Jackson. Col
one Hill, Of the Seventh North Carolina
| the regiment on the hrgade's rieht, re-
| ported to General Lane a noise upon his
right flank which should he investigated
| Accordingly Lieutenant Emac and -four
men were sent out and Very quickly ran
| into the One Hundred and Twenty
eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, which. or
being told that jackson had surrounded
| them, surrendered and was conducted &c
the rear. This episode caused Lanes de-
| lay, which. though unavoidable did, in
deed, perhaps occasion the death of the
great chieftain, who fell that night.
Now, where were General Jackson ant
his staff at the time General Lane got
through with the noise en- his right an6
the surrender of the Pennsylvania reci
ment? Well, he had reached Lanes Skin
mish line. the Thirty-third Moth Caro-
lima. which had been deployed as such
| Willie there talking with the officer il
change of the picllets 81 Federal horsemar
rode up and asked for General Williams
of Hooker's army. a sergeant Of tn.
| Thirty-third, without speaking, fired o:
the man. That shot became the sigma
fer the whole sllirmish lire. which poured
a volley into the darkness. Very soor
Lo,les regiments on the right Of the roat
the Seventh and Thirty-seventh NORTH
Carolina-began also to fire. endangern1
the life CT my men and horses. at once
dashed forward through the leaden hal
t" the regiments, and having succeeded
in restoring order and quiet, returned t.
my guns to repair the damage done bv ths