The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
The KILLING
OF JACKSON
HOW HE MET HIS DEATH
The Troops that Fired the Fatal Volley
Not In the Least to Blame-NeW
"reminiscences and Personal
Incidents.

The afternoon OF May /, 1868. my bat
terry of the Stuart Horse Artillery Bat
talon. was on tho extreme left of our
troops then confronting Rockers army,
near the old Catherine Furnace. Late that
AFTERNOON wa were ordered to shell a
piece of wood In our front. In order to do
tllis we were turned into n very narrow
old road through q dense forest which
ran perpendicular to the woods about TO
be shelled. The leading guns coming up,
II at once rode forward to find "A position,
as / was still so closely confined with
the scrub oak. that could not unlimbcr.
AS reached the guns IN front, the Fed
eral artillery opened apparently all over
tho woods Unable to move forward, l
returned to my guns. where / found Gem
erals Jackson, Stuart and Wright, shrap-
nell and canister raining around them
from the enemy's guns. Stuart remarked,
General Jackson, wo must move from
here But before they could turn, the
gallant Charming Price, Stuart's adju-
tant-Seneral, was mortally wounded and
& died In few hours. My battery lost six
men without being able to unlimber. We
retired from this point and bivouaked for
the night.
BY day the following morning I was
ordered to move with General 1'ita Lees
Cavalry. On we passed through by
ways and highways, covering the troops
of jackson, until finally reaching the
plank road. a halt was made. General
sI1itz. Lee being present In n short time
General Jackson arrived at the head of
lis column. Some disposition of troops,
both of cavalry and infantry, having been
made, General Lee. remarked. General
J Jackson. If you will ride with me. i can
Show you the enemy's right" They rode
off in the direction of charlottesville.
soon the order came to move across to
tho old turnpike, which was done; there
the head of the column was turned to the
right. and going possibly less than a mile
In tho direction OF Charlottesville, I WAS
halted and unlimbered one section-tWo
guns-in the road. General Rodes, who
was Just behind, was ordered to align his
Z division upon my guns.
FIRING HEARD.
The two wings of Lees army now oc-
cupied the same road: Lee upon the east,
fronting, and Jackson on tho west, in
rear of IIooker's army.
s The cavalry having cleared tho front,
] was thinking 1t a little strange TO re-
ceve no orders my command being at
tached to the cavalry to retire with the
4 cavalry, and seeing General jackson
q sitting on the road near by. approached,
saluted and asked II I was expected to
move with his line Yes. Captain said
he. II will give you the honor OF going
In with nig troops" Jackson was my old
instructor at the V. NJ y.
remained talking with him during the
formation of his lines. Rodes division
leading. Colston's two hundred yards in
the rear, and A. p. Hill only partially
deployod, two hundred yards in rear OF
Colston.
Hearing such heavy artillery firing
tust opposite, in the direction Of Salem
Church. I ventured to ask the Genera
who 1t was. 10 asked: '.Iow far off dc
you suppose 1t is?" I replied. five OF
six miles. Tie then said, with chnrac-
teristic sententlousness, II suppose 1t /;
General Lee.
He then asked me tho time Of day
"Five-forty. General" said '"rhant
you; time we were moving" was the
Generals laconc reply.
at once mounted and went 70 my
guns.
In n few minutes the clarion notes Of
the bugle from Major Blachord's skirm-
ish lines, some hundred and fifty yards
in advance. rang out the command
Forward" when Jackson's 10000 vote