The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-29

| pltal Mt Wilderness Run. He lost q
| Erea, quantity Of blood and would have
bled to death, but tourniduet was forth-
&1th applied. VI.
I sary should It be done at once. He
4 replied:
! mo whatever YOU think right,
4 The operation was performed under the
/, intl,ience of chloroform. The wounded
4 soldier bore 1t well. lie slept well s,in-
| tl,v morning and was cheerful He sent
iafor Mrs. Jackson and asked infinitely
about the battle. saying:
ar had not been younded or had
ono hour moro OF daylight, ! would have
cut of the enemy from tho road to the
tinted states ford, and we would have
had ,hcnl entirely surrounded. Then
they would have been Obliged to eurren-
der or cut their way out: they mad no
fail ID drive tho enemy from a position,
but Tho enemy always fails to drive my
men from n position W 35 n. III
'rhis was said with a srr1ilc. III
Monday he was removed to Chancel-
)or's House. 5l1c was cheerful. Flo spoke
Of the gallant bearing OF General Rodes
and of the heroic charge Of tho old
Stoncwall Brigade. lie. made inutlrles
concerning many Officers and said
l
viii hc proud TO say.is'I was one OF
the stonewall Brigade to their chill
tlren.' j6
He Insisted that tho term ''stonewall"
belonged to the brigade and not to him.
Tuesday his wounds were improving.
lie asked DR.. Mcclure:
Can you tell me from the appearance
OF the wounds how long l Will be kept
from lllc field q
lr,Ir i,o xt,as al,
we'll he was much pleased.
Wednesday night, however, while rs
surgeon, who had not slept several nights
Complained Of nausea and ordered IFS
stomach. This was done and about day
nirse. Who said thai tho General WIS suf-
fcrlnE with pain III tho right side. due
10 ncplcnt pneumonia.
10 ne ov f of te aen aEeo ana
evening all pain vanished, but he suf-
ferod much from prostrat!on. II. ~
turned. but the prostration was IN.
creased, Saturday there was no change
in his condition.
that he was sinking rapidly. Mrs. Jackson
was informed Of his condition, and shc
impaired the knowledge to the General
very good, very good. It is all right"
re had previously declared that he
lie sent messages to all the generals ana
About $3.50 o'clock, May 10, 1853, stone.
wall ackson passed over en ne l ~ wtb b
oGTf pefalis! Jae sfks note informing
General Lee that he was wounded the lat
IT capnot EXPRESS my regret at the sad
occurrence Could I have directed events
! should have chosen for the GOOD or my
stead I congratulate YOU on the victory,
which was due 10 your skill and energy. .
ii was on receiving this letter that
Jackson exclaimed: ,,,d a.,
Better that ten Jacksons sfouid lali
He han unboundcd contiderce In Gem
eral Lees eminent ability.
The sonewall Brigade was composed. -, ni
men from the Valley: The Fourth vir-
ginia Regiment was from the sa;thern
part Of The .valley--Greenbrior and i, a {,
Colonel Preston. The Second Virginia
Jefferson, berkeley and Frederick coun-
ties Golone! Allen MAS IN, eom MN pa
A AusR cS snum,S from Wnehester co
Harper commanding The I w ay nd
joining counties, was commanded BY CO..
Echols The Thirty-thIrd Virginia, RcEi-
ment, most OF the members OF when %sle
cd by Col. A. c. Cummings. These were
the original commanders OF the iegi-
n1ents composing the stonewall Brigade,
but in the storms OF bntte they, wore
| their SUCCESSORS met similar ihto.
General Jackson was tho incarnation
OF Il Christian soldier. His sublime ia, u
guiding star. and he personally attended
to all The possible details Of a Great
| battle Generally he was iii front. Leading
heaven, his lips moving as IL duplicating
guidance from the Supreme Ruler.
In my minds eye see nm nm, a aIll6ts
the terse command, his forefnger point
ing toward heaven and his lips dulverlng;
Push forward: men! Push forWara.
gave them generous praise for herolsm;
! Flo was 81 strict discipnarian, and would
not tolerate disobedence OF orders By
General Jackson's campaign In the
| Shenandoah Valley. in the spring Of ls6s
| was a series of brilliant victories, which
| five weeks he defeated General Fremont
\ at the battle Of Mcdowell; General Banks
near Winchester; General Shields at Port
Republic and General Fremont again at
| Cross Keys.
In each battle Jacksons opponent had
double the force no commanded, The
/ ucSBIl lOI tnc UIlol RcIel Wdp W ~
centrate their forces and crush Jackson
by their overwhelming numbers. put
| Jacksons superior strategy OF keeping
! them separated. retreating and ,adyancc,,
ing at will. and attacking them IN detail
| he was great master of the art Of war.
His men were inspired by the motive OF
self-defense and elf-preserva tlon--thc
After jackson had driven the Federal
forces from the Shenandoah Valley he
Joined General Leo at Richmond, and fell
npon the right wing Of General Mcclel,
lan's army. Victory after victory crowned
the Confederate banners for two years.
But the magnificent army. that defeated
Mcclellan in 1899 was gradually lessened
by bullet and disease, and when the sur
render came It was q mere skeleton in
numbers. Attrlt!on did the work
After the battle OF tho first Manassas |
General Jackson advanced getting to-
gether all the available men OF the South |
to Invade tho North Flo argued that the
North had unlimited resources while
those OF the South we're limited, Flo de-
clared that In acting upon the defensive
At was sometimes necessary to become