The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-19
Dr. James Power IS, Smiths Story
81 tacksoi, and d. Gof Cllahccl-
lorsville Battle.
PAPER 4 ERE .. ITO / u !. LEE CAMP
A aluable Contribution q Y \ button g the.
Lit,cra't,u,tyc II II. tfllss rs; War and
Jackson Biography.

the career OF "stonewall Jackson at
the Leo Camp Hall last night. At tho
zion Of Rev. J,psWiillam Jones, b. D.,
tho cainp. without an exception, rendered
rising expression OF cominenda ton OF
the and q thanks t. nuth9r ah he
camp, m any went forward and personally
congratulated the author upon his work
iii the prepare ton Of this notable contri-
button to the literature ~ America MS
ihe memoir Of jackson Is the work OF
modest. dist1ng uished member OF his
stan, who was his almost constan t assoc
wives OF that awed group that gathered
with intense anxiety around the pros
trate form OF their great leader and CONS
n,ander when he was SHOT On Inc eye
the accuracyFof It's detail, In the graphic
picture 4 Of Jackson, It presents, IN the
estimate of the character and itemper'n 2.
magnificent analysis Of the campaign Gull
mlnating ats Chancellorsvill and the
events leading Up to It; this memoir Of
Jackson is unequalled n 81 me range s 81
achievements Of this unique figure I'M mod.
"a coNsrRl BUTIcN .1r{p HISTORY !; /; q.
The story.a re- communion ol.plo3g Is,
icfronicllng Of facts-is told with a Sim
fpiicity and :nodesty, and yet with q ca l1n--
ness ans pnlnstakl Ing S8 .' mat
Jones but expressed the unuttered wish
of many present that this was but the
beginning OF biograp ply Of one Of the Il,
greatest soldiers and Istrateglsts 81 nlod.
iern times by Dr. SL1i TIL, "a man emlnently
equipped for this Responsible duty to
pos tertty 81 lass i,Bs .i5f is4 ~ Is
b The memoir as Or. Smith explained.
vas prepared and read y preseh, to 2.
,socle tys or veterans on tile first day Of
-. eSEient { month. Not X word was
changed Fin the leading Inst n ght,8 Dr.
mark to remind his hearers Of the fact
that the pa per was prepare for q 5dlft
y SHARED HARDsI1Ps WITH MEN.
In the very beginning of the memoir
DIR. Smith nara es The story Of ia ckson's
refusal to accept the hospitality OF q
fine old mansion near Fredericksb burg as as
his headquarters on a q cold DUSTY n.snt
pa Ign and how, hungry and cold, they
had lain down X O sleep lin the open ar.
Later. however, on the urgent solicitation
consented to accept fpod g&ands later had
Occupied quarters near the x resid ence.3
With this In ident as prelude and IS a.
ne man ana
sentences the locatio ION Of the 81 g rrnie g. !:
their relative numbers and n the} plan !, Of
II ookeri ca mpa Ign. His figures as to the
forces ESnSdSeQS are LdhG4l Lie
States fotftctal records.
~ THE RIVAL STATISTICS.
sF5 Then with the ease of a. master Of chess
Eportraying the. play Of Two rivals n a :,
the strategy OF Lee and II ookers UP to the
time when jackson enters into the cal GU
lation witt, his nlasterl y conceived ana
perfectly Hank 7, 'f'as
sweep backward lin Hdefeat THE gran
army on the planet which but a day
before had been marshalled confidently
in battles magniticently stern array
the writer quotes some OF the official
dlspa tches received at Washington, show
Ing that jackson was alleged To be at
IUnlontown Pa. and at various other
points hundreds Of miles distant. when lie
was hurting his lcgions with, swiftness
and silence around Hooker.s army, and
nassing them invinclbly upon the r ea-
posed Federal flank f5 &s III
u, = AND JACK soNSS CONFER
He awakened, he said, on the nig be-
+ fore the bnttlc and observed IA dim light
not fnl, a away, which, when he lad rubbed
the slumber from his eyes. he discerned
seated on era cker boxes sat Robert p!
Lee and Stonewall Jackson comforting
and planning the mastery m ovement
which,. for auda atty OF co cons I, and
holiness OF execution, might VIGIL nave
amazed a world.
58l Tie next morning he was ava s1 J. q
/ by a kick on tho foot and told TO get
up. and on rising s heard the elank : o. !,
OF marching men It was ;Iackson's corps
Einsmotion,5 starting with the early morn,
Ing on that ma chless march. that decided
OF armed men in history. Crisp lnconic
and even dna matceis the picture OF these
silent men, eagerly ma Ircfifg they knew
not whittier, and cared not. but. eager 8,
recting them The encourn cement OF
their Commander to hurry In their swift
and momertous movements painted With
dramatic touch. ,l's S5 stt}
855 THE TRAGIC ENID OFATFIE DAY. 4
af Then closed the story Of the completion
o & the march and Of that tragIc close III
the twilight OF tina t spring rs day Or.
Smith refers In passing to seeing ia cks ~
d lo TO- to Lee, the original ,of which
is now In possession Of the State, and a
part of the stump on which JACKSON wa !, >
seated in possession o. ~, t sm1th l,i1 ras
mark BILE man and this croWning moment
Of his career. 4.
Tie story Of the woundlng OF Jackson Is
rated ,StIperhaps. Jackson had gone for
ward across a rayine and up the hill be
yond, accompanied by. a. rev eonrlers, I'M
I til, percelving q detachment 81 the enemy ~,
who opened 5hre, he and his escort had
started star back toward his own lines a ! a
position occupied by "A. Hills division.
Two companies opened IRE, the t1rst
momant later a. company Of Lanes North
Carolina Brigade on the other hand,
' iJnekson was Vas wounded three times BY
the last yol.ey-oncs IN ne rlght arm
LETT arm, tie ba i crushing the bone and
severing an artery Jaekson'a lal !, from on
starr and his being borIe, to the point
where hs writer found Srsa hm III w shaotIns s
Of twofof those who bore The litter OF
which the wounded commSanaee Wns br
| told with a. cnrefulness or detail not
found in tbs histories. i. I, !. ], ],
a AN ESTIMATE OF JACKSON.
Resides. tho story OF the Ghnnrellors
vile l. sapRleMssntts , With e. sr
sketch OF lis early career, his tor
aJer ss sAsks9n as aessbsr II nell
Sesrn sinda school, his Npest Point days
lis rapid Tss wl', NE short spast
nix lis e. "a The