The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-01-29

once appeared before the Secretary
Iof War, Hon. John 9. Spencer, who
Tas So much pleased with his ap-
4 peafaIee; that he ordered warrant
for his appointment TO be immed-
Lately made out. Young Jaekson
entered the Academy July |, 1872.
and at the expiration Of four years,
was graduated with the rank Of
breyet second lieutenant, standing
seventeenth IN d class Of fifty-ninc
members. Among his classmates
were Generals George Is. Mcclellan,
John G. Foster, Jesse L. Reno, b.
N. Crouch, Truman Seymour, ii. D.
Il. Simpson, s. d, Sturgiss, George
Stoneman, lnnis N. Palmer, Alfred
Gibbs, George H. Gordon, Frederick
Myers, Joseph N. G. Whistler and
Nelson II. Davis. of the United
States Army, and Generals John A.
Brown, John Adams, Darbney II.
Slaurv, D, II. Jones, Cadmus II.
Wilcox, Samuel B. Maxey, and
George L. Pickett, Of the Confeder-
ate Army. The Mexican War was
in progress, and Lieutenant Jackson
was at once ordered to join the First
Regiment Of Artillery, then at New
Orleans. Complying, he entered
Mexico with the army Of General
Tayor, under whom he served until
transferred to the command Of Gen
cral Scott. His military career
there was one Of distinction and
rapid promotion. He was engaged
in the siege Of Vera Cruz, and in the
DIVA Lake, Conreras, Cherubusco,
Moline del Rey, the storming Of
battles Of Cerro Gordo, la Hoya,
ChapuItcpcc, and the capture Of
Mexico. In the conquered city, he
received the rank Of Major. Re
turning home with the army, he
served in Ea4< Columbus, New York,
in 1918, il Fort Hamilton, New
York, in 1919, and was engaged III
the Seminole War IN Florida, in
1851. February 90 1851, he re-
signed his commission and returned
to Virginia, where he was elected
professor Of NaturaI and Expert
mental Philosophy and instructor Of
Artillery Tactics, in the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington.
which position he filled until the
beginning Of the Civil War. I'M
mediately upon the secession Of Viz
GINA. Governor Tetcher issued to
jackson a colonel's commission and |
he took command Of a small body Of
troops in the vicinity Of Harper's
Ferry We can here make but
brief rcdapitulation Of hIs subse-
duent career. Promoted to the
rank Of Brigadier General June II,
1861, he on the 2nd day Of July,
for time the advances Of
General Patterson at Falling Waters,
He bore an important part in the
battle Of Bull Run, where, in the
language of General Barnard I. Bee,
of South Carolina, ''he stood like 4
stone wall" October Z, he was
commissioned a Maior-General and
in January, 1869, marched into
Western Virginia, striking Bath and
Romney. March %, he engaged
General Shields at Kernstown. and
early in May, forced Banks to aban-
don Fort Royal. Fastening his
command to Richmond, he threw il
against McClellan's rear and saved
the fortunes of the Confederate arms
at Gaines Mills. His achievements
Of the next few days won for him
the distinction Of one Of the great
commanders in the worlds history.
He was engaged in the invasion Of
Maryland and September Is, cap
turcd Harpcr's Ferry with more
than 1000 prisoners, then joined
Lee in time to do the scverest fight
ing at Antietam. October II, 1862,
he was promoted 10 the rank Of
Northumberland. and witnessed
thc battle of Fredericksburg in De
ccmbcr. May the 3nd, 1868, he sue
ccedcd in turning Rockers flank at
Charlottesville, but in the darkness
If the evening as he was returning 10
the rear with his staff, lie was fired
upon BY mistake by his own men and
received a wound from the effects Of
which he died May, 10, 1868. The
last hours of the distinguished chief
tain have been yariouslv described.
Within a few hours Of his death he
was Informed by the surgeon that
there was no hope; that he was dy-
ing: he answered: Every good, it
i all right" 1t was Sunday and q
long cherished wish was now to be
gratified. In life he had often been
heard to express the hope that he
might die on the Sabbath day. So
il was to be. A few moments before
he died, he cried out in delirmu,