The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
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AgScotsman's Pleasant Recollect-
ions Of "stonewall Jackson's
Aide-de-C Camp Z
1ICKsoN,s BATTERED COAT
bry 81 Two Men Who Helped
to Garry Him From
8 the Field.
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Editor Of The Times-D Dispatch:
Sir-Nfnny OF your renders, old enough
& To remember the War Of lSs1-s'65 would
h notice recently that another aSd note--5
Il worthy Confederate veteran had passed
Isl away IN North Carolina, namely, Cap
tain Joe Morrison, the aide-de-camp ana
& III tile same time the brother- in Jaw Of
S's5 General stonewall'' Jackson.
SsS ~ mot him first when travelling round the
sss Southern States, after the war; and
mn largely, no doubt, through his influence
sS5 III received z from stonewall Jackson's
jss ilwid ow,& as precious relic to bring to
4 Scotland with me. Tie coat which tn the e.
sss great soldier wore when he received his
\ NJ fat al wounds at the victorious battle Of
8 Chance louisville, with the bloodstalns
N Visible upon 1t, and the holes left by the
$8 bullets that had shattered his arm. Cap-
8 tain j oe Morrison was beside him when
j he was shot and described to me how
q the wounded warrjorl when lifted or his
8ss horse tried, With kf1efp, to make his way
SEswitfin his. SoWfl lines along the plank
u. Dad. when suddenly the Federals, IN the
- Gdnrkness opened fire with canister; ana
tsa how he u and Captain Smith, another
Il member OF the staff, assisted y Jackson 70
8Sss lie$ down with them at the side OF the
\ rohd TIL the&fring should cease. !loW.i
" y afterwards, when o. II tier wa 81 got, anu
\ 81 they were bearing him away to the rear
nm nt, Il onfederate soldiers were asking
as they passed, Who have you col
Rthere q, they merely answered, at jack
~ son's request An officer. !" without giving
HE name. Captain Morrison also de-.
n Scribed to me the salnputation of the shat.
Filtered arm by Jacksonfs surgeon-in-chief,3
TDr 8Hunter Mcguire. 1T was at mid
Eanight,,, said the captain, and I stood,
&ssbeside holding candle, to let the doctor
SI S zee while the nInputation was being per-
ma formed
When travelling round the Southern
W tAte5 once more, after the lapse OF.
RsF over 80 years, l met In Richmond Cap
q q tain Smith, a WHO had helped Captain
d Morrison to bear their wounded chief
IN back to the Confederate lines, and who
I'D III now the last til surviving member OF
ss Etonewall JAckson's staff. I also went
III sIto North Carolina and spentu week with
Morrison ana his wife and family
lat their home near lIarposa The cap
NJ tain chad taken the wise and patriotic
hi advice given by General Leo. the CONF
Of the Confederate ar
NJ mics, to his .,effleers ind soldiers Mt the
s5S close of the war. in 1865. to accept loyal
81 lyStlle final nrbtrament Of the sword to
s which they had appealed, and to seek out
Ss8 for themselves useful employlnents In
\ civil life. Lee himself showed an exam
ssS3 pie by accepting the presldenfFhip Qf tile
s&sS college at Lexington, LIN the valley where
I'D StoneWall Jackson had been professor
iSf before the outbreak Of the war. Cap.
HUI tain Morrison had followed similar
ssS$ course; &and when visited him In 1899,
ssSSss{ i found him chief owner and manager OF
MA the cotton mills at Alariposa. His home
u S-situated about two miles from the
ss2 ,nills-had been the homo Of his child
K hood, where he had reen his sister mar
ried to Jackson; and I was interested
s. when there to find his sisters grandson;
81 q boy Of ten, bearing Jacksons name
staying with them. How we'll remem-
Der those nights. when we all gathered
& round the blazing logwood IRE, and got
4 the captain to rehearee 10 us some OF
M his war experiences under his old re-
Towned chief; and gan see that boy
of 5 ten-with Jnckson's eyes and fore.
head-stting in the light Of the pine
wood fire. intently listening as the cap
"a tain told US stories Of the great soldier
whose blood ran 10 the hoy's veins.
One evening his. daughter went un-
stairs to search 5ohs. some relics OF the
! war that lSmight see them One OF them
was the letter which her father-then
7 u youth OF twenty-had received from
iss jackson, asking him to join his STAFF. I
was amused TO find It written ON paper
decorated gaily at the top with the Unit
eGts States flag and tbs name Of the
sEassteederal army commanded by General
Banks, whom Jackson had swept down
N upon unexpectedly and sent flying in
Il lleadlong route Eyes, said the captain,
when called attention to the paper,
INK amongst the captures made when Banks
and his army We're scattered, was an I'M
5,,ysnse quantity tf stores, Including
stSE Banks's stationery, which proved very
~ useful. The joke In the army came
B to be that Banks was Jackspn's quarter
a master, who had supplied him with all
4 Ieedful stores, including paper and en-
Ns yeInpes'' Another OF the relics was an
Il ~ old Confederate cap, which Captain Joe
4 had worn, and which was pierced through
N aid through by bullet which also laid
I open Ills scalp. He said that sometimes
b he had been Joked about his size by the
NJ other members OF the staff who were all
M taller than he. But he said, with
VI d grim smile. had been q single inch
III taller than I'm, should have been O
al al dead man that day. Ny skull would have
been shat tered
84sstsF IN 4 another form. however, the mss
w sereer q death has found him OF las.
" and a t1longst the mourners at his funeral
,I,sye mustered between twenty and thir-
I, 3 Sfyflold soldiers Of the lost cause" Sc
hog passed away captain Joe Morrison
ggsS lnwed and h tpnored ny all who knew
~ lf,n--a man OF high principle and CHAR
8 ~, ncf no showed as much energy IN
4 Isceikine 10 develop the notwithstanding In
r n dustry7o Of the NeWk South as hs Sid unde!
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