The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

flank and rear could he seep. Illegal.
conducted him to tho spot. ncconipa.
nlsd by slnsls so Il aslssor
ssided at t. onse that no = Should Hi's move S
| further on the flank and rear than hi
had intended. and turning to HIS cot.
rler said, Tell the head OF my column
10 cross that road. and Ill meet them
| there" n VA
F'itz Lee said that he made no reply
70 his remarks. but after gazing N:
hand In that position which indicated
that he was engaged In prayer. and
then galloped rapidly down the hill to
l1url his column like q thun nc or
Hooker's flank and rear. i ~ 49, 81 IN
Fitz Lee fncetiously said that Hooker
was In imminent peril when the Blue
light Presbyterian" was praying on his
flank and rear. al
OF many distinguished men as to jack :
sons ability us IL soldier. but I give
only, that OF Colonel Henderson. Of the
British army, Professor q Military Art
able Memoir of Stonewall Jackson" he
gives the highest estimate OF fits ability
as soldier all through his history OF
his campaigns. but ] quote only iron,
his comparison Of Jackson and Well
Eff his military characteristics are
compared with those Of SO great sol-
der as Wellington, 4 will be seen
aiiel lines. BOTH ihad perfect confidence
In their own capacity. can do. said
jackson. Whatever I will to do while
the Duke, WHEN n young general IN
india congratulated himself that he
parent imposslbillties.. Both were pa
tent. fighting on their own terms. or
fighting not at all. Both were pru-
dent, and yet when audacity was JUS
titled by the character of their oppo-
nent and the condition OF his troops.
they took no counsel Of their fears.
They were not enamored OF the defen-
sive. for they knew the value OF the
Initiative, and that offensive strategy
is. the strategy which annihilates. Yet.
when their enemy remained concentrat-.
ed, they were content to wait till they
could induce him to dispense. Both
were masters OF ruse and stratagen.
and the Xirginian was as indnstrlous as
respect they were alike. In issuing
orders or giving verbal Instructions
Jackson's words were few and simple.
but they were SO clear. so comprehen-
possibly misunderstood. nndsnone dared
to disobey. Exactly the same terms
might be applied to Wellington. Again,
although naturally aimpetuous. glory.
ing In war. they had no belief in a
lucky star: their Imagination was al
ways controlled by common sense, and.
unlike Napoleon. their ambition to sue
coed was always subordinate to their
judgment. Yet both. when circun-l
during. On the ,ne held Of battle tie fe one
was not more vlgilant nor i'm
perturbable than the other. and both
possessed due sense of proportion.
They knew exactly how much they
eseet and how mnen
that when once the action had opened
the sphere in which their authority
could be exercised was very limited.
they gave their subordinates a free
aging their men rather by example
than by words. Both. too. had thai
most rare faculty Of coming to prompt
and sure conclusions In sudden ext
gences.the certain mark OF master
was ordered to support Evans at thu
Stone Bridge. Learning that the left
was compromised, without moments
hesitation he turned aside and placed
It could have held It's ground.
Groyeton. when he received the news
that the Federal left wing was re-
treating on Centerville. across his from
the order for attack was issued almost
before he had read the dispatch. AT
when General Fitz-
hugh Lee showed him the enenly's left
wing dispersed. and unsuspecting,
he simply turned TO his courier, and
said: Let the ,olumn cross the road"
and his plan of battle was designed
with the same repidity as Weliington's
at Salamanca"
Lee called Jackson his right arm
and wrote him when he was wounded
at charlottesville:
Gould / have dictated events
should have chosen. for the good of
the country, to have been disabled in
. had the privilege once Of hearing
General Lee, in his office in Lexington.
Va. pronounce glowing eulogy on
Jackson. In which he said. with far
more than his accustomed warmth of
feeling: HE never failed me. Why. II
] had had Stonewall jackson at Get
tysburg should have won that battle:
and II had won a decided victory
there we would have established the
independence Of the Confederacy."
It was, on the other hand, beautiful
to see how jackson reciprocated Lees
high opinion. He said: General Lee
is a phenomenon. He is the only man
whom l would be willing to follow