The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-21
TONEWALL JACKSON
tOries Of the Intrepid COnfed-
crate Commander.
VHEN He BLUSHED AND FLED

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His Heroic Reply 10 Lee.
Among many other incidents in the
reer of General Stonewall Jackson,
ritter in the Sunday Magazine tells Of
occasion when the intrepid com
ander was entirely routed by the en-
ny-an army of admlring women who
amored about him to secure buttons
-om his coat, locks of hair or other
buyenlrs. AS he backed, blushing,
way he declared, Really, ladies, this
the first time l was ever surrounded
the enemy" And In confusion and
smay he made good his retreat. OF
be other stories told of the general
e quote few:
He was never an ornamental soldier,
elng roughly clad and SO plain as to
frequently taken for far less than
was. He and his stan were once
bmpelled to ride through a field Of
pcut oats. The owner rushed out In
reat Indignation, demanding the name
the leader that he might report him.
my name is Jackson" replied the
eneral.
what Jackson?'' asked the irate
rmer.
General Jackson"
"You don't mean to tell me that you
he the famous Stonewall Jackson?"
farmer stammered.
fGT, &c, xyhaf fhau oaH mo
The farmer took of his hat with
Feat reverence and said: General
ckson, ride over my whole field. Do
hat you like with It, sir"
He was a man of unusual religious
eviction, but would always 60 to sleep
church. Perhaps it was because the
hurch service was the only thing he
build depend upon to go right along
be did not keep awake to watch it.
is friends said that it was because
weakness resulting from his exer-
pms in the Mexican war. When he
as teaching at the institute he was III,
hd all efforts failed to secure for him
nights rest. One Of his friends in
tendance suggested that the Rev. DIR.
hite be called in, as he was the only
pc who was ever able to put Jackson
sleep. In spite of this detection,
pvever, DR.. White and his famous
dshioner were fast friends to the
b
BIS men said of him that he always
larched at daybreak, except when he
hrted the night before. The celebrity
his movements gave his division the
anne of "Jackson's foot cavalry" One
his men said:
Moses took forty years to get the
sraelites through the wilderness, with
hanna furnished all the way, but Old
ack would have double quicked it
through on half rations in three days
Il the most"
Military leaders have usually ap-
proved the policy of subsisting on the
nemy's country, but it was left for
Ptonewall Jackson to make the enemy
himself the purveyOr of supplies. The
ederal General Banks became known
Jackson's commissary general. and
Fhen his column was sent to turn OF
INTO the valley the report would go out,
Lee is out Of rations again and has
ent Jackson to call on his commissary
general"
Jackson was like fiint-cold, impas-
I'VE, still, in time of peace. But at
ne sharp, swift stroke of military ne
Cessity the spark of his genius few out
nd burst into fame that swept away
ah obstacles. When General Ewell
vas asked what he thought Of Jack
sOn's generalship in the valley cam
paign he replied:
When he began it l thought him
crazy Before he got through l thought
him inspired"
Before the end of the campaign Jack
son had his men brought into a spirit
IKE his own. The division reached a
deep stream where the bridge had been
burned He sent for an engineer corps
ana also for some carpenters among
us own soldiers. The engineers at
once set to work to prepare plans, but
TWO hours later the head carpenter
appeared and reported. ''The bridge is
finished, general. and we can go on,
out them air pictur's amt come yet"
The soldier may need religion as
much as or more than any one else,
out as a rule, the tabernacles Of the
Loru are not spread on the tented field
VI the WARRIOR Stonewall Jackson,
however, was an exception. He never
.alied to invoke the Prince of Peace
% preside over his battle. Old Jim
nis faithful servant, said:
DE genial Is de CREATES man 70
pfayin' night,an' mornin' an all times
nut when l sees him git up sev'a
iules In de night besides an start In
pfa5ln knows dars gwine ter be
semp'n up, an I go straight an paci
uS hayersack. case / know he'll b
e1ilin' fer 1t TO daylight"
- u vas fitting that he who found hi
- on the battlefield should ind therS
1e entrance into immortal life. but In
ne agony Of loss Lee exclaimed. ANY
'.5ory would be dear at such priceF
ie his wounded general he wrote