The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-02-24

ell; red shirt and jacket, with boots or
eggings, knee breaches made Of white
md blue stripes as wide as your three
myers something like bed-ticking, only
much larger and broader stripe. They
we're a fearful set to look at on the battle
ield. Capt. Aleck White was mate on
Dig Mississippi River steamboat and when
he Confederate War broke out he prevailed
upon the deck hands to enlist, which they
did, and elected him captain. He named
the company "Tiger Rifles" and they
we're all Irishmen. They fought like tigers
at the First Manassas and the First Battle
of Winchester, but Maj. Wheat, their COM
mander and 40 men were killed at the
First Battle of Cold Harbor and those left
were disbanded and most of them went to
Col. Mosby.
| will now return to First Winchester.
After Jackson had driven Banks across
the Potomac he went to Harper's Ferry,
which place he afterwards captured with
more prisoners than he had in his army.
In fact, he captured 1000 men from Banks
and all of his quarter master, commissary
and ordinance stores, which he sent to
Staunton, thence to Richmond, under
heavy guard.
While at Harper's Ferry he tried to beat
down the bridge with his artillery, but it
was steel bridge and while he crooked it
too much for trains to pass over it to Wash
ington he never could throw it from its
buttments. He retreated to Charleston (now
West Virginia) and it was the next day
that he made the farthest march of the
war for Infantry one day-to Berryville,
thence to Winchester ten miles, and thence
to Strasburg, eighteen miles. The distance
from Charleston to Berryville was eight or
ten miles, as before stated in this article.
But Gen. Jackson made as hard march
the same year. After fighting Bully John
Pope with headquarters in the saddle -
all day at Cedar Mountain, Culpeper
County, he retreated to Gordonsville and
waited for Longstreet to come mp from
Harrison's Landing, on the James River.
By this time Bully Pope had retreated to
the north side of the Rappahannock River.
They pushed on and jackson crossed the
South Fork of the Rappahannock near its
men prepare scant three days rations.
He then marched due west like he was
going back to the Valley. But not 50. No
doubt it was done to deceive Pope. He
allowed his men to rest until sunset and
twilight, then he crossed little creek or
branch at Sperryville and marched due
north to Marshall, thence due east to a
point near Bristow Station, on the South
ern Railroad, as it is now known. Here
he allowed most of his army to sleep, but
Ewell took detachment and went to Ma
nassas that night and captured the place,
with an immense quantity of commissary
and other stores. The next day the army
was Toasted on everything that was good
to eat, with plenty of pure coffee, etc.
But they had marched sixty miles in two
days and nights.
Notwithstanding Gen. Jackson made a
hard task master and had little to do with
his men or any one except the enemy, he
was immensely popular with the army.
They knew that with him it was victory,
and that was what pleased good soldier.
The battle was opened on August 20,
1862, about dusk and Ewell lost leg that
night. Jackson had marched and counter
marched his men all day of the 18th to
hoodwink Pope, in order to allow Long,
street time to be in striking distance.
Longstreet was slow mover and no one
knew it better than Jackson; hence the
delay in bringing on the battle. Thursday
night and all day Friday Jackson was
holding his own. The Louisianians were
placed in a new railroad cut and when
their ammunition gave out they used
crushed rock which had been placed in the
cut for ballast, and killed lot of the ene-
my with stones. If there be any doubling
Thomas let him see in the seventh vulume
of the Southern Historical Society Papers
a letter from Col. Robert M. Mayo, Vir-
gilman, who saw the fight.
1t was Saturday evening when Captain
afterwards Lieutenant GENERALLY Stephen
D. Lee came up on the enemy's flank with
his battery, and never did men arrive more
timely nor do better service. They soon
had Pope in full retreat to Washington,
and that was the last of Headquarters in
the Saddle"