The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-12

mond who yet remember the day wher
S 5e,,t,r Ewell went up the aisle of 81
uui Church OH his crutches and was
| BISHOP Meade.
The readers of THE Long Roll" will
nno wei! to remember thai this is !
pook OF fiction, and the author uses
me hoVeiists right OF imaGinat ton
n na,No All historical fiction. II is impos
SiDie to draw the lines between the
history and the hction. The authors
view OF the history, her conceptions
OF tn. character of historic men will
Soior the picture. with depreciation
mere ana eNaggeration there.
Ihose living to-day who knew Cen
Grai Ihomas J, jackson. and especial j.
~ those who followed him ana came
, 70 trust. to admire and to love him.
anu homely picture given as fronts :
Piecc In Tine Long Roll" uncouth.
msS,hapen. almost monstrous. 1t
W th nave been more true and Just
II lhe artist had reproduced the Beres
lolu, nope statue, with its force and
SiBnity; or the yet more faithful front
f , OF the Routzahn Winchester pho
losraph. The Long Roll picture ia
an unfortunate curieature, iorbiddins
as II is unjust With a bland conn :.
.ehance ana courteous manner, Jack
son was erect and soldierly in bearing.
aiuahS with natural and unafY ected
ease. II In the strenuous Valley cam
palBn his forage cap and uniform
we're sunburnt and worn. it was not
t tIo,n neglect of dress, but from the
tnorouShness with which he shared the
exposures OF his army. Nor was his
morse, the Little Sorrel. as distinguish
rode o IRON IN larger sorrel he sometimes
de , me me uhIed and bony animal here
,h I,.. Compact and easily kept,
the Little Sorrei was always in good
t,ohdition, receiving the daily atten-
'lon OF Its master.
Some of the strong features NJ hi.
character and bearing as a command
ing o1ncer are well described, though
r,ot without some exaggeration: his
powar and seeretiveness. his will
poMeI ana determination. his prompt
aecisloh on the neld, his expectation
anu requirement OF obedience to or
c cens anu hdelity to duty. With strong
echVlctlons of the right and tustice
Oh nus cause, with n great personal de-
soIlon TO that cause. with a deem and
strong moral purpose, he EXPECTED
mar ana efficiency in all officers and
men. For men of self-indulgence. OF
SSerSSonal ambition. of Indifference to
duties on which depended the safefv
snd ", welfare of others in the army
the succ ese ne MONIES mes Of the people. and
nave no liberation. To many he seam
ca occupied. abrupt. sometimes severe
S 70 thsense was his own earnestaess. SO
cause. VI the
some things in the account of his
p pot mn are overdrawn. He was
r.
nnee and manner. In his bearing and
intercourse he was yentlemau 90
tIa RI ness and simplicity. very gen.
cn,r IN the expression of. his face and
teous and considerable in manner
ne was accessible in reasonable con.
ulttons to officers IF all ranks and r.
bbaisate soldiers. In personal habits
ne was clearly and neat, Without az
ieGta ton or display
80, me- outside OF army life, to very
ounE ana inexperienced men, to ir
he s ious ana unworthy men. no doubt
ne often seemed a mystery. stranpa
stern, unkind and unjust. Stories wen,
abroad that were more or less untrus
Hiss Johnston describes him as es-
"a u,in,,. harsn, hostile and pedantic."
strict" iterai,
=. Keaoers of THE Long Roll" Will do
Vel Tani, to remember that Stonewaii
p,irn on was an educated gentleman,
PURE Pure ana upright in life. and OF con-
: ~ ,ahI association with the best classes
OF society He was twice married
si tost happily. In families OF high
ms daily associates were tha 6rst
sentlemen OF Virginia
or the first winter OF the war wben
I las army was not in the field. General
IN the family of the Rev. James n
raham, d. D.. OF Winchester. a home
such gentle courtesy. refinement
kn o iin!etngehce as we have not often
esteemed
ana ana loved as gentleman OF courtesy
that could not be eXcelled
Ine changing stan he gathered
MIN included cultivated men Of
me highest class, who. without eX-
ception. came to trust, TO admire and
70 rove him. and to whom he was full
one, coIn nh such men as Col
nieton 9oh nj !, T. Preston, Colonel Sta
LURE. DR.. r. L, Dabney, Colonel A. S.
ehu!eton, Colonel Edward Willis. He
M y, the friend and associate of Robert
ard s E sma OF - J. r. B. Stuart. OF Rich
Gordon and others with whom he was
IN frequent and cordial intercourse
ana at whose table he was often the
iiost welcome guest
He won the profound respect of dis
,uinGuished visitors, such men as Lord
Wolsley. Colonel Freemantle, Mr.
LAVE LIVER. Lord Harrington. later the
colonel Leslie. who were entertained
by him with cordial hospitality, each
one one LOT a week or more. Colonel Les
Miii,, e chairman Of the Committee on
MiIltary Affairs in the British House
or Commons. an accomplished gentle-
man, after spending a week in per
soiai intercourse with Jackson, on
. ..a!king MS leave. said to the staff
General jackson is the best Inform
ca military man l have met in Ameri-
ca. and as courteous gentleman ;.s
L nave ever known"
sPShtSu4 me Long Roll SDeakS
of Jackson's "jerking' his hand IN
an uncouth description of a gesture
s, so l, observed, but certainly not
napliual- He was slightly wounded in
and until that was well healed he
sometimes held that hand up as Civ
ing reiief to an interrupted circula-
ton OF blood. The writer Of this pa :
per rode with the general in the early
dawn OF the morning to the battleneld
or Fredericksburg. Silent, occupied a 3
ne was. dropped behind him and saw
nm raise his right hand, not the left,
making the impression that he was
engaged in prayer, looking for guild
ance and help to the God he trusted
ana served. 1t was the only time I
saw the gesture or heard of It, and
the hand.
1t was not true that General Jack
son was devoid of humor. That, In
deed. would have shown him an alb
normal man. devoid also of sanity.
His happy domestic life. described in