The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01

Taliaferro. Yields, TrunbuI Malone
and Jenkins. wounded
1t was on this now famous held
jackson won his sooriquet that will
forever with stand the evasion OF all
the tides OF time. His wonderful fen
cralship at SECOND Manassas but built
uD and strengthened that splendid
"Stonewalr' upon and around which.
there was ha1oed the prysinatic colors
OF eternal and martial glory.
Many acts of heroism were pes
formed on this glorious field. Per
haps mono exceeded that OF tho Louis
lana Brigade. who. whom its ammuni-
ton became exhausted chung TO its
position in the railroad cut and met
the assault or the charging blue wave
with rocks secured from the bank OF
its defensive position Meeting the
n:e of rifles and the CLEAN and thrust
Of bayonets with hand ammunition of
rocks and requesting the assailnnts
marked new feature in warfare.
Fitz Lee swung around Popes rear
and caught a. half regiment of roEu-
lar cavalry feeding their horses. while
the officers were dining at nearby
farmhouse General Lee had issued
instructions no officers were TO be
paroled on tho field until their conncc-
ton with the execution OF Pope $
brutal orders could be investigated.
Fitz thereupon paroled the enlisted
Incn and requiring the officers to give
;heir Individual obligations they would
not attempt To escape. retained them
with his staff. In the course or the bat
tie Fitz had denied himself OF every
aide. and ono Of the regular officers
carried a dispa1ch for him AS faithfully
as though OF his staff, excusinS his
action that Fitz had treated his brother
officers and himself with such courtesy
and confidence. he did not consider he
had violated his obligation to his own
service.
Bonbast and bluff we're justly weigh
ed by General Lee They constitute lit
tie I'm either offensive or defensive war
fare as conducted by tho Great N-ir-
ginian.
Sometimes. however. these are sue
oessfully used. as in one instance,
when the enemy had been driven be-
yond Fairfax Courthouse. one OF Hamp-
tons scouts. well in advance or the
command. riding up rather steep hill.
came suddenly upon q regiment OF blue
troopers drawn up in column in the
road. He had to think fast and quick.
Swinging mis- hat above his head ana
turning in his saddle. yelled. Here
lNcN are boNS, daSNed toward the Olue
troopers The nervous strain of eight
ing for nearly a week had rendered
tho Federal cavalry unsteady. and un-
der tho bluff OF the gray trooper, the
whole column broke to tho rear.
The two campaigns o, Richmond and
Second Manassas we're characterized
by the audacity Of Lee rarely oqualled
i'm history. Massine heavily upon his
left he smashed McClcllan's comhi-
nations. neutrHlizcd Mcpuwclis heavy
force at Fredericksburg. then quickly
wheeling upon Pope, with mastery
tactics and energy. crushed tho boast
ful Headquarters 1.-the Saddle" FILL
ing Washington with white faces and
alarm.
Without resting or waiting for re-
Inducements. he thrust his weary foot
cavalry across the border river and re-
freEhed them in the beautiful Pleas
ant Valley o. Maryland.
His campaign in Western Virginia
was paraiyzed by reason OF raw
troops and inefficient subordinates
But when General Lee came into the
command OF the Army of Northern
Virginia he had the scope and tho
troops with which to display the great
military genius OF his character. and
from then on to the fatefui 9Th OF
April 1865. new lustre and burnish
frightened that splendid genius that
must grow and brighten az the years
como and go. G. y. SAUSSY.
colonel and Aide de Camp on STAG OF
tolerate Veterans.