The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-14

other battles on Sunday, and, as If he
himself had not explained that to pre-
vent greater loss of life when neces-
sity or mercy required it, he thought
IL right TO fight on the Sabbath. There
the hero tells jackson he has made
mistake, that IL is not Sunday but
Friday. Still Jackson will not fight,
though the guns roared and the battle
raged ali around him; crazy fanatic
that he was, according to Miss John
ston, he couldn't tell Sunday from
Friday
Again, in chapter IS. at White Oak
swamp, jackson could not be founo
to fight, Every officer. every private,
(, dead: the Sixty-ffth could have
wept,' and the hero's mind was fun
gray bridgades wished they were
of anger" because of Jackson's cow
/ ardly refusal TO fight AT last Jack
! son, who was sitting alone In the
| swamp. deserted by his staff. spoke
| without turning" and sent military
! order by whoever is there" who
| happened to be the high villain Of this
/ charming picture. and on this order,
J so sent, blunder was made.
/ The suthoress failed to discover
that jackson was courteous South
| ern gentleman, not harsh and rude,
hut gentle and considerable: whom lit
re thllu' en- loNed ana trusted that
his strict, Just discipline, more than
! anything else, made his army the
most famous or the Civil War. and
that just such punishment as he
meted out to Garnett, which offcnds
Miss Johnston's tender sensibilities,
had taught his men lesson. which
resulted in the Stonewall Brigade: and
that Jackson in battle became "a gal
liant commanding are as graceful
al nd MI Ia In, xrtr.
knight. full of personal magnetism
and inspiring his men with his own
spirit.
i, Stonewall jackson was an educat-
ed gentleman, pure and upright in
life. and of constant associations the
I best classes of society
The changing star he gathered
about him included cultivated men
of the highest class. who, without
exception, came to trust. to admire
and to love him. and to whom he was
run of considerations. Such men as
Colonel John T. L. Preston, Colonel
Stapleton Crutchfield. Or. Hunter Nc
CURE. Dir. II. l.. Dabney. Colonel PEN
dleton and Colonel Willis He was
the friend and associate Of Robert
e. Lee and ]. f. Il. Stewart. OF
Richard Ewell. Or. James Powell
Smith and John b. Gordon,
Dr. James p Smith was intimately
associated with Stonewall Jackson; n
member OF his official family. and
who when the wounded soldier: in
his last battle. lay stretched upon
the ground while flying shot and shell
knocked sparks from rocks In the
road around them, refused to fly and
protected Jackson with his own body
DIR. Smith shows that Jackson was
not the man whom Miss Johnston
has portrayed, but the man wlAm
Smith knows. and loves as Its hero;
coupling his name with that other
one. Lee. Lee and Jackson"
That he was careful and conslderate
OF his men. solicitous for their COM
I fort and never exposed them to hard
/! ship or danger except when unayoid-
able. Henderson and Dabney state
most positively.
DIR. Hunter Mcguire says OF him:
There Is no measuring the intensity
I with which the soul of Jacksoo burn
ed in battle. Out of IL he was very
+ gentle" DR.. Mcclure also said.
THE greatest heritage could leave
ssaY sitiisaTen WAS 'siisrs s5ayfssen sc:sss..sf
! me his friend
| 1t takes such a man as Lieutenant
! Colonel G. Il. r. Hend+ rson, of the
| British army. to grasp the true spirit
| and character of the young man who
Z inspired MN To write his mastery
| history of 'Stonewail Jackson and
/ the American Civil War"-a work
| which will live AS long as the Eng
! lish language is spoken--even- as a
| classic. Colonel Henderson visited all
the battlefields OF Virginia and made
an exhausted study of the war and
| Its leaders. His work has only to be
read to prove the justice and fairness
with which he deals with his hero
and his campaigns.
! Lord Wolsely. In his eloquent tri-
butte to jackson. not only as a SOL
| der. but also as a man. Says that to
the renown OF n great soldier and
unseIfsh patriot he added the brighter
! fame Of Christian hero. The most
! reckless and irreligious of his sol
diers were silent In his presence and
stood awestruck and abashed before
this great God fearing man.
| Colonel Henderson also says: There
are few with Jackson's power OF con-
| ccntration He fought evil with the
/ same untiring energy that he fought
/ the North His relations to his mora.
duties were governed by the same