The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-22
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me movement proposed by General
Jackson VIII have 10 he postponed for
reasons which have already commu-
nicated 10 him. and OF which you viii
soon DC apprised The then handed
me a letter to give TO the general and
In gong so suggested that as was
going up IN til" morning ] had better
stop AT Charlottesville and wait for
ORDERS thef" pt course. | asked no
questions. though naturally curious to
know wha, would probably be the
character Of my orders ard whv
was to wait for them at Charlottey-
Vile But when got there at noon
the next day, / found the town IN a
icV'T OF excitement, with Gordon Of
pickcts posted around, preventing all
egTess from the place, and was told
that at least, a dozen trains Of empty
cars had passed through some hours
before TO the Valley. had. there
fore, no difficulty in OWNING what was
~ inc wind, and that great events
we're on the gale"
hound for the Chicknhominy.
presently the scream OF an engine
announced an approaching train, and
as IL came laundering up TO the sta
ton / saw, as expected il was Allied
win troops vino not only fully occu-
pied the interior Of the cars but ike
wis" their roofs. and. IN fact. seemed to
cover them all over Ike clusters Of
bees The train paused but n minute
W ~ o. Nut sidllcllf As II SlOWc cd
up recognized Jackson. who was
seated in postal car next to tho ten
der. and who. as ! approached him said
In MS quick, scntertious way:
CLAD 10 see YOU. jump in" at the
same time extending his hand to assist
me in clambering up at the side door.
Got pencil ne asked.
Yes, I replied
Paper"
Yes"
Then, sit down. please" said he, and
write as shall dictate to you
From little, old. brown covered
note book now lying before me | copy
the following memoranda as ! then
wrote them in II at Jackson's diCta-
ton give them here TO Illustrate the
method BY which his army was trans
ferrcd from the VALLEY To operate
with the forces Of General Lee in tn.
famous seven days battles around
Richmoud' iu which Mcclellan was so
sivuaIly defeated
E,trncts From NotcbooL.
June ~. is62-Memoranda--On reach =
ing Gordonsvillc telegraph 10 Major
babney at Charlottesville care OF Mr..
ilog". or III his absence. OF General
EwelD. the following dispatches. viz:
! Telegraph General Robinson to
send Second Regiment Cavalry, Col
oncl Mum!ord. TO vicinity OF Port Re
public to await orders and 10 reply
when i, will be there
= Telegraph Colonel Crutchheld TO
forward battery Of artillery to Cen
eral I.awton.
organize at once the corps OF
signal men under Vcrmillion. selectin;
six TO ten additional men. Have their
naSs made
/. Tell Major Harmon TO have eigh-
teen additional battle flags for infantry
made once.
> Answer above when received
Further Memoranda.
After giving my personal attention
lottcsville. which detained me there
the night OF The .0th. | returned the
neXt day, BY the generals order, to
Gordonsvilc where | received by tele-
graph from him at Frederick Hall the
following additional instructions:
June y, GordonsVillc. Mem: Let
I.awton.s troops that come from Char
lottesvillc this morning proceed TO
Send back empty trains to take up
lawton's troops that are marching on
the way.
'At Louisa Courthouse let the cars
take up :well's troops and send back
empty cars for those troops OF Ewell
that are yet marching.
Telegraph ar trains arrive
Communicate with Colonel Jack
The method By which this important
movement OF Jackson's troops from the
valley Was accom- lished-as may be
inferred, II not fully understood from
the foregoing instructions--wa by
having his army stores, artillery ana
baggage forwarded by the burden
trains and By causing the empty pa 5
senGer Grains TO proceed 10 the rear of
his line of march (Which was chosen
near the railroad). and take up the
hindmost briRadcS they. in n couple of
hours. were carried the distance of n
whole days march In this way by
Saturday night nearly the whole COM
mand. with its impedimenta. was trans
ferred without difficulty or delay TO
Fredericks Hall. station on the Cen
trail Railroad nifty miles from Rich
mond. where IL rested on Sunday and
whence on the following day. June %.
II took up its line of march across the
ericksburG and Potomac Railroad.
within twelve miles OF Richmond. ar
irving there on the evening of the
25th.
An English Lords Opinion.
Meanwhile ! received instructions to
proceed to Louisa Courthouse and es
tablish a line OF couriers from that
ton as an. additional illustration of
Jackson'S foresight and saCacity in
providing for possible contingencies.
Although at frs, [ saw no occasion
for couriers between the two points in
question where we had telegraph sta
abundantly apparent when learned. IA
few hours after the line was cstab-
lished, that il had been surreptitiously
cut by some secret enemy and no
further reliance could he placed on
them for the transmission of orders
and intelligence
Leaving Louisa Courthouse on
horseback "Wednesday morning. June
%. ! next morning reacher Ashland
where | found Governor Lctcher and a
substantial dinner. which was all the