The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

nave Dcen disabled, In your stead 4
congratulate you on tho victory which
is due to your skill and energy
This recognition of his merit from
General l.ce proved grateful 10 Jack
son. but he reycrently said:
The victory was due to God"
General Lees grief was poignant.
and his great soul was moved to. it's
depths when he learned that Iackson.s
death was near. He could not con-
troll his anguish and emotion of grief
at the inevitable fate Of his right
arm" as ne termed Jackson. who as
serted that he would follow General
Lee blindly." There was implicit con-
hdence between the two great cap
tains. and the cankers or jealousy
never entered the sublime mind OF
these noble gentlemen and Christians.
To his wife Jackson said:
know you would gladly sacrifice
your life for me. but am perfectly
resigned. Do not be sad. Pray for
me. and always remember Tiny viii
be DONE"
Soon afterward his mind began to
| wander in delirium to the battlefield
at intervals. and he exclaimed:
Order "A. p. Hill for action Pass
| the infantry TO the front. Tell Major
Hawks to send forward provisions for
! the men"
| Evidently his mind wandered 10 the
scene of his last battle at Chanceilors-
| Vile. However, his features again
became serene. and, with sweet
| smile, he murnured:
| Let us cross over the river ana
! rest under the shade OF the trees.
And at $3.50 O'Clock Sunday. May 10,
1853, the soul OF the great Christian
soldier. stonewall Jackson, passed IN
to the realms OF Him whose creation
| he was.
| Words are inadequate to express the
sore grief of the Southerners at tina,
period. Like Albert Sydney Johnson.
at the battle of Shiloh. his worldly
fate was sealed in the arms Of victory.
| What strange coincidencei Two
great commanders. just as they were
| concluding their victorious plans. fatal
| bullets pierced their onward march
! What slender threads change the az
! fairs OF government and men.
Stonewall Jackson's brilliant mill
tary achievements In the Shenando ah
| valley, In the spring of 1863. have no
parallel in war. Within a period of
five Wee" he defeated General Milroy
| at the battle OF Mcdowell: General
Banks. pear Winchester; General
| Shields. at Fort Republic, and General
! fremont, at Cross Keys. The com
bined forces OF the Federal armies
| were about $4,000 men, while Jackson's
force numbered about 1000 soldiers
In each engagement Jackson fought
| against great odds. The design Of the
Vederal commanders was TO concen-
trate their forces and surround Jack
| son: but his mastery strategy. with
| his foot cavalry eluded the enemy
and when the Federal generals thought
| surely they had trapped the mighty
| Stonewall, he was striking an adver-
| sary In the rear at an unexpected To-
| him., and would have followed him
| blindly. although his forced marches
seemed beyond endurance.
! Jacksons soldiers were the best
citizens OF the South. with many Mary
| landers. They were from all profess
sions and vocations. and fought side
| by side In the God given cause OF self
| defense. When President Lincoln
| called for $4,000 men to Invade the
| Southcrners said there was but one
/ honorable course for native Southern
| ers TO take-citizens' duty belonged to
! the States.
The noble women OF the Southland
| were inspired with the same spirit
| and In the Shenandoah Valley their
| aid in giving food enabled Jacksons
I foot cavalry" to endure heroic com
! bat Their sweet smiles haunt me
| still
| General Jackson was a strict dis
| ciplinarian, and would not tolerate
! disobedience. In social circles he was
! gentle and anectionate, and was de-
| voted to children. He taught colored
| Sunday school at Lexington. He was
| liberal in church opinion: not n sec
tartan. as has been msrepresented.
But his trust In the Supreme Ruler
/ was implicit. He prayed before all
! men On the march. in camp and within
! doors lie was n plain Christian and
| regarded life as serious problem, and
| duty was his guiding star.
The Stonegall Brigade was composed
] of men from the Shenandoah Valley
| from Potomac River 10 Lexington, Va.
After the first battle OF Manassas,
| July 81. 1861. General Jackson advo-
! Gated concentrating all available re-
| sources in the South, and waging an
| aggressive war. He contendad that
! the South in order to be successful,
| must strike quick and hard while the
| South had an available force: that the
| North had two-thirds OF the popula-
! ton of the country, with unlimited
| resources. and to prolong tho war the
| North would wear out the South to a
| frazzle--thst General Attrition You'd
! win when 1t came to unlimited num-
| bers against limited means.
| 1t was at the conclusion of jack
| sons victorious campaign in the
| Shenandoah Valley. in the spring of
/ 1862. that ne told Hon. Alexander
Boteler "If he had 10000 infantry,
! with Ashby's cavalry and Chews fam
Gus mounted battery Of horse artil-
lery, that he could march through the
North a; any point he desired" Cap
tain Chew afterward became colonel
of Stuarts Horse Artillery. jackson
had special admiration for the eTec-
tive work OF Chew's battery, it being
the first organized mounted artillery
IN his army
In my minds eye ! see stonewalI
Jackson astride of "old Sorrel." now
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