The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-11
would come back THANK God. Thank
Cod" they cried

pou. tiSy CTAeu
But. In the midst OF all this ex-
citemen., enthusiasm and exultation
unable to move In any direction, Cen
eral Jackson never for a moment for
got the objective point--the destruc-
ton OF the enemy. He turned to I'm
aid aud said. Go tell Stuart TO press
the enemy on every road to give them
no rest. Tell him he must drive them
into the Potomac Tho aid rode on.
found Stuart (G III. Stuart) and gave
him the order. Stuart said. II am un-
der Ewell's command. will not move.
unless the order comes from him" Tho
young officer rode to find Eweli but
IL took time before Ewell was found
and Stuart's message delivered why
in hell didn't he obey the ordcr?' said
the gruff soldier; Il am under Jack
sons command. Go tell him to move
at once
Stuart was In command OF 1900 cav
airy, drawn up in columns of fours-
Second and Sixth Virginia the flower
of the Virginia youth-readS and
eager to throw themselves upon the
enemy: hut nearly two hours had been
wasted Banks routed army had got
ten long start. had partially recoy-,
ell from panic, had formed n strong
rear guard to cover the retreat. and
when our cavalry got up they made
strong resistance. and succeeded In
crossing the Potomac without further
serious loss.
IT is fair TO say that ii Jaciisons or
der had been obcycd with alacrity. the
flying. panic-tricken enemy would,
without doubt, have been ridden down
and captured and even Banks him
self might have found ii difficult to
make good his escape.
During the long retreat up the VAL
ley and the subsequent battle | never
heard Of Stuart again. What became
Of him never knew. but il seems 10
me that he must have heard from
Jackson.
One OF Napoicon's maxims OF war
was that a general in the field with
the enemy before him had n right to
disobey the order Of 4 political supe-
rior Had General jackson oboyed tho
orders from Richmond and had allow
Ell those immense forces to concentrate
to aid Mcclellan, there can be no doubt
and all that long record OF marvellous
victory and heroic resistance would
never have been written.
In the latter part Of the winter 1862
! was camped with my company, not
far from General Jacksons hcadquar-
ters. near IIamilton's Crossing on the
Rappahannock River.
one morning, after breakfast. i was
walking in front OF my tent and saw
not far from me Colonel Charles J.
Faulkner, attached at that time to
Jackson's stan. had frequently met
him and knew him quite well. on see
ing me, he beckoned me to come to
him, which did, ana after talking for
q few moments. he turned towards
General Jackson's tent and said: Cap
tain. do YOU know that man.
y should think So | said. ut hap
pened 10 be General Jackson himself
just mounting his horse.
We'll" said the colonel, that is the
greatest military genius who has
lived In the tide % time"
II am not disposed 10 dispute any
claim you may make OF that" said,
| but do you think his deeds have been
such rs TO put him in the same rank
with Alexander. Hannibal, Caesar Ma
poleon?"
Yes" he said with emphasis; "as I
purely military genius he IS above
them all. and / am going to tell you
why l say so.
Just before the commencement
OF the vaMey campaign, was in
Richmond. and one day / received Il
dispatch from the general, telling me
to come to his headquarters at once
This was all: nothing was said in eH-
PLANTATION. or course, started at
once went as far as possible by rail.
then took horse and rode the rest OF
the WAY. General Jackson had just
returned from his pursuit OF Milroy,
and was then euca1ped not far from
Harrisonburg Having ridden great
part Of the night, ! reached his head
quartcr-tcnt shortly after sunrise. j
found the general sitting at n common
board table. looking over maps which
lay before him. on my entering, he
wheeled in his chair and faced me.
p al,,F. -
Kind. he said 10 me in his quick,
short way: Colonel Faulkner. go back
to Richmond at once. and tell the au
thorities there to send me 10000 men,
and will invade Maryland aud Penn
sylvania. take Washington and Eal-
timore and end the war What SAYS
/; can it be true, as some of those
Richmond fellows say. that jackson
is really going crazy looked UP
ana said: General. j really don't quite
catch Your meanng-5e,0pU men. take
Washington and Baltimore and end
the war? i don't understand We'll,
sir. take this scat and ] VIII very soon
xpla!n what | mean.
Il sat down by his side. and for two
hours he talked 10 me with perspic-
acity. a fuency. a lucidity OF utterancc
and n clearness OF detail which ] have
never heard from any man or seen,
either He gave the position OF 100
600 men WHO were SCatttEcu over -
vast space IN his path. He stuck u
pin at every point where he expected
TO strike with Overwhelming numbers
and destroy them. 1 will overrun
MARYLAND where thousands of Tolun-
tcers will join me, ] will take Wash
ington and Baltimore Mcclellan viii
b,. forced To come hack from Richmond
to protect the North. NO baltic can
take place there. and / Will deal with
Mcclellan here; and tell them, gap
tain, / will end the war
~ rose from my seat more conf
dent than Jackson was himself. and
fully assured of his success.
His plans seemed so broad, so fully
prepared. so perfect in every detail
that 1 found IL impossible for me to
doubt that there was the slightest
chance OF failure
II went back to Richmond so inn
pressed with these ideas, with such
entire faith, that il seemed 10 me alb
solutcly certain that the Richmond au-
horitics would be equally influenced.
left Jackson The same day and start