The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-05
tssuONEyVAIIss JACKSON IS
 SIR JOHN FEsElzCHs HERO

This sunday marks tlls fl fifty second enniv sary of the beginning Of the terrible day battle of ChanceI- 1orsvilIe Va- E0nfederate victory which was also defeat, since this conflict brought to an end the ess- reer of Gen Thomas Jonathan Jack Son ore Of the southss ab1est an most brIIliant military leaders A F. though the conflict Waged on the Ylr- girlza p1anta hon, bloody and feroctous hs it was. was but minor engage- znent as compared with some Of the battIes recently fought in Europe, It's lessons ars not without effect upon the present war.
 Few living men are more familiar srfth the history Of the American c1sfl strife than Sir John French. the Brit ish field marshal. and he recently told Erederfek Palmer. the American newspaper correspondnt that from his studies of the New Worlds most 4errsble war he has drawn lessons which he has found valuable In France Of all the A American leaders. John French gives foreIne St place 10 stonewa1f Jackson. and g though he admits that Lee and Grant may have been in some ways 5aeksonss uperiors the latter remains one of tk 6 ob5ects of the field nars. s,1aTs hero worship. Ss
 seneral Jackson was more like Cromwell than any other leader of history Sir John told the correspon- dent s.He was a heroic. martial fi g. sllre, whose heroic career came tpt the happy close a soldier desires in the hour of victory. [ have followed all bis marches and battles with unfIa g. ging ad nafratton- He had the ae- lzgIous exaltation of Cromwell. his dash and deternainatfon, and his ready strategy and the genius of n- spring his troops with his own i'm
 
 It was during the second day of CShancei1orsy1I1e, after sStonewa II z Jackson had performed brilIianE exploit in driving in the Union right under Howard, upon the Union cen ter comfnanded by Hooker, that the great Confederate leader was mortal lv wounded by his own men During Feconnai ssance beyond his main line, Jaekson and his stan, mistaken \ by the GpnFederate piokets for a troop of Union cavalry were fired upon The intrepid Jackson had both wounds were dressed and his eondi- ton was most hopeful. when pneu- n7onia developed and caused his death on May 10 tn,
 On, his last tragic ride 'stonewali' Jackson was mounted on his faVoTite charger Istetae SorTeI an animal about fifteen hands in height though Lit tle SorreI carried his master through the terrible battles of Bull Run, Win caester. Cedar Mountain, Manassas, Antietam. sHarperss Ferry Frederic ks burg and finally at e11orsy1l1e, the gallant animal survived the wal and lived to the extreme old age, for e5Il1ne flesh of thirty-six years. Af- ter Jacksonss death Little Sorre1 was ridden by other officers After the war the horse Became the charge ot the Soldiers Home at Richmond where he spent his last years in peace and quiet, the pet of the veterans and an object Of worship. When Little sefTeI was at last called to the happy hunting grounds. taxidermist pre- pared the animal sfor preservation al1d Little sorre1 is now to be seen dr
 lass case at Lexington, Va
 Little SorreI was not an especially landsome animal and 'sStonewal Jackson was far from being grace xaI equestfian A Confederate genera, who knew him well wrote.
 Jackson was an ungainly horse man, and when he rode by the troops Little SorreI would strike off on 2 rHn. The general would pull off his eap and ride bareheaded at full speed past miles of shouting .Confed- esates The saving was. when you heard that yell before. or behind you on the march, There goes old JacH on his rabbit