Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13
Stonewal" Jarl.


wall Jackson was rea3 "a. Ssl:.
ing OF Fredericksburg c., ne nse,.
- at the home OF Ms ~, W. T. D.
Shepherd few DAYS a., ''a;sa'H
B. Smith: .. Ha
Thomas Jonathan Tsc,s,,
the worlds renowned nc q
corn at Clarksburg, V u "a,
1874. He graduated q; -as p,
1916 was assigned to III. - IA
branch of the service AMI sF
placed on duty with the arm pn,
ton. --' listing.
In 1861 he resigned his -,~
n the army and was apo ...ss.'a
Sor OF Natural and Exper.n.T..TI '9 n.s
osophy and Instructor in ,-,r,.. : ".'
the Virginia Mill AIRY Ins...,. o.. IA
lngton ami there he remain, 49,, tx
Civil War began. '''' m'
Entering the Coniedera,, ss-,;
colonel he rapidly passed ,r-,7r.S 4"
intermediate grades and became - r;. VIC
General. Lieut.
Gen. Bee in rallying his me-, ..
battle OF Manassas, pointed =, ,. w
son and his brigade and s5on..I
Look! there is Jackson s,arsi,o ~,
stone wall" Since that Inn. ~
world has known him as S.o,...n
Jackson.
in reconnaissance between b,,.,.
lines after nightfall at the h,.l. ~,
Charlottesville he and his s.,s
taken for Federal scouts and f-s4 -.
by Confederates.
Nearly the entire staff w.r. Ei',sl =.
wounded and Jackson's lett arm No,
so shattered as to necccss.ts.. ar,,n
tation, pneumonia set in ami he died q,
Guinea Station near Fr.l.r.ss1n-,
Va, May 10, 1868.
DR.. ]. B. Smith, OF Riehrr74 con,
~, Va, was within 20 ward rsc.,
Jackson when the fatal srr. was So
] have often heard DR.. Smn .-.-- .,
the sadness and cons. erna.al .a~.7c
his men when it was ANNOUNCE ria,
their beloved general Wa seriously
wounded.
On one occasion when he was pass.
ing through Martinsburg, W.. in ls.
than 20 minutes hundreds OF la3js,
gathered around him and in a lew min.
utes they had deliberately cut his rat
OFF of him, the pieces to b. sacre liz
preserved as mcmentoes. They then
gave him an entire new suit.
There have been many books and
poems written about this grand man,
An incident which makes many OF u
feel in closer touch with him. is III,
fact that Mrs. MsCarty, OF Fredericn.
burg, Va, remembers having been
taught by him in Sunday school.
An incident Of Mrs. Stonewall lack.
son, which is authentic, occurred soon
afIer the War Between the States.
Miss Sarah N. Randolph, great
granddaughter Of Thomas Jefferson, Of
Monticello, was writing the life Of
Stonewall Jackson. In order to get all
the true facts she invited Mrs Jack.
son to visit her at her home, Edgehill,
Albemarle county, Va, the Did home OF
the Randolphs. The day she was TO
leave the old carriage driver OF the
Rahdolphs was late in bringing the
carriage to take Mrs. Jackson 10 the
nearby station, Charlottesville As
he drove into the station the train wa.
Just pulling out, so the old driver took
his hat off, and standing up in the car.
riage, waving his hat violently, called
out, stop dat train, sab, stop dat train
sab, General Stonewall Jackson's
widow wants to git on" And sure
enough the train YVES SLOWED down and
backed into the station and Mrs. Jack
son got on.
An incident in the Randolph family
is as follows:
Wien Mrs. Charles Mason, ice RAN
dolph, whose husband was then a pri'-
oner on board a ship at Washington,
ID. c., was left alone with on'y very
young children and the co!orcd man
who attended the horses. He mad beer
in the habit Of taking the horses ou'
in the woods and hiding them whenever
the Yankees were near, but on TINS &C.
casion they were taken by surprise
Mrs. Randolph was trying to beg IT.
Yankees not to take their pet fidlns
horse, but the men proceeded 10 tax
the halter of the horse and put orldI'
on him and led him out Of the stable
Mrs. Mason, who was standing y
pleading for the horse, clapped mel