The Washington times., 1931-08-01


AS the motoriSt whirlS softly
along the macadamized road lead
ing from Fredericksburg, Va,
through Charlottesville, and past
the monument erected at the spot
where the masterful "Stonewall"
Jackson was shot down by a vol
ley from his own troops in the
din twilight of the evening of May
2. 1868, it should not take great
stretch of the imagination to
visualize the dramatic scenes
which took place in the tangled
woodland and thickets Of the Will
derneSS.
But how few know that not all
of the body of the SO-called third
greatest leader of infantry of the
worlds history lies buried in the
quiet cemetery of the little town
of Lexington, which he so greatly
loved. His amputated left arm, in
fact, was left behind, where it was
properly inferred in the burial
plot of the Lacy family, and, over
this Ioving hands have erected a
small, granite shaft, upon which
is the following inscription:
Arm of StOnewan Jackson
May 3, 1868
And a bronze plate, sunk into
the broad top of the gray column,
bears a tribute from the corps
which has the motto: I'VE ole
but we never surrender" which
reads:
A Tribute to the Memory OF
"StOnewalT' Jackson by the East
Coast ExpeditiOnary Force, Unlted
States Marines. September 70
October 4, 1921.
The motorist, going southwark
and westward from FrederlcKs-
burg, must turn left at the juno
ture of the roads to Germanna
Ford and Orange Court House
where they meet just across the
small bridge at wilderness Run.
Lacy Family House
Coasting along this road (to
Orange Court House, for about
100 yards, or so, he, or she, must
turn left at the swinging. metal
gate, and enter the grounds OF
the Lacy family Today the farm
is occupied by the Rev. DR.. Willis
of Vermont; New Englander
from the Green Mountain State
who has emigrated to one OF the
most historical spots OF our co'1n-
try. For, not only is the ampu-
tated left arm of the celebrated
general of the Confederate ser
vice buried here, but here also
were the headquarters OF Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant during those two
fierce days of May 5 and 6, 1864.
And-as the motorist views the
granite shaft-let the visitor look
backwards in fancy to those dra-
matte days which have made this
hill famous: First-the day Of
May the Sd, 1868; second-the
days of May the 5th and 6th'
1854. ,
Then a stolid man who smoked
incessantly, squatted upon the
turf nearby. having eaten only a
sliced cucumber. and directed the
assaults of his columns upon the
Confederate lines. hidden behind
those dense woods in front and
all about, and from which came
that awe-inSpiring rebel yell"
and the roar of their deadly and
death-dealing rifles.
Hooker Crosses
To refresh the memOry-let US
look back to the stirring days of
our civil war. "Figh ing JOe''
HOOker-ruddy, ambitin as, boast
full, vain-had crossed tNe Kappa
hammock with a major part of the
Union Army, and was ltrenched
around the old brick house called
ChancellOrs', which is now in
ruins.
His right flank, thoroughly un-
protected by either cavalry vi
dettes or proper picketS, rested in
those broad fields behind Wilder
ness Church and the white farm
buildings which one sees on the
right of the road as one clears
the stretch of timber in which
is the monument marking the
place of "Stonewall" Jackson S
fatal wounding. The soldiers
were stretched over far beyond