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A. 4-? IV III V ': . T1IK CONSTITUTION AND TIIK I. A W S-TH E. OI' ABD I A N S ,0 F 0 H R'Ll Jl ERT V . No. 2196:,: bfll .1 to i r m . i l t n ' pa t m i i iBnH'Il--l-DWllH W III .l'JKM POT .. .- ,. , . - ' . . , , . i "i J., LWT HOURS OP STONEWALL JACKSON, The Richmond Enquirer hit the follow, ing account of lite Mounding and death of lien. Jackson: (irncral Jackson, having gone some dis tance iu front of the line f skirmishers on N t turd ay evenioki was, returning ab'iul 8 o'clock, attended by iii fctaflf and part of In coartrii ' the cavalcade ws, in the darkness of the night, mistaken for a body id the enemy's cavalry and fired upon by a regiment of hi 'own corp. lie wa ifruck by three balls; one through Irft arm, nu inches below shoulder joint, shattering he boue and severing the chief,, artery ; another ball passed through same arm, be (ivy rthow and rist, making its exit throuh mIoi f the haod ; a third ball entrred palm I right ti4ud about it middle, passing fUrc ijh, br-ike two of the ba ca. He was wouiuJr'l 0'i h pUtik road, about fiftr van! in advance of .the enemr, ,IIe fell inim lm hore and a caught by Cpt. Vonulij, t Hhm he rtinrkedi "AH in wound arr by my own men." lie had ien irder ti fir at anything cumin up ihr rtij-l before be lett the line. Th en e ii kii m!tW appeared ahead of hitn tnA hi lunird to rul b-tck. Jut then, oeir in' cried, " rivalry !" ' charge 1" and itiiiuMlraUdf the reiiint fired. The whole party bnA firwaril to ridf thrmgh - lin- t'le'fapf ihe fiie. flpt. Bojtvell killed and t iirrird through the line bv hurii and Ml amid ur own men. Col. tmUli fie! J, Chief f MalT, wa wounded I hi hide. Tvi courirt were killed. Mjr I'rn.'.Jetufi, Lieut Morrison and -i jh, aid, eiaped uij'tijured. lirii. J4ck.'n 4 immediately p?acd on htter ju I xtarsed for the rear, the firing aiiiattnl the attention of the eneniT, ami rrvimrii vtitn unci, war m in htirr U-Mrera wa -.hot down, and the Gen VH Iro n the Wlder f the men, re etin2 a -ere cotituvop, adiiin to the injury f the arm and injiirinj the tide ae-ini-N. Te roetny'a 6re !' anillery oo i- point terribit. ;Gen. Jackan wa Ifji f..r fie minute until the fire alacken ed, :!ifii p'ated in an amUulaote and car i"fd iu ih field hofpiul at Wdderne Kju. lie loot tarf ainantol blood, and 4'. one tine told Dr. McGatre he thought e ilyinj, and woul l have bled todeath, iil a tourniquet .t immediately applied. Kir tn huur he u uear pulaefea from '.e chock. A he wa being carried from ne f.eld, frequent iitquiriea were made by :- vdiliers Who hete.jiMi there! He m.I xit llortor, " Uu nut rll tl trwpa I wounded." , . . After reaction a lonuttation held a-tnetn I)r.4 UUtk, Culennn. Walla and MitSuire, and amputation w decided up it. lie W4 akeJ, " If we find amputa 'i tifcei4ry h4U it be d at once?'' II leplied," Va, cerjamU Or. McGuire fr nie whatetr jo tSfrk r:ght-", The p'4tion a perfortnrd while under the nti'ie uce f chlorofiinn, and waa borne wet!. Ilr Iept Siitnhy inornitig, wa i Srerf'il, anij in eery wa'y doinij well. II it t'ir Mr. Jickini, a'Ml aked minutelr itiont the battle, 'poke rheerfully of the M;ilt,and aai-I, " If I had not bcii w.und i d. or '1 fud an h'liir moie of d ty light, I i.l.l lue cut nTth.e fn-oiir fr"ti fh road . (' . Fs'H. i'id " ii'l tur h.t 't"t e,,riift urr ..tided i!i i r -- tt , i e Sent n.ilici! trf U'i't v!t, cut ll'eir n t Out the h"tl to '.V.-r atiei'i it'. I T'dip MMtieu.'i'i ir.iy mi driving en niy fri'B a pit'oi, but the enemy . ' t tml f.i 'rie my awn f'a.n a poi ' - I'hi) Cl Ui i u ily. rni ptarui d tM day of f!l frim l !!, J;-uK i.rf ciiti'uaio i r a bra on w prictptlb't tflf rct't iif ti liii; l.e ilid tint Cf'Pp'aitl of hUtund- -eiep iipake of th-n .in!f iked. Sunday tvini; he alejit eU. Mimtli'y he wa rarrlrd to CiMnHlor'a l!ooe, tiear (t jima'i depot ; he cheer l, tllkvd about the battle, uf V gnllaot b-arinj of (Jen. Uhoda, and ald that hia Major GeneraPa cprntniwion i-uht to date frem Saturday of the grand chaise of hit dd Rtonewafl Ilrigade. of which ke hid bcird ; nked alter all bia officers ; donor, the day talked more than uaual.and aai), " the men who lire through thin war will be prpttd to aay, I w one of the Stonewall lindane to their children be instated that the term "Stonewall' belonged to them, and not to him. ' , ' : ; During the ride to Guinea' he complain ed greatly of heat; and, beaidea wet appli cation, to the wound, begged that a wet cloth be applied to his itmuach, which was done, greatly to hii relief, aa he expreat ed it. - He alept well Monday' nignt, and ate with reliah on next morning. ' i 'l uedar -hip wound were doing ;rery well, lie asked, " can you tell me frvm the appearance of my wonnda, how long I wilt be kept from the field?" He wa greatly satiofied when told they were do ing remarkably well. Did not complain of any pain in hi aide, and wanted to aee the members of hit ataff, but was advised, not. ' '- p- i i Wednesday waondatooked remarkably well. He expected tn go 1o Richmond thia day, but waa prevented by the nin. This mght, whiUt hit surgeon, who had slept none for three night, was anleep, he complained of nausea, and ordered his boy. Jim, to place a wet towel over hiaatoahach. This was done. About daylight' the aur geon wa awnkened by the boy' saying, Mie General ii aufTerin- great pain. The pmn was in the right hide, and doe to in cipient pneumonia and some nervowne. which he, l imelf, attributed to the fall irom the litter. " - I hunxlay Mrs. Jackson arrived, great ly to lu joy and catinlaction, and she faith fully nursed him to the end. By Thurs iUy evening all pain had ceased; hewuSer ed greatly froiriproiifration. Fridayhe tiuRVred no pain, but the prostration incre-iiei." ' l)r. Tucker and Smith had been con suited Irom Thursday. - " Sund.iy mornin when it was apparent that he was rapidly sinking, Mrs. Jackson was in finned of hi condition. he then hl free and full converse witii him, and t ild him he ' was going to die.' He saiJ very good, very i.od ; it i all right." He had trev loudly said, " ( connider ihrae wund a b!esing j they were given me for some good and wi-.e pirpoe, nd 1 would not prt with them it I could." He ask'd of Mj. Pendleton, "who i preach ing at hrailquarters to-day?" lie sent i-uagr to ail the GeneraJa. He express ed a wi.kto be buried, "in Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia'." t v ,- During the delirium his mind reverte! to the field of battle, and he sent orders to Geo. A. I. Hi II to prepare for action, anl to Maj. Ilak, his cointins.ary, and to the surgeon. He frequently expresed to hi ai l hi wish that M'jor General Krll should be ordered to the comuutnl of the corps ; hi confiilence in Gen. Keli was very great, and the manner in which he spoke of lum nhowed that lit hid duly considered the matter. Gen. Tnomas Jonathan Jckon wahnrn in Harrison county, Virginia, in 1825. and graduated at West Point in 1846. Hi firi military service were in th- Mexicati war. At th ;rge f Vera 'Jro. hf Com manded a battery and attracted attention by the roilncs and judg'eft with which he worked hi gun,aud .i prmooted firt lieutenan'. For hi conduct at trru t!r- tin li wm hrnlfd mnliin. Il ur 1 in all Scott's tattle to the city of Mexieo.anJ behared so wHJ t tt he was brevetted ma jor for hi erricei. The Army Register and lhi art et kUiMrv ami ftr t nt the Mel- icjn war do not furnish the name of another perunn entering the war without fi-Mitiort or nhire who aif tinil iVie Kt h rink. t,f in-- jnr i the brief campaign and series of bat .i.- i v: r ii..'.. ur-i irni v era irua ! mc cut oi .vieaii". At the close of the Mexican war, Jack son resigned his poition in the army an.! obtained a profeorhip in the Virginia Milifaev fntrifui IIU eevii e w-ri nut conspicuous here j Col, Gilham was con side red as the military genius of the school, and Thomas Jckon was but littlrt thought ,.r k- ik. a.M.ti l.. ..k:--. a T.. vj ot iii-iii mru w vi en 'J'l'" v jngtnn. The cadet had but little partial fly fr the taciturn, praying pressor. He was stern iw the performance of his duty. At one time hi a life was threatened by a cadet dismissed from the lastitute, the wdd boy actually going to the extremity of lying ia wait for hitn on the road lead ing from, the Institute to the village. As Jackson in his accustomed walk towards the village, approached the spot wbere his enemy awaited him, aby-stander called out to him of . his danger. Let the assassin nartler, if he will,'! replied the professor, aajie walked in the most unconcerned man ner towards the young man, who slunk abashed from his path. . Perhaps, none of the acquaintances of Jatkjri were more surprised at his brilliant exhibitions at reniusin this war, than those who knew bia blank life at the Institute, and were familiar with the stiff and unin temting Igure that was to he seen every Sunday in a pew of the Presbyterian Church at Lexington. But true genius awaits oc casion commensurate .with its power and aspiration. The spirit of Jackson was trained in another school than that of West Point oi Lexington, and had it been con fined there, it never would have illuminat ed the page f history.'' ' ' in the earlr periods oi the war, Jackson, commissioned Colonel by the Governor of V trg ma, was attached to Gen. Johnston s command on the Upper Potomac. At Fall ing Waters, on the 2d of Jnly, 1S61, be engaged the advance of Patterson, and gave the Yankees one of the first exemplifica tions of his ready-witted strategy as Pat ters never knew, that for several hours, he was fighting an insignifieaot force, skill full r dinpsed to conceal their weakness, whi! Jlnstn was making hit dispositions in the rear. The first conspicuous services of Jack son in this war were rendered at Manassas in 1861 ; although the marks id active de termination he had shown on the Upper Potomac, and the aft'irof Falling Waters, had already secured for him promotion to a Brigadier Generalship. The writer re collect some paragraphs in a Southern newspaper expressi'i great merriment at the firm appxrition of the future hero on the battle field. His queer figure on horse back, and the habit of setting his cbin in his stock, were very amusin to some cor respondents, who made a flippant jest in some uf the Southern newspapers uf this military specimen of the Old Dominion, The jest is forgiven and lorgotten in the tribute of admiration and lov which were to enue to the popular hero of the war. Jackon spoke hi fir t immortal words at Manass, when he stayed the retreat of our force juif as it verged en irretrievable di-ater. "Thee are beating us back" said another General. " No, 'r,' replied Jackson, as his eye blazed wtih a victors no courage, " We'll give them the bayo net." One of the most remarkable expeditions snd marches id Jarkon wa in the depth I of tw winter of l86l-2, when he waa sent I from Gen. Johnston' line to Winchester. t Ori ih Kf if Jariuurr IPG he marchpd jviith'his rommand from Winchester to Bith, iu Morgan countr, and frotn th hf - t-r place to Koinny, "where there had been a large IVdoral f.rre for many week, and from winch point they hail committed ex teifVite 'depredation on the surrounding roiatrr. uen, Jackswn drove tne enemy fre.n Koinieyand the neighbering coonirr without much fishtin. His troops how ever, en-lured the severest hinlshipa in the expedition. Toeif sufferings were terri ble in what was the severest portion of the wiotef. , They were compelled at one time to struerle through an almost blinding itortn of snow and sleet, and to biVoaae at n'K-)t in the forests, without tents or camu equipage. Many of the troops were fro ?.ro on the inarch, and die J trum exposure and exhaustiati. lathis terrible expedition Jncksoo gate the most remarkable proofs of his grim en ergy in the .field and the iron mould in which he was cast, Hi men were becom ing acquainted with the habits of tbeir com mander. He appeared to be a man of al- most superhuman endurance.. Neither heat nor cold ma le the slightest impression up on him. Good quarters and dainty, fare, were as .nothing to him. ' He lived as his soldiers lived, and endured all the fatigue sad all the suffering that they endured. He partook of but few social enjoyments. Never. absent a single day from duty, he did everything with the quiet, steru ener gy of an iron will; , , Without doabt, the most brilliant and extraordinary passage in the military life of Gen. Jackson was the ever famous cam paign of the summer of 1863 in the Valley of Virginia. That campaign, in which in the short space of f one month, he drove back into the enemy's, territory four Gen erals, with large captures in prisoners and stores, made the most brilliant part of his reputation. In a few weeks the name of Jackson mounted to the zenith of lame. In dramatic effects, in rapid incidents and in swift and sudden renown, his-name chal lenged comparison with the most extraor dinary phenomena in the annals of military genius.. - . .In the spring of 1862, Gn. Jackson had been placed in command of the small army of observation which held the upper valley ol the .Sheuandoah and the country about Staumoo. , It was intended that he should remaui'fuau inactive, to watch the enemy and, wait for him ; but he soon commenced maneuvering an his own responsibility, and ventured upon a scale of operations that threw the higher military authorities at . Kichmoud into a fever of anxiety and alarm. . , , , In less than thirty days he dashed at Fremont's advance west of Staunton, and driving it back, wheeled his army, swept down the Valley and drove. Bank acro'i the Potomac. Returning to the upper Val ley,'ie maneuvered around for three weeks io the meantime dealing Fremont a heavy blow at Cross Keys and defeating Shields in the Luray Valley, and t'en suddenly swept down the Virginia Central railroad',, via Gordonsville, on McCIellan's right, be fore Richmond. The pari he played in winding up the campaign on the Peninsu la is well known.. Since the battle of the Chickahominy the military services of Gen. Jck-on are comparatively fresh in the recollections of the public. It is proper, however, to no-. tice the distinct part which he took in the summer campaign against Pope ; as w do not believe that justire has been done to Jackson) contribution to the Second Battle of Manassas. At the outset of this campaign.it was probably the design of Gen. Lee, with the bulk of the Confederate army, to take the front, left and right, and eugage General Pope at or near the Rapidan, while Jack son and Kwell were to cross the Shenando ah river and mountains, cut off his sup plies by war of the railroad, and menace his rear. It will at once be noticed that this adventure, on tbe part of Jackson, waa difficult and desperate; it took the risk of inr nw oitivement of Pone, hv which ha (Jackson) himself might st cut oil"! It was obvious, indeed, that if Pope could reach Gordonsville, he would cut oif Jickson's supplier, and this risk had to be taktin by the intrepid commander. Cedar Mountain was fought and wen frum Pope before he km-vr the eanpaiga uii iirioiiuil . Jrknn foil h.irk lull rt.lr to flank him on the rteht. Pope retired from the Rapidan to the Rj pahammck, bu( JacksAn swung stiil further roui i to the north and outflanked him agitn. V-t aairi he gave up theRappahantiocu ani i.-,. net south of .Warrenton, and for th t . I ;i e Jackson outflanked him thr -ugn T .r ih fare Gap, and at la"l got in hi ror t pa now had f fight; and ihs victory whic'i perched upwi our banners was tue most brilliant ol the war. The psrticipati n of Jckon in the cam piign of Miry land, and that of the Rippa hannock, shared their glo'y, but wihut occasion for observation tt those distinct and independent move feats which if ere his forte, and for the display of which ha had mm U the Vatlef campsign and tilt against Pope. The manner ef his dtfUh,;
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