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P R E F A C E 
 
 While the great heart of the country mourns with incons 
 grief the affliction it has so recently suffered in the death of 
 
 idolized chieftain, it is natural that the desire should be earnWl 
 and universal to learn more of his history and personal worth. 
 To meet this popular desire, this unpretending little volume is 
 now brought before the public; and in so cheap a form as to place 
 it within the reach of all. It purports to be nothing more than 
 an outline sketch of the life and character of the hero, soldier, and 
 Christian, together with full details of his dying hours and the 
 honors paid to his memory by his bereaved and devoted country- 
 men. For the facts so hastily drawn together, the author has 
 
 ;' > depend, in a considerable degree, upon the published ne 
 paper accounts, although much that appears in these pages, H is 
 believed, is new; to the public. The work is necessarily me»{ 
 from its very conciseness, yet embraces the leading events in thvs 
 lite of the illustrious subject, of the sketch. 
 
 CHARLES HALLpi L 
 Augusta, May 28'tb, 1303. 
 
 
JACKSON 
 
 "What needs our hero for hi* honoured bone?. 
 
 The labour of an age in piled stones? 
 
 Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid 
 
 Under a starry-pointing pyramid? 
 
 I fear son of memory, preat heir of fame, 
 
 What need'st'thou such weak witness of thy name V 
 
 Now is the name of Jackson doubly enshrined in the hearts of 
 the nation. Of all the names renowned in the history of the Old 
 Republic, few shine out with brighter lustre than Jackson. The 
 
 "hero of New Orleans" fills a prominent place in the memory of a 
 grateful people. But Jackson, and Washington, and Jefferson, 
 and Calhoun, with all that galaxy of illustrious names, Southern 
 names, to which we have been taught from childhood to look with 
 pride and admiration, must now be regarded by the people of this 
 Confederacy as belonging to an era that is past. Of this noble 
 1 heritage we must yield to others a share in common with our- 
 selves. But the Jackson that we are now called upon to mourn 
 \b peculiarly our own. He is identified with the history of the 
 young Republic. He was one of the instruments appointed to 
 give her form and substance and being, and a place among the 
 nations of the earth. With his strong right hand he helped her 
 to throw oft' the tyrants' chain, and carved out for her a path to 
 lienor. His precious blood is the price of our liberty. 
 
 Henceforth no titles 6hall be employed to designate the man. 
 The name is of itself distinctive — a tower of strength, a monolith 
 of fame. The succeeding generation will know no other Jackson, 
 and infant lips will lisp tbe word with the same mysterious feeling 
 of reverence thai prompted us when we spelled out the name of 
 "The Father of his Country." Yet we will not blot out the memory 
 of the past, nor permit one luminary of the present day to • eclipse 
 the glories of the old regime; but choosing the immortal Washing- 
 ton as the bright particular star of our earlier hopes and civiliza- 
 tion, and Stonewall Jackson of the present, dip our pen in the 
 sunlight, and write them side by side in the unclouded sky of 
 rfcaven's blue vault. 
 
 General Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born in Clarksburg, 
 Harrison county, Virginia, on the 21st day of January, 1824. His 
 great-grandfather, John Jackson, and his great-grandmother, 
 were of English birth. 
 
 They emigrated to this country at an early day, and settled on 
 the south branch of the Potomac. Subsequently they removed to 
 
 
what -is now Lewis comity, in Northwestern Virginia, 
 son, Edward, (grandfather of Thomas J.,) was surveyor in 
 riflon county for many years, and subsequently represented the 
 count}* of Lewis in the Legislature for several years. Jonathan 
 Jackson, the Either of Gen. Jackson, studied law under Judge 
 John C. Jjackson, in Clarksburg ; and then commenced its prac- 
 tice, acquiring some reputation. He became embarrassed as 
 security for his friends, and all his property wag swept away 
 before his death, which took place in 1827. 1 y o left four children, 
 of whom Thomas, the youngest, was but three years old. An 
 uncle, then residing in Lewis county, took the little orphan to 
 live with him. Here Thomas, by going to school three months 
 In the winter, and laboring on the farm the residue of the year, as 
 was the custom with farmers 7 sons in Western, Virginia, acquired 
 the rudiments of a plain English education. About tlie age of 
 seventeen he was appointed to a Cadetship at West Point. He 
 here graduated with high distinction, in 1810, being then in the 
 23d year of his age. 
 
 War having broken out between the United States and Mexico, 
 Jackson at once entered the military service under Gen. Zachary 
 Taylor, with the rank of Brevet Lieutenant. When Gen. Scot I 
 was ordered to Mexico, Lieut. Jackson joined him at Vera Cm:;. 
 At the siege of that city, lie commanded a battery, and attracted 
 attention by the coolness and judgment with which he worked 
 hi* guns, and was promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant. Af- 
 terwards, at the battle of Cerro Gordo, lie was -brevetted 'Captain. 
 Some time after that hotly-contested engagement and brilliant 
 victory of the American arms, his old comrade, General, then 
 Captain J. Bankhead Magruder, was placed in command of a 
 battery of six light pieces. Capt. Magruder, 1st Artillery, bad 
 led the storming party under Gen. Harney up the heights of Cerro 
 Gordo. He was the first artillery officer who entered the enemy's 
 works, sword in hand — had Captured the guns and turned them 
 on the retreating foe. Gen. Scott rode into the works and ad- 
 dressing Capt. M., said: "Captain, you have won these guns ; 
 they are yours ; your ardent wish for a light battery can be grati- 
 lied. Take these guns and mount them. They shall henceforth 
 .be Magruder's > battery. v 
 
 Jackson bore an active and conspicuous part in all the battles 
 of tjie war that followed, and especially in the decisive engage- 
 ment that resulted in the capture of the city of Mexico and the 
 triumphant entry of the American army within its gates. When 
 that army was advancing towards the city, on its march from 
 Uontreras, Lieutenant Jackson reported to Captain J .iagmder l\rc 
 duly in his battery, having obtained at last the desir od transfer 
 to the light artillery. Magruder placed him immediately in com- 
 inandof a section of the battery, and, conspicuous for his skill 
 and courage, assigned* him to a separate position in the assault 
 on the city. With characteristic valor and impetuosity, he boldly 
 
assailed the defenses at the San Cosmo gate of tlic city, and con- 
 trio u tod powerfully, by his skill and weJJ'direeted tire, to the sub- 
 sequent capture of the Capital. His signal services were duly 
 chronicled in the official report of ('apt. Magruder and the formal 
 and full report of Gen. Scott, as the records of the United States 
 Government will show. The motive of Ins ardent desire to join 
 Magruder's battery was stated by him to a friend at the close of 
 the war, and is characteristic. He said : " I wanted to sec active 
 service. 1 wished to be near the enemy, and in the fight : and 
 when 1 heard John Magruder had got his battery, I bent all my 
 energies to be with him, for I knew if there was any fighting t/» 
 be done, Magruder would be on hand/ 1 
 
 tie had previously been rewarded with successive promotions 
 for his gallantry and merit, ant}, for his bravery and skill on this 
 occasion, fopk rank as Brevet Major, The Army P gist er aud 
 the actual history and facts of the Mexican war do not, fin iii 
 name of another person entering the war without position 
 who attained the high rank of major in the brief ram; 
 series of battles from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. 
 
 U the close of the Mexican war, Jackson servedfor a lain period 
 in Florida, and then resigned his position in the army Uec; 
 impaired health, and in 1851 received the unanimous appoint 
 
 tho Board of Vistors, of Professor of Natural and Expert 
 mental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery in ihe Virginia 
 Military institute,', at Lexington. Some very curiqns oiivnm- 
 stances were connected with his appointment to this chair. When 
 (lie vacancy occurred which Jackson was destined t<> iii'. Con. 
 Smith' the superintendent, was instructed by the Board of Visitor* 
 to seek, by private inquiries, some one suitable for th 
 Among those to whom lie first applied was (Jen. 1). H. Hill 
 a professor in Washington College, we believe. Hill \ 
 recommended T. J. Jackson, then serving in the army in Florid;;. 
 dill at that time had no family connection with Jackson ; but he 
 knew him well, and with a penetration and sagacity that did him 
 much credit, declared that he was not only a competent, faithful. 
 hie nam, but had a great deal of "outcome'' in him. 
 
 impairing subsequertly to West Point, Gen. Smith add, 
 his inquiries to the faculty there. They recommended as eji 
 ■ov the position, McClellan, Kosecranz, Foster, Peck, and t»u 
 W. Smith : the first four now noted Federal Generals, ai;d tho 
 last an officer of high rank in our own service, until his late resig- 
 nation. Upon Com Smith's stating that Jackson had been recom- 
 mended, they said of him that he was an indefatigable man, and 
 would do well ; but he had come to the academy badly prepared. 
 Inquiries at New York and Fortress Monroe further developed 
 the fact, that the persons recommended at West Point were con 
 d better bookmen than Jackson, but all bore testimony to 
 Jackson's great personal worth and energy, and his * ,ing 
 qualities, 
 
When the Board of Visitors met, Genera] Smith reported the 
 natne of Jackson to the Board, together with a statement of the 
 recommendations and encomiums already referred to. 
 
 It happened that there was on the Board a member who ap- 
 peared there on that occasion for the first time; and the- last. He 
 at once advocated Jackson's appointment, though evidently taken 
 by surprise at the suggestion of his name. He spoke in vei y 
 high terms or Jackson, whose townsman he said he was, and told 
 of the great pleasure which his appointment would give to the 
 people of Northwest Virginia. The man who thus eulogized 
 Jackson was J. S. Carlile. He was the only one of the Board who 
 knew Jackson, and he warmly advocated him before that jury of 
 strangers. 
 
 Influenced by what they had thus heard, the Board, without the 
 usual delays, at once ordered the appointment to be tendered to 
 Jackson. The state of his health at the time aided in causing him 
 to' accept it 
 
 Of the gifted men with whom Jackson was thus brought Into 
 comparison, and to whom he was adjudged by all, save Hill and 
 his Virginia friends, to be inferior, which one has he not immeasu- 
 rably outstripped ? They were ranked before him, but the inspir.i 
 tion within him, which needed only occasion to develop it, swiftly 
 assorted its authority. Jackson will live in the admiration of the 
 world and the affections of a great Republic, long after those 
 whose prospects for fame and distinction seemed fairer, shall have 
 been even forgotten ! They have taken high rank in the Federal 
 army, but already have the infamous deeds of some of them made 
 their names a hissing and a reproach among men and nations. 
 
 Jackson's services at Lexington were not conspicuous. Colour! 
 Gilliam was considered as the military genius of the school, and 
 Thomas Jackson was but little thought of by the small hero-wor- 
 shipers of Lexington. He, however, labored assiduousty and 
 with scrupulous fidelity in the duties of the important offices he 
 rilled during the ten years of his Professorship, and gave to his 
 native State the valued and substantial service of his modest and 
 unobtrusive, but public spirited and useful life. Here he became 
 a Soldier of the Cross ; and, as a humble, conscientious and useful 
 christian man, he established the character which has developed 
 into the world-renowned christian hero. The cadets of the Insti- 
 tute had but little partiality for the taciturn, praying professor. 
 He was stern in the performance of his duty. At one time his 
 life was threatened by a cadet who had been dismissed from the 
 Institute for misdemeanor, the wild boy actually going to the ex- 
 tremity of laying in wait for him on the road leading from the 
 Institute to the village. As Jackson in his accustomed walk 
 towards the village, approached the spot where his enemy awaited 
 him, a bystander called out to him of his danger. And here was 
 manifested that peculiar trait — an utter fearlessness or indifference 
 to danger, which has since so often shone out upon many a battle- 
 
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 field. Perhaps it was a real indifference to life, or more probably, 
 aTi implicit trust which he placed in the Divine Being to shield 
 him from frafm. "Let the assassin murder, if he will," replied 
 the Professor quietly, as he walked in the most unconcerned man- 
 ner towards the young man, who slunk abashed from his path. 
 
 Perhaps none of the acquaintances of Jackson were more sur- 
 prised at his brilliant exhibitions of genius in this war, than those 
 whq knew his blank life at the Institute, and were familiar with 
 the stiff* and uninteresting figure that was to be seen every Sunday 
 in a pew of the Presb3 T tcrian Church at Lexington. But true 
 genius awaits occasion commensurate with its power and aspira- 
 tion. The spirit of Jackson was trained in another school than 
 that of West Point or Lexington, and had it been confined there, 
 it never would have illuminated the page of history, But to the 
 corps oi' Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, what a legacy 
 he has left ; what an example of all that is good and great and 
 true in the character of a Christian Soldier ! 
 
 We come now to the most eventful period of his eventful life — 
 i period of painful interest to every citizen of this Confederacy, 
 and ono in which each, however obscure, has borne his humble part. 
 
 When the first harsh note of war called our country's sons to 
 battle, Jackson repaired at once to Richmond, where he was com- 
 mii ;sio nod Colonel by _ Gov. Letcher, and attached to Gen. John- 
 ston's command on the Upper Potomac. Directly after, being 
 ordered to take command at Harper's Ferry, he reached that post 
 on May 2d, 1861, and the next day entered upon his duties. From 
 that time until the memorable day on which he received his fatal 
 wound, he was never absent from service. That was the 3d of 
 May, 1S63, completing the exact period of two years of unremit- 
 ting toil. 
 
 At Falling Waters, on the 2d of July, 1861, he engaged the 
 advance of Patterson, and gave the Yankees one of the first 
 exemplifications of his ready-witted strategy ; as Patterson never 
 knew, that for several hours, he was fighting an insignificant 
 force, skillfully disposed to conceal their weakness, while John- 
 ston was making his dispositions in the rear. 
 
 The first conspicuous services of Jackson in this war were ren- 
 dered at Manassas, in 1861 ; although the marks of active deter- 
 mination he had shown on the Upper Potomac, and the affair of 
 Falling Waters, had already secured for him promotion to a 
 Brigadier Generalship. Just previous to that battle, perhaps 
 better known as the Battle of Bull Pun, when the troops under 
 his command had made a forced march, on halting at night, they 
 fell on the ground exhausted and faint. The hour arrived for 
 setting the watch for the night. The officer of the day went to 
 the General's tent, and said, "General, the men are all wearied, 
 and there is not one but is asleep. Shall I wake them ?" 
 
 " No !" said the noble Jackson, "let them sleep, and I will watch 
 the camp to-night." 
 
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 And all night long he rode round that lonely camp, the one lone 
 sentinel for that brave, but weary and silent host of Virginia 
 heroes. And when glorious morning broke, the soldiers woke 
 refreshed, and ready for action, all unconscious of the noble vigils 
 kept over their slumber. 
 
 A similar instance is related, when Jackson occupied a small 
 farm house on a certain night, and allowed his under officers to 
 sleep, while he spent the passing hours in prayer, walking the 
 turnpike before the quarters, or looking* in at intervals upon the. 
 men, — until just before dawn, when a vacated place upon an un- 
 hung gate afforded him a short season of rest. 
 
 Again, in a house that was used as a temporary hospital, he 
 exercised a kindly care and supervision of the wounded men, 
 moving quietly among the sufferers, and administering to their 
 wants with tender solicitude. 
 
 Manifold and touching are the anecdotes like these, illustrative 
 of the noble character of Jackson, of his self-denial, and kindly 
 regard for the comfort and welfare of his men. No wonder that 
 i hey loved him, or that his example excited in their breasts ;>. 
 spirit of emulation to do or dare aught that the exigencies of the 
 occasion might demand ! No wonder that they valued his ap- 
 proving nod more than the fulsome praise that others might 
 bestow ! 
 
 That be was rot unmindful either of the sufferings of his foes', 
 the testimony of the Federal nurse bears witness, — who has con- 
 trasted in glowing colors his prompt assistance and sympathy 
 with the tardiness and indifference of McDowell, who had left his 
 wounded to the tender mercies of their enemies. The case of trie 
 men was urgent and wrought upon the sympathies of Jackson. 
 who could not see them suffer and die from neglect ; and he him- 
 self provided for their comfort and relief. The story is told in 
 Northern papers. Equally sensitive was. his regard for tb • 
 rights of property. He allowed no trespass which militar;, 
 necessity did not absolutely require. On one occasion 'he caused 
 a young soldier who had captured a Yankee, to return to t'>; 
 prisoner an overcoat which he had appropriated to supply a 
 positive need during a heavy rain storm. Instances might be mul- 
 tiplied, but these will suffice to illustrate the character of our hero. 
 
 Jackson spoke his first immortal words at Manassas, when he 
 stayed the retreat of our forces "just as it verged on irretrievalile 
 disaster. The enemy were pressing hard. Overwhelmed by 
 superior numbers (the record runs,) and compelled-to yield before 
 a fire that swept everything before it, the heroic Gen. Bee rode up 
 and down his lines, encouraging his troops by everything fchsit 
 was dear to them, to stand up and repel the tide which threatened 
 them with destruction. At last his own brigade dwindled away 
 to a mere handfull, with every field officer killed or disabled. He 
 rode up to Gen. Jackson, and said : " General, they are beating 
 ns back !" ♦ 
 
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 "No,. "sir!" replied the invincible, as his eyes blazed wi.h .) 
 victorious courage, " We'll give them the bayon* 
 
 (.'en. Bee immediately rallied the remnant of his brigade, and 
 his last words to them were : " There is- Jackson slandting like a 
 ^(one-wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer. 
 i'Y>llow me !" 
 
 Scarcely had he spoken these memorable words, when lie fell 
 dead upon the field ; but their utterance proved a legacy to the 
 immortal Jackson and his lion-hearted Brigade more highly prized 
 than any gifts within the power of kings or potentates to bestow, 
 because associated with heroic achievements and deeds of Valor, 
 and victories wrung from the category of impossibilities. T'm<' 
 homely soubriquet of." Stonewall " will live in history long after 
 generations yet to come shall have passed away — will gleam 
 with living lire when bronze shall have corioded and marble 
 crumbled into dust.* The rout and panic that thereafter followed 
 have already become a part of the annals of the new Republic. 
 
 Jackson's fame was now fully established. But in the meeds 
 so nobly won was embraced a moral triumph not less signal than 
 i he victory he bad gained over the foes of his country. The emi- 
 nent qualifications of a great commander, which he had shown 
 himself to possess, dashed to atoms the* insinuations that had 1 
 made as to his lack of capacity, and bro ight a blush of. shame to 
 the cheeks of those who made merry at the first apparition of the 
 future hero on the battle field. His queer figure on horseback, 
 end the habit of settling his chin in his stock, were very amusing 
 to some who made a flippant jest of the military specimen of the 
 < )ld Dominion. The jest is forgiven and forgotten in the tribut- 
 admiration and love which were to ensue to the popular hero 
 the war. 
 
 If the truth be told, however, Jackson was not an elegant rider. 
 lie sat stilly in the saddle, with arms akimbo and legs rigidly 
 straightened; before him, and toes pointing zenith-ward ; and 
 when his beast started off on his inevitable lope, the General':-. 
 body swayed in accompaniment, with an awkward jerking motion, 
 as though a stiff spring had been inserted beneath the bad 
 his saddle. Neither was his bearing- altogether martial, and n< i 
 improved by the shocking slouched hat that he almost invariably 
 wore. 
 
 The truth is, that Jackson was not educated in Mr. Turvydrop"s 
 school of politeness, nor versed in the poetry of motion. His was 
 that true politeness which is prompted by a kindly heart, and 
 consists not in graceful postures or sickening grimaces, but in 
 benevolent acts and endeavors to increase the happiness of one's 
 fellows. Indeed, his soldiers came to love him for his very eccen- 
 tricities, albeit they at times provoked a smile. He was always 
 cheered when under the eye of the army, and on such occasions 
 loped away as fast as he could with his body bent forward, and 
 
 •See Appendix A. 
 
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 holding- Jjis hat out stiffly before him, by way of a salute, like a 
 rusty-jointed collector of contributions at a protracted meeting. 
 He seemed embarrassed by any marked courtesies extended 
 to him. 
 
 But Jackson was not always indifferent to his personal attire;. 
 There were occasions on which he bestowed more than usual 
 attention to his dress, and then his appearance was commanding, 
 and even elegant, It is affirmed by many who were familiar with 
 his habits, that this special regard to his attire was an infallible 
 sign of an approaching battle. Even so on the day before he 
 received his fatal wound ; his coat and pants were of the usual 
 greyish blue, but of the finest quality, and the gold-lace fancy 
 work on his sleeve looked as if it might have been put on the 
 day before ; his boots were well glossed and his spurs looked like 
 burnished gold. He wore buck gloves with cuffs that came half- 
 way up to his elbows, and a black felt hat of the fashion usually 
 worn by officers. His costume was most befitting to his rank, and 
 he looked every inch the officer that he was. 
 
 One of the most remarkable expeditions and marches of Jack- 
 son was in the depth of the winter of 1861-'2, when he was sent 
 from Gen. Johnston's lines to Winchester. 
 
 On the first of January, 1862, he marched with his command 
 from Winchester to Bath, in Morgan county, and from the latter 
 place to Romney where there had been a large Federal force for 
 many weeks, and from which point they had committed extensive 
 depredations on the surrounding country. Gen. Jackson drove 
 the enemy from Komney and the neighboring country without 
 much fighting. His troops, however, endured the severest hard- 
 ships in the expedition. Their sufferings were terrible in what 
 was the severest portion of the winter. They were compelled at 
 one time to struggle through an almost blinding storm of snow 
 and sleet, and to bivouac at night in the forests, without tents 
 or camp equipage. Many of the troops were frozen on the march, • 
 and died from exposure and exhaustion. 
 
 In this terrible expedition Jackson gave the most remarkable 
 proofs of his grim energy in the field and the iron mould in which 
 he was cast. His men were becoming acquainted with the habits 
 of their commander. He appeared to be a man of almost super- 
 human endurance. Neither heat nor cold made the slightest im- 
 pression upon him. Good quarters and dainty fare were as no- 
 thing to him. He lived as his soldiers lived, and endured all the 
 fatigue and 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, stern energy of an iron will. 
 
 '"A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, 
 
 No dangers fright him and no labors tire; 
 
 O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, 
 
 IJnconquered lord of pleasure and of pain. 
 
 No joys to him pacific sceptres yield : 
 
 War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field/' 
 
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 Without doubt, the most brilliant and extraordinary passage 
 in the military life of General Jackson was the ever famous cam- 
 paign of the summer of 1862 in the Valley of Virginia. That 
 campaign, in which, in the short space of one month, he drove 
 back into the enemy's territory four Generals, with large cap- 
 tures 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 fame. In dramatic effects, in rapid incidents and in 
 swift and sudden renown, Iris name challenged comparison with 
 the most extraordinary phenomena in the annals of military genius. 
 
 In the spring of 1862, Gen. Jackson had been placed in com- 
 mand of the small army of observation which held the upper 
 valley of the Shenandoah and the country about Staunton. It 
 was intended that he should remain quasi inactive, to watch the 
 enemy and wait for him ; but he soon commenced maneuvering 
 on his own responsibility, and ventured upon a scale of operations 
 that threw the higher military authorities at Richmond 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 Banks across the Potomac. Returning to 
 the upper Valley, he maneuvered around for three weeks — in the 
 meantime dealing Fremont a heavy blow at Cross Keys and 
 •defeating Shields in the Luray Valley — and then suddenly swept 
 down the Virginia Central Railroad, via Gordonsville, on McClcl- 
 lan's right, before Richmond. 
 
 His own official report of this splendid exploit is characteristic, 
 and testifies to his modesty and unselfishness, and the humility 
 with which he accepted the victories he won as manifest tokens 
 of the gracious favor witli which Heaven regarded our cause. 
 He took no credit to himself, but ascribed all success to the 
 intrepid valor and endurance of his soldiers and to the will of 
 Providence. It is dated — 
 
 "Headquarters, Winchester, May 2G, 1S62. 
 
 " Within four weeks this army has made long and rapid marches, 
 fought six combats and two battles, signally defeating the enemy 
 in each one, captured several stands of colors and pieces of artil- 
 lery, with numerous prisoners, and vast medical, ordnance, and 
 army stores, and finally driven the boastful host, which was 
 ravaging our beautiful country, into utter rout. The General 
 Commanding would warmly express to the officers and men under 
 his command, his joy in their achievement, and his thanks for 
 their brilliant gallantry in action and their patient obedience 
 under the hardships of forced marches, often more painful to the 
 brave soldier than the dangers of battle. 
 
 "The explanation of the severe exertions to which the Com- 
 manding General called the army, which were endured by them 
 with such cheerful confidence in him, is now given in the victory 
 of yesterday. He receives this proof of their confidence in the 
 
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 past with pride and gratitude, and asks only f a similar confidence 
 in the future. But his chief duty to-day, and that of the army, 
 is to recognize devoutly the hand of a protecting Providence in 
 the brilliant successes of the last three days, which have given 
 us the results of a great victory without great losses, and tq 
 make the oblation of our thanks to God for his mercies to us and 
 our country, in heart-felt acts of religious worship. For this pur- 
 pose, the troops will remain in camp to-day, suspending, as far 
 as practicable, all military exercises, and the»chaplains of regi- 
 ments will hold divine service in their several charges at four 
 o'clock, p. v., to-day. 
 
 " Per order," etc. 
 
 The soldiers of that Brigade will cherish this simple order of 
 their General as a most sacred heir-loom, and teach their chil- 
 dren's children to trace out with their infant fingers the precious 
 words. How faithfully they gave him that simple confidence he 
 asked, their subsequent career lias abundantly shown. Illus- 
 trious commander ! noble men ! 
 
 The part that Jackson played in winding up the campaign on 
 the Peninsula is well known ; how anxiously, day after day, his 
 advent was awaited by the Confederate forces that were battling 
 with McGlellan's overwhelming host ; liow they at last utterly 
 despaired of his coming ; how victory then seemed trembling in 
 the balance, and ttie Confederates, sorely pressed and wavering, 
 were on the point of yielding the field ; how he unexpectedly 
 arrived at this critical juncture, after a most rapid and toilsome 
 march, and crossing the Chickahominy just at the nick of time, 
 fell upon McClellan's flank and rear, and dealt him such blows as 
 drove him from his position ; how he dashed from point to point, 
 always in the thickest of the fight and just where his services 
 were needed most ; and how, after a sanguinary conflict of several 
 hours, he succeeded in capturing all the batteries on his front, 
 consisting of eighteen guns, and ceased at last from his labors 
 only when the enemy, discomfited and confused, was driven 
 ingloriously to the cover of his gunboats. 
 
 Since that memorable and decisive series of battles before 
 Richmond, the military services of Jackson have been many and 
 valuable ; but they are comparatively fresh in the recollections 
 of the public. It is proper, however, to notice the distinct part 
 which he took in the summer campaign against Pope ; as we do 
 not believe that justice has been done to Jackson's 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, aud engage Gen. Pope at or near the Rapidan, 
 while Jackson and Ewell were to cross the Shenandoah river and 
 mountains, cut off his supplies by way of the railroad, and menace 
 his rear. It will at once be noticed that this adventure, on the 
 part of Jackson, was difficult and desperate ; it took the risk of 
 
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 any new movements of Pope, by which he (Jackson) himself 
 might be cut off. It was obvious, indeed,, that if Pope could 
 reach Gordonsville, he would cut off Jackson's supplies, and this 
 risk had to be taken by the intrepid commander. 
 
 Cedar Mountain was fought and won from Pope tfcfore he knew 
 the campaign was opened. Jackson fell back, but only^to flank 
 him on the right. Pope retired from the Eapidan to the Rappa- 
 hannock, but Jackson swung still further round to the north and 
 outflanked him again. Yet again he gave up the Rappahannock 
 and fell back south of Warrcnton, and, for the third time, Jackson 
 outflanked him through Thoroughfare Gap, and at last got in his 
 rear. Pope now had to fight ; and the victory which perched 
 upon our banners was the most brilliant of the war. 
 
 The participation of Jackson in the campaign of Maryland, and 
 that of the Rappahannock, shared their glory, but without occa- 
 sion for observation on those distinct and independent movements 
 which were his forte, and for the display of which he had room in 
 the Valley campaign, and that against Pope. 
 
 An incident occurred just upon the eve of the first battle be- 
 fore Fredericksburg, which is illustrative of his natural reti- 
 cence — for he was habitually reserved and uncommunicative, 
 never told his plans and never joked. On this occasion, however, 
 he almost perpetrated a joke, and the recollection thereof' will 
 haunt the last survivor of those who were witnesses of the same. 
 It was the narrowest escape he ever had. The battle was just 
 about to break ; indeed, it had already commenced, and Jackson 
 sat intently surveying the field before him, when a young officer, 
 ambling confidentially alongside, asked him, in the presence ol 
 several others now intensely interested,, what his plans of attack 
 or defence were ; " for," said he, " if you should fall, General, it 
 would be important that they should be known." 
 
 Jackson directly bent his body with a most gracious smile, and 
 placing his hand to his mouth, and his mouth to the ear of the 
 eager and now hugely gratified inquirer, asked in a whisper 
 tolerably loud : 
 
 " Can you keep a secret ?" 
 
 " Oh, most assuredly," was the answer. 
 
 To whom Jackson, in a louder voice and in tone perhaps a 
 trifle triumphant, replied: "And so can IP then digging his 
 spurs, cantered rapidly away, his keen grey eyes peering from 
 under the slouched brim of his hat, and looking neither to the 
 right nor the left — amid the uproarious laughter of the interested 
 listeners, and the utter discomfiture of the man of inquiring mind. 
 
 At another time he is reported to have remarked, when quo 
 turned as to his plans : 
 
 " If my coat-tail knew what is in my 
 He never failed to manifest his aversion 
 tiveness, and this habitual reticence was 
 traits. 
 
 head, I would cut it off." ^VJ 
 to anything like inquisi- 
 as^one.of his strongest 3 
 
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 It was during the succeeding winter and the spring of 1863, 
 that Jackson's private character, and especially the evidences of 
 his piety,becarne known to the troops in camp. It was then that 
 they learned to esteem him as a father. He was most assiduous 
 in the revival work which was then progressing throughout the 
 army of the Rappahannock, and especially in his own corps. That 
 was a solemn and ever memorable season. Whole brigades were 
 blessed by God's presence. Chaplains and missionaries united in 
 preaching the word of life, and often the assemblage of soldiers 
 was larger than could be gathered within reach of the speaker's 
 voice (some two thousand or more), and of these, as many as 
 five hundred, officers and men, might be seen pressing forward 
 together to crave Divine favor in their behalf. The good work 
 was wonderful, and at a time that might have been deemed any- 
 thing but auspicious. 
 
 Among those who were prominent in these labors of Christian 
 love among the soldiers, was the Rev. Dr. J. C. Stiles, a clergy- 
 man eminent in his profession, and universally beloved, and one 
 of Jackson's warmest friends. He "had passed nearly the whole 
 winter in the camp of Jackson's corps, and from their daily inter- 
 course and associations, the two had acquired for each other more 
 than a fraternal regard. At length it became necessary that they 
 should part, for the Doctor's duties called him to another field of 
 labor. On the evening of his departure, he visited Jackson in 
 his tent, where was had a most cordial interview, in the course of 
 w r hich the conversation turned upon a pamphlet which the Doctor 
 had recently published upon the subject of " National Rectitude..'' 
 Of this they talked much, and of kindred topics. When the" 
 Doctor took his hand to bid him farewell, Jackson said, " Well, 
 Doctor — good bye ! Now, you will do your part in preaching, 
 and I'll do mine in .fighting ; and we will all pray, and the L'pid 
 will help us and make us a righteous nation. Remember, .Doctor, 
 you'll do your part— now, won't you ?" 
 
 Was there ever such childlike simplicity ? or a nobler repre- 
 sentative of the church militant ? 
 
 Jackson's regard for and strict observance of the Sabbath, is 
 exemplified in the following extract of a letter to Col. A. R. Boteler ; 
 
 " Guiney's Department, Caroline County, Va., \ 
 "December 10, 1862. ) 
 " I have read with great interest the report of the Congressional 
 Committee, recommending' the repeal of the law requiring the 
 mails to be carried on the Sabbath, and I hope that you will feel 
 it a duty, as well as a pleasure, to urge its repeal. I do not see 
 how a nation that thus arrays itself by such a law against God's 
 holy day can expect to escape His wrath. The punishment of 
 national sins must be confined to this world, as there are no 
 nationalities beyond the grave. For fifteen years I have refused 
 to mail letters on Sunday, or to take them out of the office on 
 
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 chat day, except since I came into the field ; and, so iur i'ro«t 
 having to regret my course, it has been a source of true enjoy - 
 ment. I have never sustained loss in observing what God enjoin?, 
 and I am well satisfied that the law should be repealed at the 
 earliest practicable moment. My rule is to let the Sabbath mails 
 remain unopened unless they contain a dispatch ; but dispatcher 
 are generally sent by couriers, or telegraph, or by some special 
 messenger. I do not recollect a single instance of any special 
 dispatch having reached me since the commencement of ihej/ff* 
 !>y the mails. ^^ 
 
 "If you desire the repeal of the law, I trust you will bring all 
 your influence to bear in its accomplishment. Now is the time, . 
 it appears to me, to effect so desirable an object. I understand 
 that not only is our President, but also most of our Colonels, and 
 a majority of our Congressmen, are professing Christians. God 
 has greatly blessed us, and I trust He will make us that people to 
 whom God is the Lord. Let us look to God # for an illustration in 
 our history, that •righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a 
 reproach to any people.' 
 
 "Very trtilyj your friend. 
 
 T. .). JACKSON. 
 •To Col. A: B. BoTttiBR, Richmond, W' 
 
 Another letter upon the same subject was addressed to Gel. 
 Preston of Virginia, as recently as April 27th, and, it is reason* 
 ble to suppose, was the last he ever wrote. A special interest, 
 therefore, attaches to it. It runs as foil- 
 
 •"Near FrkdebicKSJI*rg, April 27, 1968. 
 
 •'Dear Colonel : 1 am much gratified to sec that you aro our 
 of the delegates to the General Assembly of our church, and i.-, 
 write to express the hope that something may be accomplished 
 by you at the meeting of that influential body towards repealin g 
 the law requiring our mails to be carried on the Christian Sab- 
 bath. Recently I reeeived a letter from a member of Congress, 
 expressing the hope that the House of Representatives would ad 
 upon the subject during the present session, and from the men- 
 tion made of Col. Chilton and Mr Curry of Alabama, I infer thai 
 they are members of the committee which recommended the re 
 peal of the law, though of this I am not certain. A few days 
 since I received a very gratifying letter from Mr. Curry which 
 was entirely voluntary oh his part, as I was a stranger to him. 
 and there had been no previous correspondence between us. His 
 letter is of a cheering character, and he takes occasion to sat 
 that divine laws can be violated with impunity neither by govern- 
 ments nor individuals. I regret to say that he is fearful that th<- 
 anxiety of members to return home, and the press of the busine=5.> 
 will prevent the desired action this session. I have said thu& 
 5fi*ch in order that you may s«e that Congressional aetion is t* 
 
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 be looked for next session, and hence the importance that Chris- 
 tians act promptly, so that our Legislature may see the current 
 of public opinion before they take up the subject. I hope and 
 pray that such may be our country's sentiment on this and kin- 
 dred subjects, that our statesmen will see their way clear. Now 
 appears to me an auspicious moment for action, as the people are 
 looking to God for assistance. 
 
 " Verv truly, your friend, 
 **|| "T. J. JACKSON." 
 
 Every opinion of this great man, who has so recently given his 
 life for his country, ought to have weight with his countrymen. 
 At the late Presbyterian General Assembly a letter was read in 
 which he gave, at the earnest solicitation of another, and through 
 his modest appreciation of himself with evident reluctance, his 
 opinion on the subject of providing religious instruction for the 
 Army. We make some extracts. He says : 
 
 " My views are summed up in few words. 
 
 " Each branch of the Christian Church should send into the 
 army some of its most prominent ministers who are distinguished 
 for their piety, talents and zeal, and such ministers should labor to 
 produce concert of action among chaplains and Christians in the 
 army. These ministers shotild give special attention to preaching 
 to regiments which are without chaplains, and induce them to 
 take steps to get chaplains, to let the regiments name the denomi- 
 nations from which they desire chaplains selected, and then to see 
 that suitable chaplains are secured. A bad selection of a chaplain 
 may prove a curse instead of a blessing. If the few prominent 
 ministers thus connected with each army would cordially co- 
 operate. I believe that glorious fruits would be the result. De- 
 nominational distinctions should be kept out of view — and not 
 touched upon. And, as a general rule, I do not think that a chap- 
 lain who would preach denominational sermons should be in the 
 army. His congregation is his regiment, and it is composed of 
 various denominations. I would like to sec no question asked in 
 the army what denomination a chaplain belongs to, but let the 
 question be, does he preach the Gospel ? The neglect of the 
 spiritual interests of the army may be seen from the fact that not 
 one half of my regiments have chaplains. * * * * * * 
 
 " Among the wants of the Church in the army, is some ministers 
 of such acknowledged superiority and zeal, as under God, to be 
 the means of giving concert of action. Our chaplains, at least 
 in the same military organization encamped in the same neigh- 
 borhood, should have their meetings, and through God's blessing- 
 devise successful plans for spiritual conquests. All the other 
 departments of the army have system, and such system exists in 
 any other department of the service, that no one of its officers 
 can neglect his duty without diminishing the efficiency of his 
 branch of the service. And it appears to me that when men see 
 
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 what attention is bestowed secularly in comparison with what is 
 religiously, they naturally under-estimatc the importance of re- 
 ligion. From what I have said, you may think I am despondent: 
 but thanks to an ever kind Providence, such is not the case. 1 
 do not know when so many men brought together without any re- 
 ligious test, exhibit so much religious feeling. 
 
 11 The striking feature is that so much that is hopeful should 
 exist, when so little human instrumentality has been employed 
 for its accomplishment. In civil life ministers have regular meet- 
 ings to devise means for co-operation in advancing the interests of 
 the Church. This ean be done in the army, and I am persuaded 
 it should be. * :: :;: :;: * 
 
 "Some ministers ask for leave of absence for such trivial ob- 
 jects in comparison with the salvation of the soul that I fear tins 
 give occasion to others to think that such ministers do not be- 
 lieve that the salvation of the soul is as important as they preach 
 it is the special province of the chaplains to look after the spirit- 
 ual interests of the army, and I greatly desire to see them evin- 
 cing a rational zeal proportional to the importance of their 
 mission. Do not believe that I think the chaplains are the only 
 delinquents. I do not believe, but know, that I am a great de- 
 linquent, and I not only design saying what 1 have said respecting 
 the laxness of chaplains to apply to all of them. I would like to 
 see each Christian denomination send one of its great lights into 
 the army. By this arrangement I trust that if any one should 
 have denominational feelings that they will- not be in the way 
 of advancing a common and glorious causo." 
 
 Jackson evidently lived by faith, and conquered by prayer. It 
 was said of him, that when he was not fighting he was general, y 
 praying. Visitors to his quarters often complained because ii 
 took him so long to conclude his devotions, and they meanwh.Ie 
 waiting patiently without. At all times and seasons he seemed 
 to recognize the presence of God, and to be invoking the Divine 
 aid, whether in the midnight hour of the silent camp, in the thun- 
 der and tumult of the battle-field, or in his solitary forest strolls 
 by day. It is well authenticated that he always sought especial 
 aid through prayer on the eve of a conflict, and the published 
 saying of his negro servant is vouched for as correct : " When 
 Mars'r get up two or tree times in de night to pray, den I kn 
 <lat somefin's comm' next day. Bress de Lor ! " He was fre- 
 quently observed to hold up his left hand in battle, apparently 
 unconscious of all that was transpiring around him, and he was 
 generally believed to be then engaged in prayer. Once, while so 
 occupied, his hand was struck by a flying bullet, but lie neither 
 winced nor lowered his hand until his devotions were concluded. 
 
 It is not at all remarkable that his troops should have been an- 
 imated with the spirit, bravery, and confidence of such a leader. 
 There is something mysterious and awe-inspiring in this invisible 
 
communication between the spiritual and material world, this si- 
 lent acknowledgment of the Divine essence, pervading- all things, 
 and the strange immunity from harm which the faith of the sub- 
 ject seems- to weave around him. The time, the occasion, and 
 the individual, beget a sympathy of feeling in the hearts of hie 
 followers, and some unappreciable, magnetic influence draws them 
 on where the spirit of inspiration leads. Men, under such cir- 
 cumstances, become superhuman. Both their mental and physi- 
 cal organism undergoes a change. Are we surprised that they 
 thought that Jackson bore a charmed life, or that, like Achilles, he 
 was actually invulnerable from head to heel ! The true secret of 
 his conduct was that he had dedicated his soul to God, and his life 
 unreservedly to the service of his country and the establishment 
 of her liberties, and feared not death, nor quailed where the post 
 of danger was the post of duty. 
 
 Another instance of his devotion to the cause he had at heart 
 is recorded in a published letter, the writer of which made a 
 parting call upon him in his tent, upon the banks of the Rappa- 
 hannock. •'' As- we stood exchanging last words, (the letter 
 reads'), some reference was made to what our ladies are doing. 
 ; Yes/ said he, * but the} 7 must not entice the men away from 
 the army. You may tell them so for me. We are fighting for 
 prtnc$ple f for honor, for evcryihiny we hold dear. If we fall, we 
 lose everything. TVe shall then be slaves — we shall be worse than 
 Ao/oes—ire shall have nothing -uwrth living for] 
 
 11 I am sure the women of the Confederacy will give these words 
 of the now lamented hero a place in their hearts. Let them not 
 be impatient even about their friends in the army coming on 
 visits home. Let them encourage and cheer them in staying at 
 their posts whenever and so long as may be necessary. 
 
 -i But, whether there may have been such occasion for such a 
 suggestion to them or not, the words which Jackson spoke in con- 
 vection with it, are words alike noble and solemn, to which every 
 man, as well as woman in the Confederate States ought to listen. 
 C<jt our soldiers inscribe them on their banners. Let our citizens 
 a,t home keep them before their e3 T es. Let those who are mad in 
 the pursuit of gain, amid the sufferings of their country, and 
 their fellow-citizens give ear to the tones of the warning which 
 these words convey ! :) 
 
 To the casual observer there was nothing striking in the form 
 or face of Jackson. In citizen's dress, he might have been taken 
 tor a plain farmer, of perhaps more than ordinary intelligence. 
 But those who could see nothing great in him hold to the stage 
 idea of a hero. The physiognomist would have looked twice, 
 and a close scrutiny would have convinced him that a man of no 
 ordinary abilities was before him. He was a muscular man, 
 sis feet high, with clear white complexion, blueish grey eyes, 
 sharp nose, and a prominent chin set on a powerful and weli^ 
 «urved iaw. His skull was magnificent in size and shape, tie 
 
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 forehead both broad and high, and balanced bj a long, deep mas* 
 behind and above the ear. Many are the newspaper description:- 
 of his personal appearance, but we prefer to give here the im- 
 partial testimony of a stranger — an Englishman, who visited him 
 at his headquarters near Martinsburg last year, and has trans 
 mitted to Blackwood's Magazine the fruits of his observati 
 The narrator says : 
 
 " With him we spent a most pleasant hour, and were agreeably 
 <mrprised to find him very affable, having been led to expect thai 
 he was silent and almost morose. JOressed in his grey uniform. 
 he looks the hero that he is ; and his thin, compressed lips and 
 calm glance, which meets yours unflinchingly, give evidence o\ 
 that" firmness and decision of character for which he is so famous. 
 He has a broad, open forehead, from which the hair is iffejl 
 brushed back ; a shapely nose, straight and rather long ; th: r ; 
 colorless cheeks, with only a very small allowance of whiskers : 
 a cleanly shaven upper lip and chin, and fine greyish l>!uo cyjs. 
 rather sunken with overhanging brows, which intensify ■: i k* keen- 
 ness of his gaze, but without imparting fierceness to it. Such 
 are the general characteristics of his face, and 1 have only to nd>) 
 i.hal D smile seems always lurking about his mouth when la 
 speaks, and that, though his voice partakes slightly of that harsh- 
 ness which Europeans unjustly attribute to all Americans, there 
 is much unmistakable cordiality in his manner ; and to us h< 
 talked most affectionately of England and of his brief but enj 
 able sojourn there. The religions element seems strongly devel- 
 oped in him, and, though his conversation is perfectly free ff\>m 
 all puritanical cant, it is evident that hois a person who never 
 ioses sight of the fact that there is an omnipresent. Deity enter 
 presiding over the minutest occurrences of life as u«il as over 
 the most important. Altogether, as one of Ws soldiers said to me 
 in talking, "he is a glorious fellow I" and after I left him I fel ; 
 that I had at last solved the mystery of " Stonewall Brigade." ana 
 discovered why it was that it had accomplished such almost ml 
 raculous feats. With such a leader men would go anywhere and 
 any amount of difficulties, and. for myself, 1 believe, that, in- 
 spired by the presence of suph a man, 1 should be perfectly h 
 sible to fatigue, and reckon upon success as a moral ci 
 While Gen. Lee is regarded in the light of infallible Jo\ -e. a man 
 to be reverenced, Jackson is loved and adored with all that child- 
 like and trustful affection which the ancients are said to 1; 
 lavished upon the particular deity presiding over their affairs. 
 The feeling of the soldiers of General Lee resembles that which 
 Wellington's troops entertained for him — namely, a lived and un- 
 shaken faith in all he did, and a calm confidence of victory when 
 serving under him. But Jackson, like Napoleon, is idolized with 
 that intense fervor, which, consisting oi mingled personal attach- 
 ment and demoted loyalty, caused th<?m to moot death for his aafce 
 and bless him when dying 1 . 5. 
 
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 This is certainly a high tribute to the character and estimable 
 worth of the heroic individual whose loss the nation has now to 
 mourn, and the more to be prized in consideration of its source. 
 His name has already become a synomym of true greatness, and 
 there is none that will more readily command the culogium of the 
 civilized world. The nations will vie to do him honor. 
 
 We come now to the last of his great services in his country'.-; 
 cause. A few nights before the great battle, he was discussing 
 with one of his aids the probability and issue of a battle, when 
 ho. became unusually excited. After talking it over fully, lie 
 paused and with deep humility and reverence said, " My trust is 
 in God," then as if the sound of battle was in his ear, he raise! 
 himself to his tallest stature, and with flashing eyes and a face all 
 blazoned with the fire of the conflict, he exclaimed, " I wish they 
 would come." This humble trust in God, combined with the spirit 
 of the war-horse whose neck is "clothed with thunder," and who 
 "smellcth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the 
 shouting," made that rare and lofty type of martial prowess that 
 has shrined Jackson among the great heroes of the world. Trust 
 in God and eagerness for the fray were two of the great elements 
 of that marvellous success that seemed to follow him like a star, 
 so that he was never defeated, or failed in any thing he undertook. 
 
 The enemy did come at last, and they came in overwhelming 
 hosts, such as the history of wars has seldom recorded for num- 
 bers; threatening the annihilation of the Spartan band that were 
 summoned to oppose them. For a while victory seemed to ride 
 upon their advancing banners, and they became so confident <>; 
 success, that they telegraphed to Washington that the triumph of 
 the Federal arms was assured. But Lee, and Jackson, and Hill, 
 and other brave spirits w T ho did not know defeat, were there to' 
 contest the field. When the conflict was at its height, Jackson 
 % was selected, as usual, to operate upon the enemy's flank and 
 rear. Lee asked him if he could do it by starting at three in the 
 morning ? "I can do it if you let me start now," was the reply. 
 " Use your own discretion," said Lee ; and away old Stonewall 
 tlew. This was on Friday evening. And his movement was 
 swifter even than Lee contemplated. Gen. Hooker had occupied 
 Saturday in awaiting the Confederate attack, which was evidently 
 expected in front. The movements of the enemy seemed to indicate 
 that they were retreating, and as the main line of their retreat 
 was occupied by our forces, an attack to recover that line was 
 confidently expected. What was the surprise, then, to find 
 Stonewall Jackson, on Saturday afternoon, upon our extreme right 
 and rear, between Chancellorsville and Germania Mills? 
 
 No words can convey the faintest impression of the enthusiasm 
 luid confidence, that swift as the electric current brightened each 
 face, as the news spread from man to man on our long line, " Old 
 Stonewall's come ; Jackson's here, boys !" and the next moment 
 he emerged from the timber on the hill two hundred yards away* 
 
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 and came dashing furiously on. But two of his staff wore with 
 him, one of whom rode ten or fifteen steps behind, the other an 
 equal distance further back ; all spurred their horses to their 
 utmost speed. Hundreds qf hats were flying in the air, and wild 
 shouts from the troops, as he literally flew onward. He held his 
 own hat in his left hand, giving it a flourish over his head occa- 
 sionally, and kept continually turning his face first to the right, 
 then the left, and presently disappeared over the crest of a hill 
 in front. His presence was soon practically felt by every one of 
 the troops. Under his lead they abandoned their fortifications, 
 and started forward in quick time to attack the enemy, instead of 
 waiting for his onset. As they filed down the road, the great, 
 General rode along the lines, his clear gray eyes beaming with 
 the a 'dor of the patriot soldier, and his whole face radiant in the 
 prospect of once more hurling destruction and havoc in the serried 
 ranks of his country's invaders. 
 
 Gen. Hooker's plan was to make a feint in strong fore- .\ little 
 below Fredericksburg, as though he intended to give- battle on 
 the field of December 13th, while he moved his main force higher 
 up, and crossed the river at points about opposite Chancellors; 
 vine, which is situated on the plank road leading from Fredericks- 
 burg to Orange Court House, twelve miles from the former place; 
 and then by moving out from the river, and towards Spottsylvania 
 Court House and Guinea's Station, occupy a position on the ^ank 
 in the rear of Gen. Lee. 
 
 Gen. Lee, either knowing or correctly anticipating a movement 
 of this kind, withdrew the whole of his force (except (Jen. Early's 
 division and Barksdale's brigade, which were left to defend the 
 crossings at and below Fredericksburg) and marched along the 
 Orange Court House plank road to meet the enemy. As soon as 
 Gen. Hooker became aware of this movement knowing that a 
 battle in that neighborhood would be inevitable, he took position 
 above and below Chancellors ville, and intrenched himself on both 
 sides of the road, his w^orks being at right angles to the road, 
 and facing towards Fredericksburg. When within two or three 
 miles of Chancellorsville, Gen. Lee came upon the enemy. Hen- 
 he placed the divisions of Gens. McLaws and Anderson in posi- 
 tion, while Gen. Jackson with his corps was ordered up the Ca- 
 tarpin road, leaving the plank road on his right. After passing 
 up that road until he reached a point above the position of the 
 enemy lie turned to the right, and fell into the plank road about 
 two miles above Chancellorsville, and immediately behind the 
 enemy's entrenchments. This movement took the Yankees com- 
 pletely by surprise. McLaXvs and Anderson fought them in front 
 and extended their line to the left, while Stonewall came down 
 like a terrible tornado upon his rear, at the same time extending 
 his right until the two wings of our army met upon the flank of 
 the enemy, who were driven in wild confusion from their position 
 on the road, and compelled to fall back between that and the river. 
 
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 Our right and left wings were then extended until our iiae* 
 jeachedffrom the river below Chancellorsville, to the riror above, 
 thus occupy ing three sides of Hooker's position. Our line ci" 
 battle then formed a V with the apex resting on the plank road * : 
 Chancellorsville, and the enemy between that and the river, a dis- 
 t ance of five miles or thereabouts. 
 
 Never was a more daring movement attempted and so brilliantly 
 carried out ; never an enemy so completely out-generaled. Froftt 
 being the flanking party, he suddenly found himself not only 
 flanked, but a strong and terrible force in the rear of his entrench- 
 ments. His prospects at this time were gloomy and desperate in 
 the extreme, while ours were indeed glorious, and would doubt - 
 Jess have been realized to the satisfaction of the most sanguine, 
 but that Gen. Early, by some (as yet) unexplained means, allowed 
 the enemy to cross at Fredericksburg and force him from hi* 
 strong position and to advance three miles up the plank road. In 
 consequence of this it became necessary for Gen. Lee to withdraw 
 Gen. McLaws' and a part of Gen. Anderson'** division from the 
 attack and send them down the road to drive the enemy back to 
 •Fredericksburg and across the river. The result was that th-- 
 pursuit of the flying enemy had to be temporarily abandoned, and 
 Hooker, taking advantage of this opportunity > so strengthened 
 his position on the river, and on the hills beyond, as to enable 
 bim to make his escape. If Gen. Early had held his strong posi- 
 tion, Gen. Lee would have completely destroyed Hooker's army. 
 There is no telling what the grand results would have been. 
 
 Jackson surpassed himself in that day's fight : but alas ! thai, 
 great work was his last ! The sad calamity which was to caW 
 forth tl'ie tears of the nation and drape every heart in mourning, 
 was about to fall with its crushing weight of bereavement, WtJ 
 shrink from the painful duty which is demanded of the memorialist. 
 
 After the close of the fighting on Saturday night, Gen. Jackson. 
 in company with a number of his own and a part of the staff of 
 A. P. Hill, had ridden beyond tlie front line .of skirmishers, as was 
 often his wont. When he had finished his observations, and was 
 returning, about S o'clock, the cavalcade was, in the darkness of 
 the night, mistaken for a body of the enemy's cavalry and fired 
 upon by a regiment of his own corps. He was struck by three 
 bails : one through the left arm, two inches below tne shoulder 
 joint, shattering the bone and severing the chief artery ; another 
 ball passed through the same arm, between the elbow and wrist, 
 making its exit through the palm of the hand; a third ball entered 
 the palm of the right hand about its middle, and passing through, 
 broke two of the bones. He fell from his horse and was caught 
 by Captain Wormley, to whom he remarked : " All my wounds are 
 by my own men." He had given orders to fire at anything coining 
 h > the road before he left the lines. The enemy's skirmisher 
 MPpeared ahead of him and he turned to ride back. Just then, 
 <i'>mo one cried out. " cavalry !" * ebarge !" and immediately fch* 
 
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 regiment fired. The whole party broke forward to ride tarougj? 
 ^ur line to escape the fire. Capt. Boswell was killed and carried 
 through the line by his horse and fell amid our own men. Co" 
 Crutchfield, Chief of Staff, was wounded by his side. Two courier? 
 were killed. Major Pendleton, Lieutenants Morrison and Smith. 
 aids, escaped uninjured. 
 
 # en, Jackson - was immediately placed on a litter and stalled 
 # for the rear.; the firing attracted the attention of the enemy, and 
 *as resumed by both lines. One of the litter bearers wa*x i 
 down, and the General fell from the shoulders of the men. receiving 
 a severe contusion, which added to the injury of the arm and 
 injuring the side severely. The enemy's fire of artillery on the 
 point was terrible. General Jackson was left for five minutes 
 until the fire slackened, then placed in an ambulance and carried 
 to the field hospital at Wilderness Ran. lie lost a large amount 
 of blood, and at one time told Dr. McGuire he thought ho 
 dying, and would have bled to death, but a tourniquet was imme- 
 diately applied. For two hours he was near pulseless from the 
 shock. As he was being carried from the field, frequent enquiries 
 were made by the soldiers, " Who have you there?" He told»th'- 
 Doctor, "Do not tell the troops 1 am wounded." He itemed I 
 
 re lain his usual cheerfulness. 
 
 • 
 
 Conversing with an aid, he pointed to his mutilated arm and 
 ^uid, "Many people would regard this as a great' misfortune; I 
 regard it as one of the greatest blessings of my life." Mr. S. 
 remarked. "All things work together for good, to those that km 
 Cod." "Yes. ye-v' he emphatically said, "that's it, that's i 
 
 After reaction a, consultation was held between Drs. Black. 
 ' 'oleman, Walls and McGuire, and amputation was decided upon. 
 He was asked. "If we find amputation necessary shall it be done 
 at once?" He replied, "Yes! certainly. Dr. McGuire, do forme 
 whatever you think right." The operation was performed while 
 under 6 the influence of chloroform, and was borne well. Once 
 during the amputation he swooned, and was for some minutes 
 unconscious. When he had partially recovered, some • • 
 ! iira how he felt. He replied cheerfully, "Very comfortable," then 
 paused for an instant, as though recalling suddenly something 
 forgotten ; and with kindling eye and lips compressed, spoke out 
 in the firm sharp tone of command : " Order forward the infantry 
 in the front !'" 
 
 Noble man ! it was nor a passing vagary of delirium, bttt 
 
 rather a momentary forgetfulness of self, his situation and his 
 wounds, and an anxious concern for the charge that had been en- 
 i rusted to him. Presently he remarked to a friend the pleasure - 
 abloness of the sensations in taking chloroform ; stating thai 
 he was conscious of every thing that was done to him, that tb< 
 -awing of his bone sounded to him like the sweetest music, and 
 every sensation was ona of delight. 
 
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 Meanwhile a messenger had been despatched to Gen. Lee with 
 the intelligence of this severe misfortune. It was about 4 o'clock 
 on Sunday morning. The General was found asleep upon a pallet 
 of straw, where he had sought rest during the short respite from 
 battle that the interval of night afforded. When informed of 
 what had occurred, he said fervently: "Thank God, it is no 
 worse ; God be praised that he is still alive," then added, " Arty 
 victory is a dear one that deprives us of the services of Jackson, 
 erven for a short time." 
 
 Upon the informant mentioning that he believed it was General 
 Jackson's intention to have pressed them on Sunday had he not 
 have fallen, General Lee quietly said : " These people shall be 
 pressed to-day," at the same time rising. Hastily dressing* and 
 partaking of his simple fare of ham and cracker, he sallied forth, 
 unattended, and made such dispositions as rendered the Sabbath 
 a blessed day for our cause, even though a Jackson had fallen 
 among its leaders. 
 
 The letter of Lee to Jackson, so full of characteristic generos- 
 ity and heartfelt sorrow for his friend, is worthy the highest p*lace 
 ameng the memorials of great men. " Greater love hath no man 
 than this, that he lay down his life for his friend." 
 
 Chanceli«orsville, May 4th. 
 General — I have just received your note informing me that you 
 were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. 
 Gould I have dictated events, I should have chosen for the good 
 of the country to have been disabled in your stead. 
 
 I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill 
 and energy. * 
 
 Most truly your», R. E LEE. 
 
 Jackson heard the letter read, and with manifest emotion. His 
 reply was noble, and just what might have been expected of him. 
 With his usual modesty and reverence, he said : " Genera*! Lee 
 should give the glory to God." He always seemed jealous of tin' 
 glory of his Saviour. Then, bursting into tears, he exclaimed, 
 " far better for the Confederacy that ten Jacksons had fallen than 
 one Lee !" 
 
 Another touching evidence of General Lee's appreciation of 
 Jackson was afforded when Mrs. Jackson reached his headquar- 
 ters in search of her w r oundcd husband. She is said to have re- 
 marked, upon entering : 
 
 "I am told that Gen. Jackson has lost his left arm." 
 
 "Yes, madam," was Gen. Lee's reply; "and I have lost my 
 right." 
 
 Par ndbile frairum ! What reciprocity of esteem ! The loves 
 of^ Damon and Pythias arc more than rivalled by those of these 
 twin heroes in arms — these soldiers of the church militant. Pa- 
 triotism is exalted in the lives and death of such good men. 
 
2? 
 
 On Sunday morning* Jackson slept well, was cheerful, and his 
 condition every way encouraging. He sent for Mrs. Jackson and 
 asked minutely about the battle, spoke cheerfully of the result, 
 and said, " If I had not been wounded, or had had an hour more of 
 daylight, I would have cnt off the enemy from the road to the U. 
 S. Ford, and we would have had them entirely surrounded and 
 they would have been obliged to surrender, or cut their way out : 
 thoy had no other alternative. My troops may sometimes fail in 
 'hiving the enemy from a position, but the enemy always fail to 
 drive my men from a position." This was said smilingly. 
 
 When it was told him that Gen. Stuart led his old Stonewall 
 Brigade to the charge with the watchword; "charge, and re- 
 member Jackson/' and that inspired by this they made so brilliant 
 and resistless an onset, he was deeply moved, and said, "it was 
 just like them ; it was just like them. They are a noble body of 
 men." He was deeply affected by Gen. Paxton's death. 
 
 In the afternoon he complained of the fall from the litter, al- 
 though no contusion or abrasion was perceptible as the result of 
 the fall ; he did not complain of his wounds — never spoke of them 
 unless asked. 
 
 On Sunday evening he slept well. 
 
 On Monday he was carried to Chancellors' House, near Guinea's 
 Depot ; he was cheerful, talked about the battle, the gallant bear- 
 in-* of Gen. Rhodes, and said that his Major General's commis- 
 sion ought to date from Saturday ; of the grand charge of his old 
 Stonewall Brigade, of which he had heard ; asked after all his 
 officers ; during the day talked more than usual, and said : " The 
 men who live through this war will be proud to say, I was one of 
 the Stonewall Brigade to their children." He insisted that the 
 term "Stonewall" belonged to them and not to him. 
 
 During the ride to Guinea's he complained greatly of heat, and 
 besides wet applications to the wound, begged that a wet cloth 
 be applied to his stomach, which was done, greatly to his relief, 
 as he expressed it. He slept well Monday night, and ate with 
 relish on next morning. 
 
 Tuesday — his wounds were doing very well. He asked, "Can 
 you tell me from the appearance of my wounds, how long I will 
 be kept from the field." He was greatly satisfied when told they 
 were doing remarkably well. Did not complain of any pain in 
 his side, and wanted to see the members of his staff, but was ad- 
 vised not. 
 
 Wednesday — The wounds looked remarkably well. He ex- 
 pected to go to Richmond this day, but was prevented by the 
 rain. This night, whilst his surgeon, who had slept none for 
 three nights, was asleep, he complained of nausea, and ordered 
 his boy, Jim, to place a wet towel over his stomach. This was 
 done. About daylight the surgeon was awakened by the boy 
 saying, the General is suffering great pain. The pain was in the 
 right side, and due to incipient pneumonia and some nervousness, 
 which he himself attributed to the fall from the litter. 
 
 
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 That pneumonia was the immediate cause of his death, and was 
 contracted on the night preceding that on which he received his 
 rounds, through his unselfish anxiety for the health of a young 
 member of his staff. They were in the open air, without tent?, 
 and having no extra covering at all, after great urgency he ac- 
 cepted the cape of one of his aids. In the night, however, when 
 all were wrapped in deep sleep. Jackson, arose, and gently laying 
 the covering over the young aid, he laid down again and slept 
 without any protection whatever. In the morning he awoke with, 
 a cold which ended in pneumonia. 
 
 Inexplicable dispensation of Providence ! that he should have 
 been not only shot down by the bullets of his friends, but that 
 his very love for them should have turned to his own detrirneiil 
 and death. Truly, he laid down his life for his men. But it was 
 so predestined. He had fulfilled his great purpose in history, and 
 wrought out the mission for which he was ordained of Providence. 
 " Pying, he left no stain which, living, he would wish to blot." 
 
 Thursday — Mrs. Jackson arrived, greatly to his joy and satis- 
 faction, and she faithfully nursed him to the end. He continue!' 
 hopeful, and endeavored to cheer those who were around him. 
 
 His mind ran very much on the Bible and religious topics, lie 
 enquired of Lieutenant S., a Theological student on his staff, 
 whether they had ever debated in the Seminary the question, 
 whether those who were miraculously cured by Jesus ever had a 
 return of the disease. " I do not think," he said, " they could 
 have returned, for the power was too great. The poor paralytic 
 would never again shake with palsy. Oh ! for infinite power ! :: 
 
 By evening of that day all' pain had ceased. Ho suffered 
 greatly from prostration. On Friday he suffered r.o pain, but the 
 prostration increased. 
 
 Sunday morning, when it was apparent that he was rapidly 
 sinking, Mrs. Jackson was informed of his condition. Noticing 
 the sadness of his beloved wife, he said to her tenderly, " I know 
 you would gladly give your life for me, but I am perfectly re- 
 signed. Do not be sad — I hope I shall recover. Pray for roe, 
 but always remember in your prayer to use the petition, thy will 
 be done." Those who were around him noticed a remarkable de- 
 velopment of tenderness in his manner and feelings during hi- 
 illness, that was a beautiful mellowing of that iron sternness and 
 impurturbable calm that characterized him in his military opera- 
 tions. Advising his wife, in the event of his death, to return t<> 
 her father's house, he remarked, " You have a kind and good 
 father. But there is no one so- kind and good as your Heavenly 
 Father." When she told him that the doctors did not think he 
 could live two hours, although he did not himself expect to die. 
 he replied, "It will be infinite gain to be translated to Heaven, 
 and be with Jesus, It is all right." He had previously said. 
 " I consider these wounds a blessing ; they were given me for some 
 good and wise purpose, and I would not part with them if I 
 could." He then said he had much to say to her., rjut was tot) 
 
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 weak. At one time he was offered stimulants to prolong his ex- 
 istence, but these he refused to take. Short! v after his mind be- 
 gan to wander. He had always desired to die, if it were G 
 will, on the Sabbath, and seemed to greet its light that day with 
 peculiar pleasure, saying, with evident delight, *' it is the Lord's 
 day," aud enquired anxiously what provision had been made for 
 preaching to the army ; and having ascertained that arrange- 
 ments were made, he was contented. Delirium, which occasion- 
 ally manifested itself during the last two days, prevented some of 
 the utterances of his faith which would doubtless have otherwise 
 been made. His thoughts vibrated between religious subjects 
 and the battle-field, now asking some question about the Bible, 
 or church history, and then giving an order, " Pass the infantry 
 to the front," <: Tell Major Hawks to send forward provisions 
 tho men," '• A. T. Hill, prepare for action, 7 ' " Let us cross over 
 The river, and rest under the shade of the trees," until at last, 
 amid the full recognition of the hand of God in his destiny, at a 
 quarter past three o'clock, his gallant spirit gently passed over 
 the dark river, and entered on its rest where the tree of life is 
 blooming beside the crystal river in the better country. 
 
 Thus passed away the high-souled, heroic man, falling like Sid- 
 ney and Hampden in the beginning of the struggle to which 
 life was devoted, bequeathing to those who survive him a name 
 .j ad memory, that under God may compensate for his early, and 
 ro us apparently untimely fall. A little child of the family, when 
 the hero was dying, was taunted with Jackson's wound by some 
 of the prisoners who were collected there awaiting transporta- 
 tion, f* We have a hundred Jacksons left if he does die," was 
 the heroic reply of the child. And so wc trust it will be. The 
 epirk of Jackson will be breathed into a thousand hearts which 
 will emulate his bravery, and seek to make up for his loss, and in 
 ihe end his memory and glory, his holy life, his manly piety, anri 
 his glorious death may be a richer blessing to us than if his life 
 had been spared. His high religious character, his courage, skill, 
 rapidity of motion, and marvellous success, had given him a hold 
 on the army such as no other man had, and it was felt that his 
 very name was a symbol of victory. There was no man who in- 
 spired the enemy with so much terror, or for whom they had in 
 their secret heart a more unbounded respect. He has shown the 
 way to victory, and we trust that many a gallant spirit will come 
 • forward eagerly to tread it, and that our dead hero shall be worth 
 to us more than a host of living ones. It will be if we copy his 
 piety as well as his bravery, and like him, cherish the feeling that 
 lie so strikingly expressed as he paced his tent before the battle. 
 '• My trust is in God — I wish they would come on." 
 
 The age of Gen. Jackson, as given on the silver plate of his 
 coffin, is as follows : Lieutenant-General Thomas J. Jackson.— 
 Born January 21st, 1824 ; died May 10th, 1863. He was, therefore, 
 a little above 39 vears of age. A few days before the battle ot 
 
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 Chancellorsvilie his photograph was successfully taken. Gait 
 had just before his death, secured a has relief t and Volk, while 
 Jackson's body was lying in state at the Governor's mansion, 
 took a cast which is said, by those who have seen it, to be a per- 
 fect fao simile. 
 
 Gen. Jackson was twice married. The first time to a daugh- 
 ter of Rev. Dr. Junkin. Her children all died. His widow was 
 Miss Morrison, of North Carolina, and, with an infant daughter 
 of six months, now survives him. 
 
 The announcement of his death spread a gloom over the whole 
 country. It was a bitter disappointment ; for the people, know- 
 ing the nature of his wounds, had fondly promised themselves 
 that his invaluable services would soon be restored to the Repub- 
 lic. They hoped that he might live to enjoy in an honorable 
 peace the reward of his toils and dangers in the camp. But an 
 all-wise Providence decreed differently, and the country must bow 
 reverently before the decision of the Omnipotent One. A pain- 
 ful interest attaches to- the order of Gen. Lee, announcing to the 
 army their great bereavement 
 
 Headquarters, Army Northern Va,, } 
 May 11, 1863. j 
 General Orders, No. 61. 
 
 With deep grief the commanding General announces to the 
 army the death of Lieut. Gen. T. J. Jackson, who expired on the 
 10th inst., at 3| p. m. The daring, skill and energy of this great 
 and good soldier, by the decrees of an all-wise Providence, are 
 now lost to us. But while we mourn his death, we feel that hia 
 spirit still lives, and will inspire the whole army with his indomi- 
 table courage and unshaken confidence in God as our hope and 
 our strength. Let his name be a watchword to his corps, who 
 have followed him to victory on so many fields. Let officers and 
 soldiers emulate his invincible determination to do everything in 
 the defence of our beloved country 
 
 R. E. LEE, General. 
 
THE OBSEQUIES. 
 
 At 4 o'clock, on the afternoon of the 11th of May, the mortal 
 remains of Jackson were received in Richmond from Guinea's 
 Depot, in Caroline county. 
 
 The announcement ^iat they would arrive at 12 o'clock caused 
 an entire suspension of business, and a turn out at the depot of 
 nearly all the inhabitants of the city, who were anxious to pay 
 the last tribute of respect to the departed chieftain. When it was 
 known that the body would not reach the city before 4 o'clock. 
 the immense crowd slowly dispersed, but assembled again at the 
 last hour indicated in even greater force than before. The toll- 
 ing of the different bells gave the signal that the cars were slowly 
 wending their way down Broad street, when preparations were 
 made for the reception of the body by an appropriate disposition 
 of the military. 
 
 The train was stopped at the corner of 4th and Broad streets, 
 and after a short delay the coffin containing the body was removeil 
 to the hearse in attendance. It was enveloped in the neio flag of 
 the Confederacy, and the first use that was ever made of it was 
 thus to enwrap the remains of the departed chieftain. This cir- 
 cumstance alone is sufficient to cons^jrate the newly adopted 
 banner in the hearts of the people. On the flag were placed 
 wreaths of evergreen and rare flowers. A few minutes before five 
 o'clock Gen. Elzy gave the command and the procession started. 
 
 The procession (the military with reversed arms) marched 
 slowly to the corner of Ninth street, and turned toward Main, en- 
 tering the Capitol Square by the gate on Grace street. The mili- 
 tary having formed a line extending across the Square past 
 Washington's monument, the body was slowly conveyed down 
 the line to the Governor's mansion, and carried into the large re- 
 ception room. The bells were tolled till sundown, till which time 
 hundreds of people remained on the Square. Never before was 
 such a heartfelt and general manifestation of grief in Richmond, 
 at any event, as was then and there enacted. 
 
 The following day the body was transferred from the Gover- 
 nor's House to the Capitol. At noon a long procession passed 
 through the streets of the city. The arms of the soldiers were 
 reversed, their banners were draped in mourning. The drums 
 were muffled and the notes of trumpet and horn were funereal. 
 The tolling bell and the cannon booming at long intervals, told 
 a mournful story. 
 
 The war-worn veterans of Picket's division were there. Ewell, 
 brave, modest and maimed, rode close to the hears*e of his great 
 
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 commander. The President of* the Confederate States, pale and 
 sorrowful, was there*. The good Governor of Virginia, stricken 
 with grief for the loss of the noble townsman, was there. 
 The Heads of Departments, the State and Metropolitan Au- 
 thorities, and many citizens, walked humbly and sadly behind 
 the coffin, decked with spring flowers and enveloped in the 
 folds of a flag which the nations of the earth have never 
 beheld. And they were silent as before. All was hushed while 
 the mortal remains of the best and best beloved chieftain in all 
 the land passed onward to the Capitol of the State and the 'Con- 
 federacy, which he had so heroically defended and died to save 
 from pollution. The body of Stone wall •Jackson was in the 
 hearse, and this great procession was in his honor. 
 
 It was under the charge of Gen. George W. Randolph, as 
 Ohief Marshal, and consisted of the following civil and military 
 bodies : 
 
 The Public Guard, with Armory Band, followed by the 19th 
 and 56th A 7 irginia Infantry, Major Wren's Battalion of Cavalry. 
 and the Richmond Lafayette Artillery, all preceded by a full band; 
 the hearso, drawn by four white horses, appropriately capari- 
 soned, the hearse draped and plumed, and the coffin wrapped in 
 the Confederate flag and decorated with flowers ; the pall-bearers, 
 consisting of the staff of the lamented hero, and several other of- 
 ficers of high rank, wearing the insignia of mourning ; carriages 
 containing first his Excellency, the President, and the family of 
 the deceased, followed by personal friends and distinguished ad- 
 mirers ; the various Chiefs of Departments, State and Confeder- 
 ate,- civil, military and judicial ; the Governor of the State, at- 
 tended by his aids ; the Mayor of the city and Members of the 
 Council- 
 
 On either side and in the rear an immense throng of ladies and 
 gentlemen, children, servants and soldiers mingled, ready to move 
 along with the procession. The banners were draped with crape, 
 the swords of the military officials were draped at the hilt ; the can- 
 non of the artillery wore the sad insignia, the arms of the infantry 
 were reversed, the drums were muffled, and at the given hour a gun 
 stationed bene.ath the monument, boomed forth the signal for mo- 
 tion. The streets were crowded with people, the stores were closed 
 as the pageant moved along, and from many windows and balco- 
 nies floated flags, draped in mourning. The flags upon the public 
 buildings remained, as on the day previous, at half-mast. Tin 1 
 scene upon Main street was beyond adequate description, so im- 
 pressive, so beautiful, so full of stirring associations, blending 
 with the maitial dirges of the bands, the gleam of the musket, 
 rifle and sabre drawn, the sheen of the black cannon, the thou- 
 sands of throbbing hearts, and the soul of sorrow that mantled 
 over all. 
 
 From . Second street, through which the procession partly 
 passed, it wheeled into Grace street, down which it returned to 
 
the Capitol square, entering- the Monument gate. 
 
 stages of the obsequies the cannon which remained station* 
 
 the" foot of the Monument, pealed out a tone oi* thunder, w] 
 
 heightened the effect of the tolling beils, the solemn mjo 
 
 the grand display. The hearse being drawn up in froni 
 
 Capitol, the coffin was removed to the hall of the II 
 
 resentafives, where it was laid in state in front of V 
 
 seat. Thousands crowded into the building, manyb- 
 
 did boquets with which to adorn the coffin. . One look, tl 
 
 sufficed not, was all that could be obtained by . tfw 
 
 throng behind pressing each visitor forward ; the" 
 
 mighty warrior in death's repose, graven apon . 
 
 upon the tablets of the memory of all. ( 'hildren of 1 
 
 niaiden and youth, who had never seen " StonefWall" 
 
 living, crowded in full of the parental injunction to i 
 
 features of " Stonewall ? Jackson dead. What a memor; 
 
 youthful minds bore away, to be recalled when their child 
 
 children speak of him in after years. It was estimn 
 
 Iwenty thousand persons viewed the body. 
 
 The face of the dead displayed the same indomit; 
 ilrmness, with the long*, slightly acquiline nos<', and i 
 of marble whiteness, but the checks presented a deep pal 
 f^elids were firmly closed, the mouth natural, and tl o w 
 tour of the face composed, the full beard and moustache 
 ing. The body was dressed in a full citizens suit, ^J^Hfc ' 
 object of his friends to preserve the uniform in whi: 
 and fell. The doors of the Hall were kept open 
 nine o'clock in the evening, when they w.ere clos 
 took her farewell of " Stonewall n Jackson. 
 
 It waaa the last wish of the dying hero thai 
 buried in Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia, amii 
 familiar to his eyes through the years of hi 
 and unrecorded, but perhaps filled with recoljectii 
 less affecting ■ than those connected with tJtjc bri 
 period passed upon a grander stage. This desir< 
 such a time, demanded unhesitating compliance, 
 will regret that his remains could not have lain be 
 Tyler and Monroe, in the seeluded spot upon the 
 James, which has been well selected as the place 
 honor for the illustrious dead of Virginia, fa .accordance with 
 this desire Jackson's body was removed to Lexington, when 
 arrived on the afternoon of Thursday, the 14th < 
 was attended by the corps of cadcts/under Gen. F. H. Smith, the 
 professor of the Institute, and a large number of c 
 escorted in solemn procession to the Institute barracks, where it. 
 was deposited in the old lecture room of the illustrious d 
 The room was just as he left it two years before, save it was h 
 vily 'draped in mourning — not. having been occupies 
 absence. The hall which had so often echoed the voic 
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 modest and unknown professor, received back the laurel-crowned 
 hero with the applause of the world and the benedictions of a na- 
 tion resting upon him. It was a touching scene, and brought 
 tears to many eyes when the body was deposited just in front of 
 the favorite chair from which his lectures were delivered. Pro- 
 fessors, students, visitors, all were deeply moved by the sad and 
 solemn occasion, and gazed in mute sorrow on the affecting spec- 
 tacle of the dead hero lying in his familiar lecture room. Guns 
 were fired every half hour during the day in honor of the departed 
 chieftain. 
 
 On Friday, religious services were hcld.in the church in which 
 he had delighted to worship God for ten years before the begin- 
 ning of his late brilliant career. They were conducted by the 
 Rev. Dr. White, the only pastor Gen. Jackson ever, had after he 
 became an avowed soldier of the Cross — a pastor whom he ten- 
 derly loved, and whose religious counsels he modestly sought, 
 even in the midst of the most absorbing scenes through which he 
 had passed during the last two years.* 
 
 A civic and military procession was afterwards formed, con- 
 spicuous in which were those officers and soldiers of the old 
 Stonewall Brigade who happened at the time to be in the county. 
 It awakened thrilling associations to see the shattered fragments 
 of this famous Brigade assembled under the flag of the heroic 
 Liberty Hall boys. The same flag which for some time was 
 the Regimental standard of Jackson's old Fourth Regiment, and 
 which that regiment carried in triumph over the bloody field of 
 Manassas, on the ever-memorable 21st day of July. 
 
 Slowly and sadly moved the funeral procession — the body envel- 
 oped in the flag of his country and covered with flowers, and borne 
 on a caisson of the Cadet Battery draped in mourning ; and when the 
 escort returned from its solemn duty, all that remained to earth of 
 Jackson had been deposited in the silent tomb where reposed the 
 relics of his former wile and child. 
 
 "He sleeps his last sleep, he has fought his last battle. 
 Ko sound can awake him to glory again." 
 
 JiCKSON is no more ! In the words of his beloved companion in 
 arms, Gen. Beauregard, "The illustrious soldier, Lieutenant Gen. 
 Thomas J. Jackson is dead. The memory of his high worth, con- 
 spicuous virtues and momentous services will be treasured in the 
 heart and excite the pride of this country to all time. His renown 
 Is already identified with our revolution; and even our enemy 
 admits his unselfish devotion to our cause, and admires his eminent 
 qualities." 
 
 Yea, truly, even his enemies were constrained to do him honor 
 —-to praise his valor, and acknowledge his virtues. Not one dare 
 
 *See Appendix B, 
 
utter a breath of slander against him. While living, he won their 
 Admiration, and called forth many a lusty demonstration of their 
 approval. It is a solemn fact that the 11,000 Federal prisoners 
 captured at Harper's Ferry cheered him heartily when he presented 
 himself. Sow cold in death, they give him their verbal tributes, 
 which we esteem as born not so much of generous emotions, as 
 wrung from them by the demands of an exacting conscience ! 
 
 " Jackson (says one Federal journalist) was the most brilliant 
 rebel General developed by this war. From his coolness and sa- 
 gacity, rapid movements and stubbornness in the fight, and his 
 invariable good fortune, he resembled Napoleon in his early career, 
 more than does any other General of modern times. Wherever 
 Jackson appeared on any field, victory seems to have perched 
 upon his banners. He was a universal favorite in the rebel 
 armies, aud popular even in our own.'' 
 
 Another says : ''Stonewall Jackson was a great General, a 
 brave soldier, a noble Christian, and a pure man. Every One who 
 possesses the slightest particle of magnanimity must admire the 
 qualities for which Stonewall Jackson was celebrated — his hero- 
 ism, his bravery, his sublime devotion, his purity of character. 
 lie is not the first instance of a good man devoting himself to a 
 bad cause." 
 
 Others sing praises in similar strain. Hut we pass then! by. 
 We care little for the emanations of such as these. To his old 
 classmate and companion in arms (in Mexico,) we ascribe a more 
 tender sentiment and higher motives. Says MeClellan, the best of 
 the Federal Generals :. 
 
 " Xo one can help admiring a man like Jackson; lie was sin- 
 cere, and trim, and valiant. Yet no one has disappointed me more 
 than he has. Jackson was one of my classmates, and at College 
 never promised to be the man he has proved himself, lie was 
 always very slow, and acquired a lesson only after great labor. 
 And yet his determination was so great that he never gave any- 
 iliing up until he succeeded. His character seems to have changed 
 since, for he has exhibited a great celerity in all his movement*, 
 while in command of rebel forces. Lee is perhaps the most able 
 commander the rebels have, and Jackson was their best executive 
 officer." 
 
 We forbear to extend this hasty sketch of our country's idol — 
 for idolized he was, and perhaps that is why he was taken from 
 us ; yet we cannot refrain from appending here the beautiful 
 tribute to his memory with which some gifted pen has graced the 
 pages of the Charleston Courier : 
 
 "A General whose fame has filled the world, whose martial 
 achievements have placed his name high in the list of immortal 
 conquerors, has gone to the grave in the midst of his days. And 
 not only does the country lament the death of a soldier who has 
 never lost a battle, who was always in the right place at the right 
 time, and who never failed to smite the foe with a fierce and re- 
 
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 !;!. but one, who, to the higher qualities of a military 
 
 those traits and features that gave him a pi 
 
 ii! ! fmoSt heart of the people. The skill, and valor, and 
 
 e.!' with which he fought, elicited profound and universal 
 
 admiration ; the humility, purity and godliness that adorned his 
 
 •r as a man, made him an object of reverence a,nd love. 
 
 Wielded a trenchant blade, but that blade was sanctified with 
 
 the breath of prayer, and he was not more at home on the field oi' 
 
 blood than at the mercy scat. 
 
 lendid martial exploits are too fresh in the memory t<> 
 
 justify the special mention of them. We remember with tearful 
 
 the magnificent achievements he performed, at a time 
 
 When the country was depressed by a series of military disaster:-; 
 
 and the enemy were exulting over the expectation of speedy and 
 
 Success, signal and glorious success, crowned 
 
 attle he fought, and every victory he won yielded results 
 
 Oft ,t value to the sacred cause in which- he imperilled 
 
 me. 
 
 •' Of all • raisin the army of the (Confederacy, none pos- 
 
 larger degree than the hero whose death we deplore, 
 
 f endearing himself to the officers and men under his 
 
 portion of our forces were required to do more 
 
 to encounter greater danger and endure more 
 
 ' privations than the soldiers he led into bat 
 
 : <\v no general in command who is more respccte- i 
 
 ; red and beloved than lie was. His men were ever ready to 
 
 and fight. It was eriqjugh for them to know that 
 
 lie r&pured the service, and no matter what was its nature, the 
 
 oi' the noble chieftain rendered it with cheerful 
 
 I'ity ancl hearty earnestness. They appreciated the rare char- 
 
 ■;■ of the remarkable man. They perceived that he was actu- 
 
 highest. motives yielded by patriotism and Christianity. 
 
 as careless of 'his ease as he was of Ids life, and 
 
 the inspiration of the same grand motives, and sustained 
 
 i'V the same lofty sense of duty, they took pleasure in imitating 
 
 : le of their fearless leader. 
 
 d the feeling of enthusiastic admiration with which lie in- 
 
 spir ; inn nediately under his leadership, was shared 
 
 e by every officer and private in the Army of the 
 
 Potomac. His appearance was always greeted with bursts of 
 
 appjause, and no matter how worn and weary the champions of 
 
 when the Moved chieftain was seez: approaching the air 
 
 rent with deafening shouts. He was th»e idol of the army. 
 
 id outside the army every lip delighted to praise him, and 
 
 sartdid him honor. His brilliant exploit* hadsoirn- 
 
 bhe people with a sense of his distinguished abilities and 
 
 ident worth, that they deemed it well, nigh impossible thai 
 
 defeat could befall our army if Jackson's sword was .there, made 
 
 b by Jackson's prayers. Ancl while every fre«8^ success 
 
enhanced the lustre of fame, the victories he won were rejoiced 
 over with a richer gash of joy, because they were accepted aa 
 manifest tokens of' the gracious favor with which heaven re- 
 garded our cause. The country believed that the green and fra- 
 grant wreaths that encircled his brow were placed there by Him 
 
 i knighted Jacob near the brook Jabbok and every victory 
 he won was received as a declaration that as a Prince he had 
 •wrestled with God and had prevailed. These feelings 'of rever- 
 ence and admiration and love,, now find expression iu^ the tears 
 that agony forces from the heart, as the country looks Sown with 
 troubled brow upon the face of the hero, pale and cold in death. 
 Every one feels as though he had sustained a personal bereave- 
 ment. The shadow of this terrible grief rests upon every heart. 
 Every home and every heart is clothed in mourning. The country 
 weeps. When Absalom fell his father poured out deep lamenta- 
 tions over his untimely end, and regretted that he had not died in 
 the stead of his son, but there was no one beside the royal 
 mourner who would have been willing to sacrifice his life to ra 
 the unnatural culprit from the doom stern justice inflicted upon 
 him. There is not a man worthy to take part in this terrific con- 
 
 who would not have cheerfully poured out his life blood if his 
 death could have been accepted in the stead of that glorious 
 chieftain. In the agony of this overwhelming sorrow we 
 claim, ' YVtmld to God I had died for thee V n 
 
 And now, as we turn sorrowfully away from the shrine at which 
 we have offered our simple tribute, we will leave thereon this 
 dtiful immortelle — a myrtle wreath of poesy which the Lynch- 
 burg Virginia?) has lovingly twined in honor of the good man : 
 
 * JACKSON! 
 
 Greatness befallen* ! See, ye sons of earth. 
 The conqueror conquered, even in the birth 
 Of loft j victory, and wonder at the change ! 
 But yesteif-eve his thoughts on fields did range: 
 His eye was 'rapt in blaze, and freedom slept 
 Secure within his bdsom, where she'd crept 
 For greater safety in the dreadful hour, 
 When wrathful tyranny unchained its* power. 
 And bade her choose between submission's shame. 
 And loss of country, honor, and of name. 
 Now beams no more the eye's heroic light : 
 No more the pulse beats with a stern delight ; 
 Xo more the sword directs the march of war : 
 ( 'ldsed is the ear to the deep sullen roar 
 1 'f mighty combat — to th' extdting shout 
 v )f marshalled vicfry on the heels of rout — 
 He who in battle showed a Ca?sars skill, 
 
33 
 
 A Bayards fearlessness, a Cromwell's will, 
 
 But who surpassed them all iu this— that crowned 
 
 With laurels such as never yet have hound 
 
 With greater beauty the triumphant head, 
 
 Cave all the praise to God — the God who led 
 
 Old Israel's hosts, when Pharaoh hemmed their v, ay, 
 
 Thro' the dark waters unto Canaan's day — 
 
 He, too, is fallen! 
 
 Now the very breath 
 Of war seems hushed, astonished at the death, 
 Which its red hand has wrought upon the chief 
 Of all its daring spirits. 
 
 On the leaf 
 Where splendid actions and immortal names 
 Blend their rich colors in the midst of names, 
 Behold in characters, which like the lightnings ran, 
 J ackson, the hero, patriot, Christian, man ! 
 Ages shall sing his praise : a nation weeps — 
 Behold, how still the spirit of the mighty sleeps ! 
 
 THE END. 
 
APPENDIX A. 
 
 The Stonewall Brigadb. — The regiments that compose the " Stonewall 
 Brigade" are the 2d, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33d Virginia regiments of infantry. 
 They alone won the name and are entitled to the honors. 
 
 The Stonewall Artillery consists of the Rockbridge Artillery, formerly 
 Penldeton's Battery, and Carpenter's Battery, from Alleghany. 
 
 The members of the Stonewall Brigade were justly proud ef their com- 
 mander, and Jackson was equally jealous of the fame of his men. After 
 his fatal wound, he often alluded to them in terms of honest pride and af- 
 fection, both while conscious and in his moments of delirium. He in- 
 sisted that the name of " Stonewall'' belonged to them and not to him, and 
 fais dying wish was that they should be known and designated as the Stone- 
 wall Brigade. It is said that he frequently expressed.the desire that Gen. 
 R. S. Ewell should Succeed to the command of the Gorps, an officer who 
 enjoyed his fullest coufidence. Be that as it may, this gentleman has 
 since been promoted to fill the place of his lamented and illustrious pre- 
 decessor, and on the 29th of May was duly installed, to the general satis- 
 faction of the army. The following resolutions wore adopted by the 
 Brigade on the occasion of Jackson's death : 
 
 Camp Paxton, near Fredericksburg,) 
 May 16th, 1863. / 
 
 Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God, in the exercise of supreme, but 
 unsearchable wisdom, to strike down, in the midst of his career of honor 
 and usefulness, our glorious hero, Lieut. Gen. Jackson, the officers and men 
 of this Brigade, which he formerly commanded, who have followed him 
 through the trying scenes of this great struggle, and who, by the blessings 
 of Providence, under his guidance, have been enabled to do some good in 
 our country's cause ; who loved and cherished him as a friend, honored 
 him as a great and good man, laboring with hand and heart and mind for 
 our present and future welfare ; who obeyed and confided in him a3 a 
 leader of consummate skill and unyielding fortitude, and who now mourn 
 his loss, unite in the following tribute of respect to his memory: 
 
 Resolved 1. That, in the death of Lieutenant General Jackson, the world 
 has lost one of its best and purest men — our country and the Church oi 
 God "a bright and shining light" — the army one of its boldest and I 
 daring leaders, and this Brigade a firm and unwavering friend. 
 
 Resolved 2. That General Jackson has closed his noble career by a death 
 worthy of his life, and that while we mourn for him, and feel that no other 
 leader can be to us all that he has been, yet we are not cast down or dis- 
 pirited, but even more determined to do our whole duty, and if need be, 
 to give our lives for a cause made more sacred by the blood of our 
 martyrs. 
 
 Resolved 3. That, in accordance with General Jackson's wish, and the de- 
 sire of this Brigade to honor its first great commander, the Secretary of 
 War be requested to order that it be known and designated as the " Stone* 
 wall Brigade ;" and that, in thus formally adopting a title which is insep- 
 arably connected with his name and fame, we will strive to render ourselves 
 more worthy of it, by emulating his virtues, and, like him, devote all our 
 energies to the great work before us, of securing to our beloved country 
 the blessings of peace and independence. 
 
 C. A. RONALD, Pic si dent, 
 
 R. W. Hunter, Secretary. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 The following papers explain the honors which were paid to the memory 
 of General Jackson, at the Virginia Military Institute, where for ten years 
 he filled a Professor's Chair : 
 
 Adjutant Gen Br al' a Otfich, Va. l 
 May 11th, 1863. J 
 Major-General F. H. Smith, Superintendent Virginia Military Institute : 
 
 Sir: By command of the Governor I have this day to perform the most 
 painful duty of my official life, in announcing to you. and through you to 
 the Faculty and Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute — the death of the 
 great and good, the heroic and illustrious Lieutenant General T. J. Jackson, 
 nt 16 minutes past 3 o'clock, yesterday afternoon. 
 
 The heavy bereavement, over which every true heart within*the bounds 
 of th'e Confederacy mourns with inexpressible sorrow, must fall, if possi- 
 ble, with heavier force upon tbat noble State Institution to which he came 
 from' the battle fields of Mexico, aud where he gave lo his native State the 
 first years' service of his modest and unobtrusive, but public spirited and 
 useful life. It would be a senseless waste of words to attempt a eulogy 
 upon this great among the greatest of the sons who have immortalized 
 Virginyi. To the corps of Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, what 
 a legacy he has left; what an example of all that is good and great and 
 true in the character of a Christian soldier ! 
 
 The Governor directs that the highest funeral honors be paid to his mem- 
 ory, that the customary outward badges of mourning be w< '! the 
 officers and cadets of the Institution. 
 £>y command. 
 
 W. II. RICHARDSON, Adjutant G 
 
 Headquarter.- Virginia Military Institute,) 
 
 May 13, 1863. j 
 General Orders No. 80. 
 
 It is the painful duty of the Superintendent to announce to the officers 
 and cadets of this Institution, the death of their late associate aud pro- 
 fesssor, Lieutenant General Thomas J. Jackson. He died at Guinea^ 
 Station, Caroline county, Va., on the 10th instant, of pneumonia, after a 
 short but violent illness, supervening upon the severe wounds received in 
 the battle of Chancellorsville. A nation mourns the loss of Gen. Jackson. 
 First in the hearts of the brave men he has so often led to victory, there 
 is not a home in this Confederacy that will not feel the loss, aud lament it 
 as a great national calamity. But our loss is distinctive. He was peculi- 
 arly our own. He came to us in 1851, a Lieutenant and Brevet Major of 
 Artillery, from the Army of the late United States, upon the unanimous 
 appointment of the Board of Visitors, as Professor of Natural and Experi- 
 mental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery. Here he labored with scru- 
 pulous fidelity, for ten years, in the duties of these important offices. Here 
 he became a Soldier of the Cross ; and, as a humble, conscientious and 
 useful Christian man, die established the character which he has developed 
 the world renowned Christian hero. On the 20th of April, 1861, 
 npon the order of his Excellency, Governor Letcher, he left the Institutej 
 
in command of the Corps of Cadets, for Camp Lee, Bichinoud, for service 
 in the defence of his State and country ; and he has never known a day of 
 rest, until called by the Divine command to cease from his labors. 
 
 The military career of Gen. Jackson fills the most brilliant and momen- 
 tous page in the history of our country, and inthe achievements of our 
 arms, and he stands forth a colossal figure in this war for our inde- 
 pendence. 
 
 His country now returns him to us — not as he was when he left u.- : his 
 spirit has gone to God who gave it. His mutilated body comes back to 
 u5 to his home — to be laid by us in his tomb. Reverently and affection- 
 ately we will discharge this last solemn duty. And, 
 " Though his earthly sun is set; 
 His light shall linger round us yet. 
 t ^ ( Bright— radiant — blest.'' 
 
 Young gentlemen of the Corps of Cadets — The memory of General Jack-' 
 son is preciflus to you. You know how faithfully, how conscientiously hg 
 discharged every duty. You know that he was emphatically a man of God. 
 and that christian principle impressed every act of his life. You know 
 how he sustained the honor of our arms, when he commanded at Harper' 
 
 Ferry how gallantly he repulsed Patterson at Hainesville — the invincible 
 
 stand he made with his Stonewall Brigade at Manassas. You know the bril- 
 liant series of successes and victories which immortalized his Valley cam- 
 paign—for many of you were under his standard at McDowell, and pursued 
 the discomfitted Milroy and Schenck to Franklin. You know his rapfd march 
 16 tbeChickahominy — how he turned the flank of McClellan at Gaines' Mill — 
 his subsequent victory over Pope at Cedar Mountain — the part he bore in the 
 great; victory at second Manassas — his. investment and capture of Harper'f 
 Ferry— h is rapid march and great* conflict at Sharpsburg— and when hi.- 
 last conflict was passed, the tribute of the magnanimous Lee, who would 
 o-ladly have suffered in his own person, could he, by that sacrifice, have 
 saved Gen. Jackson, and to whom alone, under God, he gave the whole 
 glory of the great victory at Chancellorsville. Surely, the Virginia Military 
 Institute has a precious inheritance in the memory of Gen. Jackson. 
 
 His work is finished : God gave him to us and his country ; He fitted him 
 for -his work, and when his" work was done, He called him to Himself. 
 Submission to the will of his Heavenly Father— it may be said. of him. 
 that while in every heart there may be some murmuring — his will was to 
 do and suffer the will of God. 
 
 Reverence the memory of such a man as General Jackson ; imitate his 
 virtues, and here; over his lifeless remains, reverently dedicate your ser- 
 vices and your life, if need be, in defence of that cause so dear to his heart 
 —the cause for which he fought and bled— the cause in which he died. 
 
 La.tthe Cadets? battery, which he so longcommanded, honor his mernory 
 b 7 half-hour gun's to morrow, from sunrise to sunset, under the direction 
 of the commandant of the Cadets. 
 
 Let the flag ot the State and Confederacy be hung at half-mast to- 
 morrow. . .... 
 
 Let his Lecture Boom be draped in mourning for the period ; bix 
 
 months. ■ , ., . 
 
 Let the Officers and tadets of the Institute wear the usual badge o! 
 mourning for the period of thirty days ; and it is respectfully requested 
 that the Alumni of the Institution unite in this tribute of respeel 
 memory of their late Professor. 
 
 All duties will be suspended to-morrow. 
 
 Bv command of Major-General F. H. Smith ; « 
 
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