GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3373, 14 October 1879, Page 3

GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON.

The following account of the celebrated Confederate General at the action at Winchester is from the recently published '* Personal Experiences" of General Richard Taylor :—"Jackson, impassive as erer, pointed to the ridge and said, , You must carry it.' . . . Riding on the flank of my column, between it and the hostile line, I saw Jackson beside me. This was not the place for the commander of the army, and I ventured to tell him so; but he paid no attention to the remark. . . . Many men fell, and the whistling of the shot and shell occasioned much ducking of heads in the column. This annoyed me not a little. . ... Always an admirer of delightful' Uncle Toby,' I had contracted the most villenons habit of his beloved army in Flanders, and, forgetting Jackson's presence, ripped out, • What the h—are you dodging for ? If there is any more of it you will be baited under this fire for an hour.' The sharp tones of a familiar voice produced the desired effect, and the men looked as if they had swallowed ramrods; but; I shall never forget the reproachful surprise expressed in Jackson's face. He placed his hand on my shoulder, said in a gentle voice,' I * am afraid you are a wicked fellow,' and rode back to the pike."