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Grs Jackson’s Proposed Attack
ft T r[ i Naked Confederates.
Editors Mominy -W:
v- editorial in yesterday s Morning
and ' in replv to my communication,
‘Tortlic above head, and in the same
l j.’ very unlike that he, v Jackson)
• other” General would have advised
attack, the men to be ‘stripped
>, ; am ] armed with bowie knives
US stated by Pollard. In the first
place,’there would li ive been no necessity
' the stripping naked, as by the re
„f their conis, they would have
b een quite as distinguishable from the
enemy: and in the second place, there
were "-ropably not Bowie knives enough
in the entire Confederacy—certainly not
j conl mand on that occasion—to arm the
assailing force.”
Mv opinion, in common with that of
liuridD'Js of other soldiers of the Army of
Northern Virginia, is that if Gen. Jack
had believed that the desired end
muM have been better, or mo;e speedily
cousumated by attacking “with naked
mem armed with Bowie knives,” he would
have suggested it, and if so empowered
by his Commander, would have led the
attacking column. Geu. Jackson was a
true soldier, stern, and unyielding iu
what he believed to be his duty, and all
who have read his character aright, or at
least, all who were in a position to observe
his movements, will bear me out in the
assertion that he believed his duty was
to fight and kill Yankees. What Gen
eral of the Confederacy fought his men
harder, and when victory crowned his
arms, was closer, and more unrelenting
in pursuing the enemy ? None. Unfor
tunately, there were too few like him.
Jackson's work was always done, and
well done, (excepting, perhaps, at White
Oak Swamp, during the “Seven Days
Battle Around Richmond,”) and did not
require that it should be done over again.
What are more characteristic than the
following anecdotes related of him, the
first as occuring during the council of
war, held at Fredericsburg, mentioned in
yesteiday’s communication, and the other
in the Valley of Virginia, the latter being
related in the article on Jackson, by Mr.
h. A. Pollard, and published in Putnam’s
Monthly. During the Council of War,
Geu. Jackson, after expressing his views
regarding the demoralized condition of
the enemy, and making the suggestion to
bayonet them in the town, fell asleep,
overcome by the fatigue of the day’s
battle, lie was aroused by one of the
Generals, when he, half asleep, muttered,
' ihive them into the river, drive them
into the river,” thus showing what had
been the bent of his thoughts, both while
awake, and asleep. “ War for Jackson,”
nptiy says Mr. Pollard in commencing
the second anecdote, “ had a gloomy, ter
rene meaning; it was the shedding of
blood, wounds and death. Once an in
'( nor officer was regretting that some
t 'iora! soldiers had been killed in a dis
piny of extraordinary courage, when they
inight as readily have been'captured.
, :i f Kson replied curtly, “ shoot them all;
[ u, ,' h t want them to be brave.” He bad
a k‘°" ni y, fierce idea of war, which we
1 ; e * olcc d to confess was sometimes
-inost savage in its expressions. It was
testified by Gov. Latcher, in a distinct
au then tic manner, during the life
o.k (it Jackson, that from the open in < r
the war, the latter favored the black
landI and thought that no prisoner should
t 'taken iii a war invading the homes of
the South.”
Jackson did believe in fighting, and
t “ < a point, his Artillery, and
■i amiy were slaughtered in almost a
h'-'ffisale manner, he did not show his
humanity by drawing oft’his troops be
; 1 Imishing the work, as did some other
" tais m the exercise of their human
o Much sometimes led to the belief
' ■ - the interior officers and men, that
' 1 “U them was oniv another
U " lue tor self.protection
u ui-T Kyoll T aS t a brave mnu > fearing
and believiog that ail of his
V>ero . jj ie sarne , be made them
especially the Artillery branch,
winch, he generally stood during
whV^ lgeme - nt ’ m a wa V that w as some
- '.uprising to those who had read
dffiJ^r Vi T fightS ’ carried on
f ar j' b fe the rules of civilized war
bis! n . da^ lSon was a humane man, but
In - ° humanity, I, with others, be
dutv ' Vi 6 suhver sient to his sense of
of \u : io woul d have deplored the loss
ariioog' the inhabitants of Freder
icksburg, consequent upon a night bom
bardment and attack, as much as any one,
but it is my bumble opinion that bis hu
mane feelings would not have prompted
him to forego an attack, promising such
beneficial results to the cause he loved so
well, simply because a few non-combat
ants might have been injured. In proof,
I call attention to the fact that when
driving the enemy on sundry occasions,
through the streets of Martinsburg. Win
chester, Port Republic, Front Royal,
Strausburg, Harrisonburg, and numerous
other towns and villages in the Valley of
\ irginia, be never ordered the Artillery,
or Infantry to cease firing when approach
ing the towns, or when in the streets
thereof, although there were in the said
towns, hundreds of women and children,
who frequently crowded the streets during
the engagements, and were all of the
time in danger. In Winchester, on one
occasion, the women and children, during
the hottest part of the engagement,
crowded the streets between our Artille
ry and the flying enemy, to welcome the
Confederates, and but tor the humanity
of the gunners, who ceased firing, not
withstanding the repetition of Jackson’s
orders “to press the enemy,” many wo
men and children would have been killed.
The editorial further states:
“ Ihe camp is a great place for ‘camp
news,’ and startling’ stories of the pro
posed night attack may have gained cur.
rency among the troops, but we venture
to assert that when the true facts are
known, it will be found that Gen, Jack
son’s suggestions were strictly in accor
dance with the usages of civilized warfare,
and consistent with the sentiments, and
character of a gallant and Christian gen
tleman.”
Had Gen. Jackson attacked the ene
my with his men stripped to the waist,
and bayoneted every man in Frederiks
burg not similarly attired, he would have
done what “ was strickly in accordance
with the usages of civilized \wfare,”
and what was “ consistent with flie sen
timents and character of a gallant and
Christian gentleman.” Had he attacked
with “ naked men, armed with Bowie
knives,” he would not have violated the
rules of civilized warfare any more, (if as
much) than those officers who were en
gaged in the work of hurling men into
eternity by means of torpedoes, for which
they have never been censured.
A Virginian.
iSavannah, Ga ., Nov. 23
• The Case of Jefferson Davis. —The
National Intelligencer is of opinion that
it will be one or two years before the
Supreme Court reaches the Davis Case.
In an article in Monday’s issue upon the
result at Richmond, it uses the following
language:
“In the very novel, and important
issue joined the Court appears to have
divided, Chief Justice Chase sustaining
the motion to quash, but his vote tied,
and offset by that of Judge Underwood,
so that the case is certified to the United
States Supreme Court for its decision.
According to the usual order of cases,
it would take one or two years for this
case to be reached. The very import
ant case of the test oath for suffrage in
Missouri, appealed by Gen. Frank Blair,
has already been pending for years before
the Supreme Court, and still is not
reached. Wc may, therefore, assume
that the case of Mr. Davis in its present
shape, will not be* hurried either here,
or at Richmond.”
Death of General N. G. Evans.--
Brigadier Gen. N. G. Evans, of this State,
familiarly known among his companions
in arms in the Confederate service, as
General “Shanks” Evans, died very sud
denly on Monday of last week, at Mid
way, Bullock county, Alabama, where
he was engaged in teaching. General
Evans was a graduate of West Point, and
served with credit as an officer in the
United Stales Army, up to the secession
of South Carolina. In a hand-to-hand
encounter with Camanche Indians on the
Texas frontier, lie behaved with such
distinguished gallantry, that he was pre
sented with a sword by the Legislature of
South Carolina
He fought throughout the late war,
from the beginning to the end. His regi
ment opened the fight at the first battle
of Manassas, and he was honorably men
tioned in General Beauregard’s official
report, for his courage and skill on that
occasion. *
lie was in command of the Confederate
forces at the battle of Leesburg, or Bali’s
Bluff, which proved so disastrous to the
enemy. Later in the war he manoeuvred
his Brigade against the enemy, with large
ly superior numbers, through a Winter’s
campaign in North Carolina, succeeding,
witli a mere handful of men, in balflim
every effort of General Foster, the Fede
ral Commander, to enter the interior of
the State. His Brigade was afterward
ordered to Mississippi, where they en
dured the unparalleled hardships, and
Mails oi
| trials of the Vicksburg campaign; and
■from that time on, he and they shared
' the fortunes, and the misfortunes of the
Western Army until the final surrender
in North Carolina. Since the war, cir
cumstances compelled him, like many
, other brave men, to leave the State, and
he died an exile from his home and
friends.— Charleston Daily News, Dec A:
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oct 24—-6 m
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AUGUSTA, GE O ~
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