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Stonewall Jackson died as
he had wished, on a Sunday.
ine ena came for the gaunt,
bearded Confederate warrior
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,ai ono p.m. may iu, laoa,
a soft spring day, at Guiney's
Ctalinn V
Dr. Hunter McGuire, Jack'
son's physician and friend,
was with him in his last min
utes.
"His mind began to fail
and wander," Dr McGuire
wrote, "and he frequently
talked as if in command upon
the field, giving orders in his
old way . . .
"A few moments before he
died, he cried out in his de
lirium, 'order A. P. Hill to
prepare for action! Pass the
infantry to the front rapidly!
Tell Major Hawks - !" then
stoped; leaving the sentence
unfinished. Presently a smile
of ineffable sweetness spread
itself over his pale face, and
he said quietly, and with an
expression, as if relief: 'Let
us cross over the river, and
rest under the shade of the
trees;' and then, without pain,
or the least struggle, his spirit
passed from the earth to the
God who gave it."
So passed Thomas Jonathan
Jackson, 39 years old, lieuten
ant general, C.S.A., just eight
days away from hs greenest
laurels, won at the battle of
Chancellorsville.
"... the great and good
Jackson is no more," Gen.
Robert E. Lee wrote to Maj.
J. E. B. Stuart who had suc
ceeded to command of Jack
son's II corps of the Army of
northern Virginia when Old
Jack was wounded by his
own men on the night of May
2.
'Right Arm' Lost
Lee had lost his "right
arm." The Lee Jackson tacti
cal team, so succesful at Scc
o n d Manassas, Antietam,
Sharpsburg and Chancellors
ville, was broken. The Army
of Northern Virginia never
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To some the death of Jackson
marks the turning point of
the Civil War.
Jackson's death was caused
by pneumonia, not by his
wounds, which were healing
to the satisfaction of Dr. Mc
Guire and several other phy
sicians, one a specialist in
respiratory diseases, who
were called in from Rich
mond. Old Jack had been shot
about 9 p.m. May 2 as he was
riding between the lines or
ganizing a night attack on
the right wing of the Federal
army. The volley which
struck down Jackson came
from the 18th North Carolina
Infantry. His left arm was
broken by a ball from a
smoothbore Springfield mus
kt. Another pierced his right
hand. His horse bolted and
Jackson's face was raked by
low swinging boughs of the
undergrowth in the Wilder
ness. Staff officers lifted Jackson
off his horse and with a litter
bearers carried him a half
mile through the woods to
an ambulance. On the way
the party came under fire and
the litter was dropped, Jack
son falling heavily to the
ground. His pneumonia prob
ably was caused by that fall.
Bedd.d Down in Tent
Four miles farther the gen
eral was bedded down in a
tent of the II corps hospital
and Dr. McGuire took over.
Soon after 2 a.m. on May 3
Dr. McGuire amputated the
general's left arm about three
inches below the shoulder
and removed the bullet from
his right hand. Jackson seem
ed to recover from the opera
tion satisfactorily.
The hospital was exposed
to Federal raids and Lee or
dered the patient removed
farther south. On Monday,
May 4 Jackson rode 27 miles
in an ambulance to Guiney's
Station. A pioneer squad un
der Jed Hotchkiss, the gen
eral's topographer, smoothed
the rough roads of the ambu
lance and diverted wagon
trains to the sides.
Walking wounded along
the road stood with hats off
as the ambulance passed, sil
ent now instead of cheering
the general on sight as was
their wont.
Stood Trip Well
The general stood the trip
well, chatting with Dr. Mc
Guire, Chaplain B. Tucker
Lacy and his wounded com
panion in the ambulance, his
artillery chief, Col. Stapleton
Crutchfield.
The day was hoi. At one
point the ambulance was
stopped and a towel moisten
ed in a spring was applied to
the general s abdomen to stop
a speel of nausea. It was one
of Jacksons favorite treat
ments.
At the home of Thomas
Coleman Chandler at Guin
ney's Station, Jackson was
placed in a small office-type
building. The big house was
full of wounded men and Dr.
McGuire feared infection.
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GENERAL JACKSON DIES - On Sunday,
May 10, 1863, a soft spring day, the end
came for Stonewall Jackson. He was only
39 years old, but was a lieutenant fccneral
in the Confederate Army. Moreover. Jack
son, who stood at Manasass "like a stone
wall," was just eight days away from his
greenest laurels - Chancellorsville. On May
2, 1863, while organizing his men for a
night attack, he was struck by fire from his
own lines. His wounds did not, at that time,
appear serious, but pneumonia set in, and
was to take his life. According to his doctor,
Jackson's death was quiet and without
puin. His last words were "let us cross over
the river, and rest under the shade of the
trees." Lee had lost his "good right arm"
and the tactics of the Army of Northern
Virginia would never be as effective. Here,
Jackson is shown inset on a drawing of the
Chancellorsville battlefield. (UPI)
Boy Scout Troops 14 and
105 were recently luests of
Troops 16 and 41 on their an
nual three-day trip to the
Lava Beds National Monu
ment. The boys making the
trip for the first time were
initiated into the "Order of
the Modoc."
The Scouts were accompan
ied on the trip by Scoutmast
ers Dick Mcllum, Frank Wi
ser, and Larrv Ymimnna A ten
making the trip were Com
mitteemen uan nactin, Al
Ford, Joe Killingsworth, Ed
win Peters, Don Bryan and
nri noino.
The Scouts at artri ulpnl
in the caves nutsiHa the nuik
area. The park rangers took
meni on a guided lour
through the caves. After
church services Ktinriav. th
party was taken through Cap
tain Jack's Stronghold.
While the Scouts were at
the Monument the tempera
ture dropped to 12 degrees
and eight inches of snow
fell.
Death of Stonewall Jackson
As Jackson was being mov
ed into his quarters a violent
thunderstorm broke.
He slept all night. On Tues
day, May 5 and Wednesday,
May 6 the general seemed to
be recovering. He spoke fre
quently with Chaplain Lacy
on his favorite religious sub
jects. .
But at 1 a.m. Thursday,
May 7 Jackson awoke with
another attack of nausea. Dr.
McGuire, exhausted by his
long vigil, was asleep on a
cot in the room.
Jackson, instead of calling
the physician, directed his
Negro servant, Jim, to wet
a towel and spread it across
his abdomen. This was done
quietly without awakening
Dr. McGuire. Jackson lay in
pain until dawn when the
physician awoke.
His examination disclosed
the pneumonia, "probably re
sulting from the fall in the
woods. (Dr. McGuire said
the towel Jim had placed on
Jackson's abdomen could not
have caused the pneumonia).
That Thursday, Anna, Jack
son's wife, arrived ' from
Richmond. Federal cavalry
had broken the railroad to
Richmond and she had been
delayed. She brought their
five and a half months old
baby, Julia.
When Mrs. Jackson entered
the sick room Jackson did
not recognize her.
"He had to be aroused to
speak to me," she said later,
" ... he was too much affect
ed by morphia to resist stu
por, and soon seemed to lore
the consciousness of my pres
ence, except when I spoke or
ministered to him."
Friday, May 8 was a cool
day and Dr. McGuire found
that Jackson's wounds still
sang several hymns.
ing was more difficult.
On Saturday, May 9 the
general failed rapidly. Once
he aroused and seeing sever
al physicians In the room,
said:
"I see from the number
of physicians that you think
my condition serious, but I
thank God, if it His will, that
I am ready to go."
About dusk r Anna read
aloud some of his favorite
Psalms.
A little later she and her
The Family Council
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encountered by suidance counielora and eoclal worker!. Edited by
Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by C.n.ral Feature. Corp.)
Sylvia M. - Staying at their
home is like living with Tar-
zan!
Diana V. - We are trying
to keep our children's minds
healthy.
Sylvia M. - I don't consider
myself an old fuddy-duddy,
but I can't stomach my sis
ter's so-called modernism. She
and her husband never lock
their bathroom door, and
their two children, ages 6 and
9, are free to wander in and
out paying social calls. When
I refused to open my bed
room or bathroom door to
them, Diana said I was giving
them unhealthy ideas.
Diana V. - Our children
have never felt it was im
modest to be nude in the pri
vacy of our home. My hus
band and I never cover up
nervously when the young
sters walk into our room.
That would destroy the re
laxed lack of self-consciousness
about their bodies which
they still have. Instead of be
shocked and silly about nak
edness, Sylvia should try .to
assume some of our family
casualncss.
The Council - When in Ja
pan, Sylvia, you take your
shoes off at the door. In some
houses of worship men re
move their hats, in others
they must wear them. As a
visitor, you may be just as
rude to disturb the insensi
bilities of Diana's children as
you would be to ignore the
sensitivities of any host. Di
ana is useing her children in
her campaign against prud
ishness. Sylvia need not par
ticipate, however, if the ex
hibitionism repels her. With
out expressing horror, she
can quietly preserve the pri
vacy of her own person, via
locks and robes - explaining
if necessary that this is the
way she's accustomed to act
in other people's homes. Just
as she respects her sister's
way of doing things, she ex
pects a similar acceptance
from her host, hostess, and
their "cubs." Diana's goal has
merit. The dangers - and we
trust she's aware of them -are
that her children must be
prepared to observe society's
dicta on modesty when in the
presence of strangers, ahd
also that too much exposure
can be disillusioning. All hu
man forms do not resemble
Paolo's and Francesca's In
Rodin's "The Kiss."
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Salary is derived from the
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InitiatpH intrt thtt Mnnnn
Order were Francis Wiser,
Scoutmaster; David White,
Stan Hnrlnn. . .11m Rnvnpri
Dick Taylor, David Brenncn
and Russ Fcrgusen, Troop 14;
torn scnmidl, Bill Christie,
Duane Graiium. rtanni. t rtr.
ton, Larry Wick, Larry
nriggs, Stan Dclgado, Billy
Overturf, Stan Peters, Allan
Peters, Craig Graham, Mike
Hilkey - and Erwin Peters,
commissioner. Troop 41; Steve
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Dave Sanford, David Woolen,
Tony Christcnsen, Joseph
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Scoutmaster, Troop 105;
Bruce Brown, Junior Grant,
Dick Galdwell, Wendcl Hil-
ler. Wade Hiller. Charles Mr.
Casland and Bob Durham,
from Troop 16. ;
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Fred R. Brennan Lowell A. Iverson
brother, Joseph " Morrison,
sang several hymns.
Sunday morning May 10
Dr. S. B. Morrison took Anna
aside and told her there was
no hope for her husband. She
said sue must tell him. That
was the custom of the times.
Summonine all her strength
she told the general: -
"Before the dav pi
will be with tliP Rlpwrf Ca.
ious in his glory."
'I will be an Infinite aain&r
to be translated," he replied.
Later Jackson aslcnH n
McGuire:
'Anna informs me th
have told her. Iht t nm u
die today. Is that so?"
ur. McGuire said yes.
VerV OOOrf VPru onnH
is ail right."
He gathered the last of his
strength and murmured:
n is me Lord s day; my
wish is fulfilled. I have al
ways desired tn riip nn Sun
day." j
Then Stonewall slipped off
Into rinltrium anA UnU t
his first love the battlefield,
and began to give orders as
ne oiea.
" . . .his spirit still lives. . "
General Lee said in General
Order No. 61.
Jackson's body went to
Richmond for a stale funeral
and then to Lexington, Va ,
where he wa latrl in rm
beside his first wife and dead
cnua.
All the South mnitrneri ftnrf
wondered if tlipra was
other to take his place.
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Salem James E. Holland.
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Holland, who is SI, has
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highway department since
Sept. 12, 1051. He has had
two previous promotions with
the department.
He will assist Resident En
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the $2 million freeway project
between the North Ashland
Interchange and the South
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