Show TO floi wolf AM f wo I 1 G leae la en e apa or f A IP f JA 4 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON I 1 N D X mr 11 of last year the following news story was sent out from baltimore bid etli because they were his boyhood heroes provi for tile the erection of 0 a monument to robert E L lee wd thomas J Sto newa jackson confederate generals was made in the alie will of the title J henry ferguson president of tile colonial trust company who died Nove november niber 24 last the will specified sped lied that be used troia sir air Fergus fergusons ons estate for the monument alef provided that it be erected within ten miles of t the city hall flail in baltimore end and that it represent tile parting of tile the two Conf confederate ederae leaders prior to the li ittle battle of in his fits itil sir air ferguson explained the provision for tile the erection of the monument by saying they were my bolski heroes and ami judgment jud lias hils only strengthened my admiration for them they were great gea generals ernis and Christ christian lan soldiers they waged war like gentlemen and I 1 feel their example should behel belic hl up to the youth of maryland in most of the states which once were a part of the confederacy and especially tit in virginia january 19 I 1 and january 21 are n rc dates of special because they anre tile anniversaries of it the birthdays of robert K P lee iee and stonewall jahson jackson respectively and while other sections of the country do not obe serve these days done in the south by the lians of both the stars find and and the stars and bars from public buildings each day from sunrise to sunset on january 10 to january 21 inclusive all americans can and applaud this latest latesta project to honor the memory of two iwo great generals and christian soldiers the careers of lee find and jackson up to the opening in of tile civil war were as follows robert E lee was born at stratford westmoreland county virginia january 19 1807 the youngest son aon of major general henry lee called light horse harry he entered west point in 1825 was graduated tour our years later second in ills his class and given a commission in iii the U 8 engineers corps to in 1931 he married mary cestla who was the daughter of 0 W P custis adopted ton son of 0 washington anti and the grandson of 0 mrs washington dy by 1833 1933 he had bad attained the rank of sod took part in the mexican war repeatedly ula winning distinction for conduct and bravery after the wor war engineering work engaged him until 1852 when he was appointed superintendent 0 ot west point and during hla his three years there tie he accomplished many important changes the th caleer of lee from the time of tile his appointment to the post at west iolet until april 1961 when vir virginia ginka seceded from the union was wan closely Iden identified tIlled with hilb the federal army chii personally opposed to the principle of secession lee felt that his greatest duty was to virginia he refused the command of the field army about to invade the south becoming instead the highest ranking boffl cor car in the ormy army of the confederacy Ston stonewall twell jackson was horn born at clarksburg Clarks burg va now west virginia january tl 11 1824 ce be binning rinning his military life with a nomination to west went point thomas jonathan jackson took part after being graduated in the mexican war as an second lieutenant in the first U S artillery in he obtained an appointment as professor at the virginia military institute at lexington where for ten years he taught estors science the theory of gunnery and battalion drill though he was wa not a gond cod teacher his influence both on his hip pupils and those few intimate friends for whom he be relaxed related tile the gravity of his manner was profound appreciation of this quality of 0 leadership gave jackson the command of the corps of il V 1 I when virginia seceded in 1861 by july or of that year he had been promoted to the rank of general lard ard had bad so well employed this short time for or training his men that on the first drat held of bull run nun they won for themselves and their brigadier by their rigid steadiness at the critical moment of the battle the historic name ot of stonewall while those simple biographical details toll tell of what eney did it Is in uch records as two books which hare Lipp appeared eared recently that the story of what kind of men they were will be found one of these Is an alde de camp of lee being the papers of col charles mill marshall shall edited by maj gen sir frederick maurice and published by little littie brown arid and company the other Is stonewall jackson the good soldier written by allen alien tate and published by minton batch and com company finny As aa aide de camp military secretary and assistant adjutant general on tile the staff of general lee from I 1 to 1865 colonel marshall had an unusual opportunity for knowing lee as few men had ever eve r known him that the union of tile the north and south was made indissoluble at appomattox as colonel marshall says was waa shown la fit a dra matle fas fashion titon during the spanish american war when wheat a son of colonel marshall performed for a son of grant tile the same functions which from to lu ISO the father had performed for lael it the real lee Is to be found within the pages of marshalls marchalls Mar book boa it Is not less true that the real in jackson liston ls Is to be found in the book written aielli rare biographical sympathy by allen alien tate a boullier nor A reiding tot it these two books wilt will convince one ona of the 1 lie appropriateness of the proposed maryland to lo the two great generals for they were wa t clovi clu irly ly in their brilliant military ants land and ugh so totally different la in so much akin lc in runny many ways way that 0 Z V K 7 ja X L future asas ages will viii probably probable find end it easier to aluk luk in terms of lee anti anil jackson aban in ter terms 8 0 of f leo lee and jackson alone one reviewer of tates bo biography rophy has COMMell commented ted upon tills this tact fact as 83 follows the figure of stonewall jackson occupies a unique place in the history of the great struggle in point of romantic interest he ae stands alone wrapped in tho the solitude of his own originality ile H was the soughs greatest erent crusader a mystic a zealot a christian soldier in whose character were mended the fanaticism of a peter the th ifer her mit the thearl Maring ng and inflexible purpose of 0 a cromwell and the subtlety of a francis marion for the soldiers of the confederacy hr he became after the first bull run nun a center of inspiration and a bulwark of confidence and there are historians who say among them his present biographer that it was not at gettysburg that the backbone ot of the confederacy was broken but at chancellorsville with the bullet that sped out of the darkness and put an untimely end to stonewall jacksons military career when that event occurred the one man who understood the heart and soul and genius of jackson robert E leo said 1 I have lost my any right arm there were few amborg his associates in tile the war who did understand stonewall jackson perhaps leo lee was tho the only one some regarded him as a dullard some as a fanatic some dome even as a madman ile he explained himself to no one andhiv plans only to lee there was a strange understanding between these tuo no men Intuitive an trust in each other they were of a single mind lad had the conduct of war the first t two tao ao years born left to these icse two unhampered by the vacillations of Jef jefferson terson davis and judah P benjamin and the intrigues of the southern politicians a different story might have been written of the war unless the great result was really written to in the stars jackson was the one man whose military judgment and genius lee implicitly trusted whose fall ures even he never questioned he fie sent jackson alone on the expeditions In trusted to his execution but he remained with longstreet jacksons peculiar genius for sudden secret and overwhelming attack lee could always depend upon tor for a master stroke longstreet stout in battle was given to argument argun ent and delay he argued and delayed at gettysburg and it was after that battle that lee paid his greatest tribute to stonewall jackson if I 1 had had jackson at gettysburg he hebald sald 1 I should have won the battle and a complete victory there would have resulted in the establishment of southern independence but the god of battles to whom jackson prayed had decreed otherwise ills louden leaden messenger at chancellorsville sped in a 0 moment of victory took from lees lee side the one man he be needed in a fateful hour one of the most disputed points in ci cbill sll war history has been whether or not lee or jackson was responsible for the great hank flank movement incitement at chancellorsville v hach sent r fighting I 1 joe hookers okera big army flying out of tile wilderness before nuch smaller force of confederates in regard to this general maurice the editor of the marshall papers rays cays this Is the question which it seems to me colonel marshall settled conclusively ile he says no not t only that tile tha plan was lees but that jackson a at t first demurred to it as being too hazardous ila however on learning that lee had decided that a frontal attack on hookers entrenchments in the wilderness was wag out of the question and that A way had been found round hookers flank jackson at once accepted loos leos plan and threw himself with enthusiasm into the tha table of carrying it through iv wt now have leos lees statement to mrs jacan that he be had told her husband that he was opposed to a frontal attack and that the attack must be made by the confederate left Tal cotts statement that jackson said to leo lee show me what to do and I 1 awill will try to do it jacksons statement most men will think I 1 planned it all from the first but it was not so and finally marshalls marchalls Mar mant ement jackson was at first opposed to the flank move movement ment 11 that accumulation of at evidence Is decisive and should settle forever f raver a matter which has been debated tor for kety years the scene fit at which this plan nas mas discussed Is one of the most famous in american history in the chapter in tates hook book dealing dealine with the battle tle of chancellorsville tile there Is a chapter subhead appropriately called two craker cracker noses boxes to in which the scene Is described d as follows after midnight lieutenant smith jacksons ald aide M n 51 40 X Y IK P 1 4 na Z M 1 V t 1 woke chilled by the damp night air tie fie sal up and looked round A hundred feet away up a slope lope among the trees two dim figures were gathering pine twigs and throwing throw lne them on a fire warming their hands as an the blaze rose they st act town lawn on two cracker boxes loft left by the retreating federals federal the day before the wind rustled the pines their loneliness was absolute not another man could be seen one of the figures le urca holding his face ace so that the flickering light played over it had on a felt hat bat and wore a short board beard which was gray the second figure sat eat humped bumped over the tire his head drawn down into his cont coat collar his long dark beard on his big chest down low over his forehead rested the visor of 0 a forage cap hiding his eyes the dim light threw shifting shit ting beams on his sharp aquiline nose to lieutenant smith the murmur of voices the words were caught up in the breeze and lost in the vines pines he fell asleep again the men talked on in the night it was wad lust just daylight when lee turned to jackson and said bald how flow shall chall we get at those people general jackson what do you propose pro pOBo to doa do go round there he be said running his bis finger anger over the map what do you vou propose to make the movement movement with wlter with my whole corps he said what will you leave me ins the divisions of anderson andersen and mclaws lee thought about it a moment then he be said well go on ile he took a pencil and moving it up and down gave jackson his last instructions jackson sat smiling and nodding his head then get up from his hils cracker box he saluted sly troops will wove at once sirl sir it the plan was lees tile the execution of it was wag jacksons and tile result Is history how tills this surprise attack on howards Ilova rats corps rolled th right of the union army hack back in confusion how flow the panic spread through hookers army aud and liow how jackson Jack sou saw his chance to destroy the whole federal force then in the moment of ills his victory ory this ali s brilliant leader of tits his devoted stonewall brigade who vituld have lave followed old jack jiny where I 1 was struck down by the bullets bullet of ills his own rilea men who saw a shadowy group of horsemen and thou thought tt they were federal cavalry lee hearing of the tragedy wrote jackson al note tie ile said 1 I cannot express my regret tit nt tills this occurrence could I 1 have direct eol bents I 1 should have chosen for the goof good of the country to be disabled in your stead I 1 congratulate you upon the victory which Is due to your skill shill land energy there spoke the great nian main nho hi would give praise to a subordinate for success and would have liven been equally quick to have assume imel full responsibility for alint subordinates fal failure lure it if lie had failed jhc n lees aide brought jackson tile the note lie he said general lee ice Is ery cry kind but he fie should give praise to god the next morning jackson seemed scenie il to be retting getting better and leo lee sent tills this message gle ghe him my affectionate regards ond and tell him to ranke haste and got get well and come back to roe me as soon as lie can he fla has lost his left arm but I 1 have lost my any right right but though hough tits his wounds were healing brought on liy by ills big ex exposure before chancellors tile developed tate described tile the end of this thin great warrior ns as follows ills file little girl was wa bi ought brought in and he brightened then ho he fell into delirium he talked talked ile II 11 was on ilia hie bat now ila he was at lexington for a long time lime he lay still then he cried order A P hill to prepare tor for action pass the th infantry to the ilia front tell hawks tie ile lai still again after athlie he said to ID it clear voice lets rots erns over the river and rest lil la tha tb a had a a of I 1 he trots |