Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . wild stampede. A partial successwas attained, and the artillery pouredin a fli-e which checked the night was at hand, andthe lighting soon ceased. The po-sition of the Union army was criticalin the extreme. It was squeezed inbetween Chancellorsville and thefork of the two rivers. What fateawaited it on the morrow? At this juncture, the Confederate cause received the severest blow in itshistory. That remark
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . wild stampede. A partial successwas attained, and the artillery pouredin a fli-e which checked the night was at hand, andthe lighting soon ceased. The po-sition of the Union army was criticalin the extreme. It was squeezed inbetween Chancellorsville and thefork of the two rivers. What fateawaited it on the morrow? At this juncture, the Confederate cause received the severest blow in itshistory. That remarkable man, Stouewall Jackson, was confident that thedestruction of the Union army was at hand, and he was impatient for the morrowthat he might complete the fearful work. In the dusk of early evening herode forward, accompanied by several of his staff, to reconnoitre the Unionposition. Passing beyond the outer line of skirmishers, the party halted in thegloom and peered toward the Federal lines. Dimly discerned by a SouthCarolina regiment, they were mistaken for the enemy, and a volley was fired atthem. One of the staff was killed and two wounded. Comprehending the. THOMAS J. STONEWALL! JACKSON. 346 ADMINISTRATION OF LINCOLN. blunder, Jackson wheeled and galloped into the woods, but before the sheltercould be reached, the South Carolinans tired a second time. Jackson was struck twice in the left arm and once in the right hand. Hisfrightened horse whirled about and plunged away. A limb knocked off hishat and came near unseating him, but he managed to keep in the saddle andguide his steed into the road, where one of his staff helped him to the groundand supported him to the foot of a tree where he was laid down. He wassuffering so keenly that he could not walk, and was carried on a litter to the
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