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Show 122 ROEBUCK. ,vherc b1 o ws wer.e c_tl e,a lt .a_ ncl t:' tkcn. \V• ith his• hloo• cl . 1 1 ~feel at fortune ,vhwh c1etHCl1 h11n nt fever hcnt, 10 Cl. '- ' •.•.• , r an ~ctl. ve pm .t . .1 11 t,l 1C ;o::,T ,' tncl and exc1•t ll1g• (1t .. tnn...,. . ' ' 1h.e n 'n report came 11 t the brio·acle of Ins fnen<1, hngn< tcr .1:1 , . .G... .-encl .a ll..,hnc, ', , ''' ·:1 H· 1wesRcd :m<l in clangor o1t bcm1g .o ve· r- 1 l Cw1le1m"( )y sup rior nntnbcr~ ' he con.h . ClH ttl o J·n - net.w n no 1o ng.c L. lie ·'l l"'l)1io<1 for r)crn.u s~1on to ofiL'r £ • • ~ ~ 11.-,t o··-.11·-.nt oiliccr, nncl1t " rns grnnll'\1. }liS RCl'VlCCS uO u •' t:>'' '' . .. lie found thnt the ~itn:ttion of Bee' :-; bn?":u1e " ras c~- 1.r tne 1y Cl·l· t·I C[l1 , ,.-,. 11 (1 ~uh ·' 1t cvcr•v ofliccr ot the gencr:1l ~ stnff 'vas killc<l, 'vonndrcl or nnhor:-;e<~. The. general clesirell hin1 insktnt.ly to rirlc oft' 'vlth an lnlporln- nate message ~"o be clolivcrcd to General Bcanre')·anl. The doctor Ktartccl at high :-;poetl through~ tcn~JW~t of shot nn<1 ~hollin " 'hich it socmocl itnpo::;stble for. a man or hor.-..0 to live a 1ninnte. lie had not gon~ far "~h 11 he was obliged to ·heck hi:-; h~r e .to nvot<l a number or 111Cl1 who 'vcre bearing Bngac1ter hC'IlC'r:tl Bartow, 1norlal1y wonndcll, a ·hort distance to tho n·:w of his shatterccl brigade. lie heard that braYe :lllll able man requc.'t those nronnd hin1 to l:1-y him down and return to nRsist an c1 encourage l u·s 1ncn. "IJ ook' " exc1aimN1 the dying B:trtow, "look nt those Virgi. nians under .Jack. on,- . tand·t ng 1t'1 z e a stone 'va 11 ·" The' doctor's nttent ion, ns he p!Ls. ed on, "r:t~ t hns <1i rccte<l to that unflinching brigade of Virgiuiftns, ana l.le ,'<.tW the tall, angular fornl anu hand 0111e features of .J n:k-on, a. he sat upon his horse in11novabl ', " 'ith 11otlung bnt the gleam of his eyes to intlicate the f}cry energ_Y " rhich then repo._c(l, like latent lio·htn1ng. lle n.nd Ius brigade \vere frOJn th:tt d:1y known by a name <.~crived fr01n the cxc1mnation of B:uto\v: b~1t not nnL1llone I • • nfterw:wcls clid even his ·own conntrytncn recogn1ze lll Stone waH Jackson the fir t military gcuids on tht~ nontinent. noEnUcK. 123 vVith some cli!licnlty, and after oucc riclino- ahnost into the enon1y's lines, the doctor found'=' General Bcanrcgard, nn l delivering the 1ne,· age and reccivinoa reply, he reLnrncd to find General Dec · bnt he had be~n killed .. S eking his sncce ·or .i;1 command, anu<lst tho h~ul of ballets and the coaiu~ion of broken but unyielding rankR, the doctor delivered to hin1 th~ communication, and at that l110inent his own hor 'C · wa: ~hot. Being then distui '. ·ctl to l1i!; pro1)er co1nmnnc1, he 1nad e l1is \\':1)' afoot to hi~ com p:ln y. IIo c~tJled out as he approached-" t h 'rc h; glorion. cxmtemcnt np there, boys. Bnt the infernal Y:wks have killo<l 1ny horse. I JnnsL ]I:tvc anot.hrr." "vVhaL':-; this'?'' a~kell one of the 1119n, poinLiug at tho dodor's fe et. Ca:tjng down hi:-; eyes, he ·aw bloocl running il-01n one of hi·· log~. Jic t1rcw oif his Loot nnd i(mnd th:tt he h:ul roeciYcd a flesh "·onnd of whid1 until then 110 had been unconscious. '' N;\\' '' he grumbled as he eye(l tho f'pot, '·I wonder if that Yankee expected h) 1nnke veal of n1e Ly but ·horing my calf." Chuckling over his pun. he called for two or three hnnc1kerchict8 and ban 1ag c1 his \vonncl. lie then renew eel his den1and for a hor ·c. "No, no, rn y goo.d fi·icn 1,", ai<l the captain, ")'On n1ust 11ot 1nonnt ag:un to-day." This prohibition was soon nlorced by tlw lo,'.s of Llood. The doctor became l:tint, and by do:rn upon the gronncl. lie rcviYed, but hall to rcm: un there until the battle \vas over. \Yhen the day hau been \von, C:1pt~1in Fitzhugh'::; COlllpany was rsent, \vith other ca\'alry, in pnr ·uiL of that pauic-, triek n 1nob \\rh ieh had , ·o lalel y been n u an~1Y with banners. The pnr. ·ui t was a ch:tse. Little rc~1:'tance w:t' encountered. Th nw~t fr 'Cjlt ~nt iinpcdiment::; were abandoned wagou8 antl other '\\Tee~·~ |