98 Nortu Carouina Troops, 1861-’65. deployed by, a mere word of command, and I was sent by the Colonel to the left to see that this was done. When I had at tended to this, I returned to Colonel Avery and informed him that the line was ready to move forward, when he told me that Generals Jackson and Hill with their staffs, had just gone forward in front of our line reconnoitering and that we must wait until their return. Soon we heard firing in front; the Generals and their staffs came galloping back and across our line bearing to the right of the road 45 eabarpie the artillery fire. We, of course, permitted them to pass us but the Eighteenth Regiment in our rear shouted “Yankee cavalry!” and under orders from their officers, fivea on them As the bullets were coming from the front and the rear at the same time, our line protected themselves by lying down. We soon learned that Jackson had been terribly wounded by our own men and taken to the rear. There was no further ad- vance that night and the battle for that day had about ended. T hus was the greatest of our Generals killed by his own men while in the midst of a glorious victory and on the point of capturing an army three times as large as the one which was commanded in part by himself. Sprer WHITAKER. Rarzien, N. C., 2 May, 1901. ANOTHEK ACCOUNT. By ALFRED H. H. TOLAR, Caprarn Company K, EiGHTEENTH Reetment Norro Carouina Troops. As an eye witness to the affair I desire to make some state- ment of facts as they have impressed themselves on my mind and to call as witnesses for concurrence the gallant Major T. J. - Wooten, of the Eighteenth North Carolina Troops, the chivalrous Captains V. V. Richardson and Thomas L Lewle of the Eighteenth North Carolina Troops, and thar oftivers Te OT ART EE OE IE TIE SETA SITTER ae cone serne THE WouNDING OF JACKSON. 99 of that regiment who were in line at the time this sad affair was enacted. Under the circumstances it would have been utterly impos- sible for any one to know who fired the fatal bullet or bullets. That the wounds were from the firing line of the Eighteenth North Carolina troops, officers and men of that regiment will testify with regret. If my memory serves me true, the High- teenth regiment was the only regiment on the left of the Turn- pike, the remainder of the brigade (Lane’s) being on the right of the road as we faced the enemy at Chancellorsville. About dark, General Jackson and staff, accompanied by General A. P. Hill and staff, rode down the Turnpike in advance of our line of battle, and, coming closer to the enemy’s line than they expected, were fired on from a regiment of infantry; and then some batteries of artillery turned loose with a heavy firing, sending shot and shell down the pike. The General and staff left the road, and the two Generals (Jackson and Hill), with staffs and couriers, came down on the Eighteenth ut a rapid gait. The night was calm and the tramp of thirty horsemen advancing through a heavy forest at a rapid gait, seemed to the average infantryman like a brigade of cavalry. Noting the approach of horsemen from the front, and having been advised that the enemy was in front, with no line of pickets jntervening to give the alarm, the brave Colonel Purdie gave the order “Fix bayonets; load; prepare for action!” as fast as the command could be given. When the supposed enemy was within 100 yards, perhaps, of our line, the Colonel gave the command, “Commence firing,” and from that moment until notified by Major Holland (or Harris) of General Jackson’s staff, that we were firing on our own men, the firing was kept up by the entire regiment with great rapidity. The horse of Major Harris (or Holland) was knocked down with a blow from the butt of a gun in the hands of Arthur S. Smith, Com- pany K, Eighteenth North Carolina Troops, and at that moment we were notified by the Major of the sad mistake that had been made. It was during this continuous firing that General Jackson received his wounds, and if any other troops except the Eigh- teenth fired a shot I did not hear of it. The soldier on the