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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General J. E. B. Stuart. (search)
art was conveyed by loving hands from the field, he observed some of his men leaving the scene of action. He called out to them: Go back! go back! and do your duty as I have done mine, and our country will be safe. Go back! go back! I had rather die than be whipped. These were his last orders on the battlefield. While dying in yon city the next day, he heard the roar of artillery, and turned to Major McClellan, who was by his bedside, and asked him what it meant. He was told that Gracie's brigade and other troops had moved out against the enemy's rear on Brook turnpike. He turned his eyes upward and exclaimed: God grant they may be successful, but, said he I must be prepared for another world. I have already alluded to the vigilance of this officer while on the out-post and elsewhere. In support of what I have already said, I exhibit here to-day a field telegram sent by him to me. It is dated at Orange Courhouse, March 10th, 1864. The envelope is the original and the g