The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-14
THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR
WASHINGTON.
A VISIT TO THE LOCALITY.
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION.

BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE Washington CAro-
nicls publishes the following account of visit to
the battlefield near that city
Il pioctrded moth Of Forr Stevens on Seventh
,tItet lOgd, Olt -hdlt mile, when came e. tue
uins OF III, lste resid, nee Of Mr. Juy,o the CITY
! Ost I'll, c, which WAS OrstruNCd day before ye,
udyN by II Shell nom FOri Stevens, TO prcveut
the RtEel slWpshOo ers from uccup' lug IL.
,ttt 10th OF lhc u,sO.aied sp t are the ruin, o
lie ia'e lCsidVDIv OF Mr. Carbtry which WAS alsu
uVs'Ity eat b, our own shelS
"Ntbr The Unuaucc is IA new. made grave, where
itst the remains uf a Citizen parrot VINO n ld
d, bIih(d himself with an army of heroes aud
sd Gown lis life tu preserve free institutions.
Al one end uf his grave Is u small slaO and from
rht inscription The reon learned that he was au
unknown cavalrymnn.
81 prCceedtd still further north, and at the
dis'HD,t of Il mile from Fort eveDs came to
feI ,c thrown across the road, and occupied as a
bItl W, rk hy the Rebels the gay previous. Here
wei, marks OF hand lighting UnOn and Rebel
mUt kits. some broken, and others uniujured,
OLtth ~ thrown away by those who hAd once
used them, but who had no further use for
thCm.
"1h,se lay pied in heaps by the way, while
hats, caps haveTsacks, cap pouches, and thou
sabds of cartridges Bnu bullets were scattered
ltTe and q eie on both sides of the Rebel breast
W. Tbs, and mOUR the rite-pils dug 10y the Union
:, ldiels in held near by. Every rail IN the
itlcts, AMI each Tree 20 recently used as u shield,
hat has been the work of the last few days iu
thIs vicinity.
whie tius contemplating. a squad Of Union
cavalry passed ou the r way from tue from, es-
c, ring fifteen r. bel captives covered with dust
hLG apI aieDtly worn out with constint travelling
ana bard service. / continued ON the way, ln1
vIsIt, the residence OF DIR. s. Heath and Captain
A. j. Richardson, who tOge her Occu pied no Use
On the night slue Of the road. over mile from
Fort Stevens.
beIeVa, a sorry picture. Hearing of the ap-
pta,h OF Rebels on Monday morning, they re-
M We The fem le members Of the family To The
fort and h, fure they cOuli return the Renels
had OsSession of toe premises. Everything
ahoBt the place is scattered in great confusion,
md what clothing could be maze use of Dy tue
Rel lis, they exchanged for tnelr less attractive
suits.
The building Itself showed with what accuracy
our Ht,lltiyBen directed their shot and shell
aPhinst IT'S sIdes. Eight shot passed through it
II, nj one side to the other, ana the doors, vim
dCws, ana sideboards, are covered wiki bullet
marks
IN fed south of this house are the graves of
etveu Reies, and In cornhed on the opposite
sidt OF the road ilft en- other Rebels rest from
thtir destructive work.
In grove I'm the oher side of the road from
Mr. Bluir's residence was found book, the
eighth vulhme of BlrJn's works. tackled 10 a
nee, ana which / have brought with me, aud
have transcribed The following inscription, which
IL wrllteD on n fly leaf
NEAR WASHIkAToN. July lf.-NOW. UnCe ADO, you
hAr beIrI be quiet The baa OF Ad nintratln,
MY came near our ,wn hls time Just To shIw you
What We cuud 90, butHNOu Ou IN your ntc
will again ana then nad better stand under.
NOnrs. respectfully,
THE wORsr REBEL You EVER saw,
6Sta Virginia ifantry.
From citizen who resides sixteen miles north
east OF he city learned thar the Rebels first y
Ieaied near Co esvile a four O'c Ock on Monday
afternoon, and it was uud rstOod that th ir
whole force north of the Potomac consisted If
J, husODs, Earlcy's, aud A, p. Huls Corps.
When they entered Maryland they were nearly
nj Oh toe, but they have picked up the horses n
the court throulh w0irh they have passed, mi
utN tht NOS OF them arc mounted. bhn,On ok
tie tas 10 tTom CUesvilc, aud moved to va d 3
The r-ihOad W BClt.yille.
ItpIpeuTs, by the S'atement Of Marshal Bon
ntUn., who Yesterday visited his plantation near
Tie BlnTs, NIT huJh Generals Brecamridge a Il
Eliy were Ht me residence OF +. Z. Blair, Il a.
VII Ch was the Rehe hraOquarters.
The hct thar Two Gem rails ut Clrps we're with
thc Re lei force shows that their numbers could
lot he les Than ihifty or forty thousand men.
1t /, s.id That General Brtcknriige spoke of
N, Rebel muyem, NJ us one designed 10 relieve
Richmond, hut man ot hi addies and eX re-
liett g. " uld laidly reveal strategic des gns.
The pttstIyttlOn Uf 'he msusiOn OF f. =.
Bl.ris cue "a tlr inrerti renee of Geurrtl Breck-
irT'dEo WHO wa, no d1upt influenced by tle
him'. ~ liuns formerly existing between him
sci aud tLU piIs n. UCuer Of tue plce.