Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-27
NJ E NJ o r Y
OF THE
p A I RIO rs
WHO FELL AT
G r 0 V E T n,

AUGUST 18TH, 10Th, AND BOTH, 1862.
l have said that circumstances on the
second field seemed to indicate that our
army came across Bull Run where it did
in the first one. This, however, was not
the fact. General Pope, Think, fell back
from the Rappahannock, followed by the
the rebel army. As the two approached
the old Bull Run field, it became apparent
that therebel General was anxious to avail
himself of the prestige of the first field for
the second fray. General Pope deter
mined to prevent it, and did, and the Sec
ond battle was fought on a field contigu-
Gus to the first and parallel with it.
There is something more to be seen on
the second field than on the first to mark
it as a past scene of human carnage. Be
sides the numerous graves in the woods,
there are observable over on the east side
Of the field, on a piece of rolling ground,
sundry graves which, from a few stingy
~head-boards scattered about on the ground.
are evidently the last resting place of some
South Carolina soldiers. In a cultivated
field something over one hundred yards
south of these graves is still standing the
ruin of a once, for this country, rather re-
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been on fire, and is in other respects badly
shattered. The windows are gone, and
the ungovernable winds whistle through
its %tenantless and untenable apartments.
In the field surrounding the monument
are sundry graves, the scanty head boards
of which show that most of them are oecu-
pied by men who belonged to the United
States Regular Cavalry. This absence of
names, or lost numbers, by which the dead
might be recognized by friends, results,
doubtless, inevitably from the circum-
stances of the battle. And vet it is a
source of grief TO the true man, patriot
and friend of our noble soldiers, that these
men sleep in unnamed graves. If the
man who freely offers up his life in battle
TO save an inperilled country is not wor-
thy of an honorcd grave and Il name that
shall be remembered as long as the nation
lives, then there are none who are entitled
to that mark Of favor and affection. Ave,
truly, it is the sad, unavoidable fortune
following war that compels us to leok
upon these resting places Of our noble
dead the
> UnkneIled, unconin'd and unknown"
We left the monument when the sun
wiz ldSL AdoAIiAhS AtMh III lAHC w tSb'
noting the entire length of the battlefield.
which three short, but eventful years be-
fore had been baptized in the blood of our
kindred, in a mood sad, serious and
thoughtful Of that time, when for those
three long CORY days there was heard
THE d|eath-cry drowning in the battles roar"
Thank God, these four years of war,
just half of the length of the one that
made this a free country, are ended. This
constitutes its second baptism in blood
and NAV it be the last. The first resulted
from the determination of our people
to cast off English tyranny, the second
from an equally stedfast purpose to put
down aud crush out an attempt in our
own midst to disrupt the Government and
to preserve, augment and perpetuate a
devilish tyranny over an unfortunate
race In both instances let us again
thank God that the rights of humanity
and a great Government have prevailed.
The latter, whilst it has brought sorrow
to hundreds of thousands of loyal hearth
stones and draped the habitations with
the symbols of woe, has made us n wiser
people in the principles Of "A just Govern
ment, and given US, let us hope, a higher,
holier and an everlasting appreciation of
the same.
When we reached Manassas the sun had
sunk beneath the horizon, and twilight
rapidly deepening into darkness was rest
ing down upon the land. We had made
hat day upon foot, twenty-five miles, and
in the returning half of the trip, we ad-
ded to the luggage of Overcoats, haver-
sacks, &C., with which we started in the
morning, from ten to fifteen pounds
apiece of battle mementos. We had seen
the ever memorable Bull Run fields, and
then it was ours to enjoy the agreeable
thought that the wearisome journey was
ended. AGAIN.