The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-07-30
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neighbors, IL q very neighborly manner.
oyercame their fear so far as to rush IN
and put the fire out. All accounts,
even the most moderate, agree that the
Northern troops put the highest con-
struction on the crime Of treason on the
day of the battle Of Bull Run, and set
fire to whatever would burn.
Turning to the left Of the turnpike,
the first pace beyoned the stone bridge
is the celebrated Jim Robinson's farm,
which was one of the centres Of the
elliptical battle OF the afternoon-the
other centre being farm Of the widow
Henry, just to the right of it about a
quarter Of mile.
| walked TO the widow Henrys over
a part of the field where the most ter
rife fighting happened, passing the
spot where the two rebel generals, Bee
and Barlow, were struck dead. A
block OF marble was set up TO Bees
memory after the first battle of Bull
Run, but when Joe johnson deserted
Manassas, in the spring of 1862, north
ern soldiers cracked the stone to pieces
and carried off the chips for relics. Bee
was an able officer, raised BY the
United States, and it was he who gave
the name of "Stonewalr to Thomas
Jonathan jackson, as the latter came
to his support in the action.
There stands jackson, he said,
like stone wall
As we approached the Henry House,
we saw a woman, dressed in black,
picking flowers in the field. She was
the daughter Of the widow Henry. who
suffered cruel death in her own house.
She was aged and an invalid, and when
the full hurricane of the action burst
right round this old shanty, the unfor-
tunate woman was cut all to pieces with
shell, ball and bullets, and the house
itself was torn to flisders; they could
scarcely recognize her body after the
fury OF the fight was over.
The Henry House is now replaced by
a small frame dwelling painted blue,
with end chimneys outside, and in the
ward Of this dwelling stands, in the
open sun, a small monument made of
red limestone, from the banks of the
Bull Run, two miles away; the monu-
ment is about sixteen feet high. and is
capped with a large ritled projectile,
while round the corners of the base
four other cones of stone and exploded
shell are raised, the whole edifice stand
ing upon a mound Of sod which has
given way. so that it is probable the
whole thing will tumble down within a
few wears. A white stone says, in
crudely caryel letters, Honor to the
Patriot Dead But round the monu-
ment are neat little wooden signs on
each OF the four sides, which tell the
story of the surroundings. One says
that near that spot were captured parts
of Gritiins, Ricketts, and other bat
teries. Another 81 On says that Bee,
Barlow and other good officers of both
sides were killed here. Another sign
SAYS that Stonewall Jackson was
wounded hard by, and that here he got
his historic appellation. The fsnrth
sign SAYS that twenty-four Federal
soldiers lie beneath.
The monument ia leaning, from de-
fective foundations. and will soon tum-
h!e down.
The number oil people lost in the lat
tie Of Bull Run attests, and by it equal
ity as well, that it was well main
tanned conflict The rebel killed and
wounded numbered 1851, and fifth Of
them slain. The Federal killed and
wounded were 1892, one-third slain.
These official figures are probably too
low on both sides. About one thousand
persons gave up the ghost on this field.
The Federal loss in all was ten cannons
captured, besides seventeen other
abandoned, and four thousand muskct7
thrown away. Nearly one-thir'l Of the
men aftcrwarl prominent in both
armies fought in the first battle Of Bull
Run as subordinate officers.