Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-02-24
NUMBER 6.

the patriots who Tell at Bull Kun, July
2lst, 1861 with the names Of some OF
the principal officers who fell there, are
painted on boards which are put upon the
monuments. The first fell monument
has fence enclosing a smallspace around
the same. Quite number of peach trees
large enough To bear-have sprung up
on the second field The embankmcnt Of
n railroad, which had been commenced,
protected the rebels in this second battle
field, and caused their stand and fight at
this point.
In General Pope's retreat from Cedar
Mountain, in Culpeppcr county, through
tnis county, pursued by Jackson. A. L.
Hill, Ewcll, Farley, Longstreot, Hood,
Evans. Wilcox, Anderson. Stewards cav
airy, d. r. Jones, and many other rebel
Generals of note, they fought at various
points in this county, viz at Bristow
Station, Manassas Junction, Thorough
fare and Manassas Gaps, Gainesville,
| lIopcwcll Gap in the Bull Run mountains,
Grove on, Greenwich, ana the second bat
tie field near SudIcy. And in The first
struggle under Con- Mcdowell, the great
armies fought OH Bull Run all the way
from Union Mills Ford up said Run TO
Michelrs Ford, Stone Bridge, Sudlcy
Spring Ford, and lastly AT the stone house
battle field. While travelling over these
vast pIains-all might be called a batte-
iield-and seeing tho terrible destruction
necessary to the marching and counter
marching and fighting OF the two great
armies, and thinking of the har,lshps of
all whD composed the Union army. the
suffering and death OF our brave boys
who suffered and died to sustain the Gov
crnmcnl. feel that We owe them debt
OF gratitude which no effort of ours could
repay.
Bull Run takes its name from Bull Run
Mountains, which lie about fifteen miles
west of the battle fields, and about TWEEN.
ty miles from Manassas Junction. Bull
Run is the dividing line between Fairfax
and Loudon counties, on the northeast.
The source of this stream is cold spring
near the top of the Bull Run Mountains;
this top and range OF mountains running
southerly, is The dividing line between
this and Fauquier county. Stafford coun-
ty Join. this on the south; the Potomac
river and Alexandria county is the east,
and is the noi lhcast boundaries of Prince
William county. Ilaymarkct, Greenwich
and Buckland are small villages in tho
upper end of the county. At the latter
place there is woolen factory and
splendid flour mill Mr.. Joe Taylor, who
Iuns little overshot gri't mill on the
head water of Bull Rum told me that in
one OF Gen. SheIidan's raids up through
Faaquier county aud TIL Valley, he went
on to the top OF Bull Run Mountain where
he saw and counted fifty four sets OF farm
buildings in the valley all on fire at tho
same time. The wife OF Mr.. Butler. OF
whom | purchased my farm, was one day
relating their hardships during the wal.
how, after they had lost all their stock
and crops here and were obliged to fee
southwark for more than hundred miles
Tor safety, stopped in Nelson county in
The southern part OF The Stale, where
they rented a farm aud had made crop,
Gen Sheridan, in some of his caval.y
raids, struck them, taking the hay, corn.
grain, meat and every thing necessary
for their men and horses. Mr.. Butler
went to him and begged OF him to leave
something for his large family. and the
many women and children that had been
placed under his care, that he could feed
them during the winter; and when he
saw that they were destroying his farm.
ing tools, he asked Sheridan TO spare them
So that he could make a crop another
wear. Sheridan told him that WAS what
he came out there for, TO destroy every
thing and thus cripple them in every way
he could. She said they cut up their
tools, took or shot their horses, took all
their Tried apples. threw them into apilc
and poured spirits turpcntinc upon them.
Sheridan is called by some of the South
ernors Il Fire Fiend, and Gen. Butler the
Beast. They hate them the most of all
northern Generals.
The Republicans OF this State who went
in with the Convention, in 1869, and elect
ed Walker Governor, got badly cheated,
as that organization is nothing more or
less than the Democratic organization and
party. Notwithstanding Governor Wal
ker's representations to Congress about
his rcpubicanism and the party who elect
ed him, with his and their pretended de.
sire to aid the Government in all just
measures of reconstruction, II they would
admit the State into the Union again.
in all this he (Walke) and the party were
deceptive. He Immediately went over to
the Democratic parry, favoring them in
his appointments and official acts, thus
doing the Republicans and their party all
the injury he could. This conservative
party is cheat and humbug wherever it
shows itself, in all the Southern States,
and is designed to distract and divide the
Republican party and carry them over to
democracy. 1t will take us long time
to overcome our loss in this State Of 1869,
but we shall finally triumph. think we