Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-01

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den. Andrews, James r. Fl end
staff beaded The Maryland disIns
Col. Presson Chew, Of Jeie nbnnk
ty. Va, and aids rode IN is uf Aks
Virginia lroeps. Fret The glan5
troops. Co. BuFgywns fsall Aae and
drum corps next carsage en aining
Mrs. Jackson and daughieF
Geo. Savage of Balsimore 49,
Holiday. Mayor fsairobes
q Winchester. Spsa
Conrad. meshbers ogthe Matylana Line,
members of the Society OF AFnly and
Navy Of the Confederate States # Ma-
ryland. Capt. McHenFy Howaf then
Virginia infantry, Capt. Bur9 J. and
two batteries OF artillery with cdssons,
the CROWD pressing on. III Ger. Nal
roy had encountered such crgEds 10
Winchester. he would not have gotten
out so quickly--his exit wonld have
been somewhat retarded. Out Il Mar
ket into Main Street, which seemed 10
be the business part oil the town, near
| lY all The houses were literally covered
with bunting. flowers and eveEsreens.
TayIor's Ho.el looked like fairy pa
vilion. Across from this Hotd was q
string Of blue and white guidot. each
bearing letter, the whole speil'ag Ma-
ryland and Virginia. "A banneg in The
centre with letters Of gold bore the in
scriptiou "Twin Sisters Yellow and
black were The prevailing colof6 An-
other banner near by, made OF slae silk
and gold, with the Inscription Mary
land, my Maryland. Many ,%bouses
bore the words Welcome, Virginia
and Maryland" /" Maryland, mJ Mary
land The letters ofthese inscriptions
were made of green and national cot
ors. The military, dignitaries, and
greater part Of the crowd parasled lhe
different sheets before they hsFmally
enteredthe cemetery. s-----
A lady friend whom accompanied
suggested that we cut across aid go to
I;he cemetery before The crowd 30 as to
get a place near the yelled moHH-
ment. We soon came to Mount He-
bron cemetery AT the enhance is
the. ruins Of an old church, " ID dead
and dying Lombardy poplars a und it.
Mount Hebron cemetery is asclosed
with a stone fence. The Sapnewal
cemetery Is in ahe larlher end % Eaci
: %e0asvEEsa ats<SsS - 1sTUns s5g ~ it7ury' .
is the burial ground of the ci
Winchester. We passed down the cen.
trail aisle OF the former. On either side
are well kept graves, lovely flowers
weeping willows, shady paths, hand.
some ratings and handsomer marble
tombs, some battered and broken by the
whizzing shot and screaming shell dur
ing the war.
After passing through this beautiful
city OF the dead, we came to the saddest
scene OF all, the graves OF the silent
sleeping soldiers, with their simple
wooden head boards. Some few have
marble. The only boundary between
the two cemeteries are wooden posts
painted white, with white shields anC
black letters bearing the inscription
"StoDe wall Cemetery" FIRST sough
the dead of my native State, particular.
~ the grave ofthe playmate ofmy child.
hood, one OF the cherished companion,
Of my youth, brave, generous, Ell.
ward Waring, friend of my earlier days
As | stood by your grave and museC
over the past, saw you gallant, dash
ing, blue-eyed, iair-haired boy in the
halls of your noble ancestors, surround
ed By mother, father, sisters and broth.
ers so happy and joyful. Little did
think, alter . lapse OF twentytyears,
should see your grave in the Bosom o
old ViTginia--a brave soldiers grave
| infhe care and keeping of the pure anC
lovely. women of the South, aided b
her brave sons! As looked around OF
that band ol true women, Who bar
placed on every soldiers headboard al
evergreen wreath. Isaw on their faces
as il inscribed by an angel hand, a higl
resolve, sre riH keep their graves green
and when we pass away our children
children win inhertouF spirit and cher.
ish our inheritance. Oar Belored Dead
In the centre of the group II Mary
lands braves stan&sg Snonu
ment, of which 80 sd
by. There are buried u four
ieea MaFyla8deF~, two ircsn e aEary'
county Edward tYafi1a aud r II, JOY
Most aof the MARYLAND ssoldi1Fs hav,
marble head aud foot stones, with tHei
names aud company inscribed 81 them
Buried BY Ned WaFing i . young Rich
ardson. whoswas killed al Marainsburg
West Va. The former was killed \
Cedar Creek. | think, though she toni
dont say, Edward Waring ! grave ~
nearly covered with Iiowers---one iaFe,
bouquets was sent from Frederick, I'D
This spot vas - handsomely decorate,
as any, with the exception Df.tbe Ash
by brothers grave "A II Of the rnound,
were nicely soddeJ- / pIucked soid,
grass ard flowers from the grave Of %,
/ friend. Don I thinkitvaBdaiism, Messrs
Editors, for i hfongha them home 10 ~
mother. There are three marble mon
umenss 10 the cemetery, one to The un
known dead, one I'd Virginia's faIleE
sons and one 10 our Maryland boys
III the other States, fwefve In nun
| Der, who have dead buried heres bavs
wooden shafts about fifteen feet high
painted white. with the names Of III.
States and number Of dead on then
painted in black letters.
H00den m0aumenfs 10 brare sparyi0rs
So touching ntheir poverty. they tot.
The sid. sad story Of the dire destruc
| ion that swept over this land Of ours
whpn The weak ansl few were agev