Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-21

cou agmeut to his troops and in rain OF b1l.
ts he runs fofward. saying to scms sho ale
" tn hin.
"There is Jackson. andin9 like . stone
| wal' Instantly thereafter Bee smites bis
breast, add stumbling, falls backward npon
emp Of bfiirs. To and fro across his body
! fly the bits of lead regiment meets regiment 10
| tic,cs charge and the thick of the fight is 90.
A iczen rocks 10 tho midst of tangle of pine
bush mark the spot wnero Bee died. aud . few
steps distant similar mound designstes tho
place OF Bartoe's isll.
MAY ask you what has become of the hall
! in your hoasc2" said General Sherman to MIR.
HeDry.
"rhe house had to be rebuilt" Was the re.
ply, "aad it vas ramodcet."
II ihcusLs 20" said Sherman. with grim
srlie. 81 was in that hall, but it got too hot
for NE"
l. IS cot pleasant for the gentleman who,
With sa aged sistsE, made deaf ty the battle
aud 30 reNsiricg uoT, occupies the Henry
uatslou 20 rell Of tho fighting 10 and around
The houso. 10 the graveyard erove is tomb
st1ne with the description, judith Henry"
killed near ibis spot by the explosion Of shells
10 her !we!'l:& during the bate co the 2lst Of
july, 1861. When killed she was in ber S5th
yesr and coo6ncd 10 her bed by iuirnites of
fse. Her husband, Dr. Isaac Henry, Was
surgeon Ia toe United States Nayg, on board
ihe f:iSste Constellation.
When the artillery began to rock the hill
aud shot osms teariag .hrl ugh the house Mrs.
Her1y's invalid son TOOK his mother 10 his arms
aod bore her ao.asa the field down The bill to
sheltered place Two dsus hters of the house
followed. When the tide of bpttle momentari.
y rolled away to the right the party returned
to tho house. but scarcely had they reached the
laRn when 6e,osr st,rn than ever oiroled
around. Mrs. Henry Was SHOT 10 several
PLACES, ono OF tho daughters wss made deaf for
life and the terrible shccx hsstened the son's
death. Great locust trees that then stood
around the lawn were broken Oft sDd swept
down, aud from their sunps the lesser locusts
oos staoding have groHp 10 grove of these
trees. On gtsss covered mtuad in the rear Of
the house, IS monument Of rough red granite,
whereon sre scratched the names of visiting
veterans. The shaft is capped with she!s. one
OF which was hurled bg Long Ton" from
Fairfax Heights rsr ao.os6 Bull Ruo. Though
the monument was Iu up by Uolon soldiers,
thr bnoes of 6vu ConteG .tates are buried be-
uesth, Pushing aside soue holIyhocts, now in
flower erouod tho mcnnd. vas able to road
he icscriptiop: IN Menory Of the Patriots
Rno fl! st Ru!! Run, July 2lst, 1861 With
tau. reiu0 :h9 diver eL his horses Gown
Lho farm road issitag fTou thu Diateau, aud
oIOssi1x Youux's B:sach, ws ene,g,d upon
the " arsrntoo pike. TIA Stone Rous, known
TO history still stsuds 4. he inteYs cion of the
Suyl Spriogs sai Warreutoa roads aud We
drsok tr9m the ssmo wi Wkeacs thirsty hun
dtnis draa refre reshioe drsu3hts twenty yesfs
ago. From the S,ooa House aidns tho plks to
,he siorc bridge across Bul Rua it is long
mile. the read being up bill aud dowo and twics
across th" rivuet
Tho .nkeeS fetroatod along ,h!sr1sd after
The 6ghl,cg On the Henry farm.
"rno b:iig, looks old, but stead'ast. A wall
Of stone is oa either sds aud the roadbed %
the bridge is OF red clay jus. as 90 thu pike
itssf. rhu stream that passes under the bridge
is now narrow and sluggish. bu. a rain stoem
seods tho waters roaring dowa bstwaeo the
tish walls ef red rock sud the dry uldergrlw,b
ct summer it, the ruu's raco track ,s freqaentlg
submerged. To the east ;s Fairfax oouoty.
filed uDoo this sid, with 6sds and thick woods,
in .he depths OF which the bones of msn aud
horses arc fou1d to this dsv. To tho west.
alnng tho rond thst took u3 thther. stretch the
uodustiug lands of Prue, Wuilan couuty.
rDiUgs are somssha. dosoate at tho bridge,
but It is a uovsty to sit on the soue buttrtss
aud read OF wars deadly doinrs who from the
dsGk Srsss aad dark water boloS tho bull frog
mock1 tba d.um. q. NJ"