The National tribune., 1885-05-21
the lines down the Telegraph road, reached
SpottsYlyania Court house
1T BEING COURT DAY,

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the lines down the Telegraph road, reached
Spottsylvania Courthouse.
1T BEING COURT DAY,
q large number of people were attending court.
Quite display of horses and cattle-blooded
stock-were tied to the fences. Seemingly,
court day is holiday with the people in that
section. One of the amusing scenes during the
day was the sale Of the meanest- looking horse
one ever saw by Auctioneer LINDSAY Iyles, who
started him off with
Here you are, a good horse; not roadster
nor a runaway, but slayer; and if he don't
stay as long as any horse before bale of hay,
then I'll never eat any mo- corn dodgers"
Finally he got a bid at S7.75, and knocked
him down.
While at the Courthouse Mr. Brandie II.
White of Fredericksburg, showed me medal,
about the size of silver half dollar. on which
was engraved the following: albert Rogers.
Co. G, 10Th Mass. Vols" He says he picked it
up at Maryes Nights and is anxious that it be
returned to its original owner or relatives. AT
the Courthouse there are few stores, Jail,
two churches, and what we found to be a first
class country hotel, kept by Pennsylvania
from Lycoming County, named S. L. Shade,
who set up what the boys called "a square
meal" and did it in good style. We found him
to be pleasant and accommodating man, well
liked in that section. The hotel. with $40 acres
of land, Mr.. Jno. Hayden, of Fredericksburg.
executor of the estate, wanted to sell us for
$4,000. AS we didn't have quite that amount
along " it warn't no SALE"
While here, we shook hands with one of the
old bOys-T. Hardinburg, 9th Pa, from Wayne
Co., Pa.-now doing business at Partlows, Va,
who spoke highly of the people in that section.
AS we drove into the Courthouse we noticed
several very fine farms, which our boss driver
(Rasberry) pointed out as Northern mems
plantations. They seem to be prosperous, and
from the vast tracts Of land belonging TO estates
going to decay, there is plenty of room for
more energetic people from the North; and,
from the expressions we found while down
there, know that the people would welcome
them We drove down to the McCoul farm,
where the heaviest fighting around Spottsylva-
MIA occurred, and wandered along the lines to
what is known as
THE BLOODY ANGLE.
A house has been recently built by Eddie Lam
drum at this hotly- contested point. He was
IL years of age at the time of the action, and
remembers, on returning home after the fight,
of seeing hundreds of the dead of both sides,
lying within few feet of each other unburied.
1t was at this point that the infantry fire was
so severe as to cut down a large oak tree by the
bullets; part of the trunk of the tree is now at
the War Department, and part is now on exhi-
bition in store at Fredericksburg, which lat
ter we had the pleasure of seeing on our return
to town, through the kindness of our friend
Coleman.
Mr.. Landrum we found very pleasant gen.
tleman, who passed along the lines pointing out
the old works Canteens, bullets, grape, tin
cups, etc., are lying around in quantities, so we
had harvest of relics. Returning to the
Courthouse, with hearty Yankee cheers for
the good people of Spottsylvania, and old reb
yells (by request) from the crowd, big John
Lewis, of Pegram's battery &c. S. A., calling
on the people to give the boys in blue good
send Eve parted the best of new found friends.
Passing through Alsop's farm, we found the
spot where
GEN. JOHN sEDGwICK WAS KILLED.
The spot being marked by stone-the query
occurring to me, if it would not be the proper
thing for the survivors of the old Sixth Corps
to erect something more appropriate than
headstOne. Wake up! Gen. Mcmahon; call the
boys up for their subscriptions, and have the
thing done.
We drove along the Brock road through the
Wilderness, and it's the same old tangled place.
The old breastwOrks can be traced. some we'll
preserved. Passing Stevensons Store, Todds
Tavern, Wilderness Church, and then down the
Plank road, past the spot where Stonewall
Jackson was killed, the place being marked by
a large stone; and We here thought that the
old Confeds should wake up and erect some
thing more suitable to the memory of their
great tanker. Soon W. urew up at the Chan
cellorsville House. The old brick homestead
is now occupied by T. F. Jenkins. of the 9th
Va. Cav; its walls in being repaired, are
pierced with shells to mark the spots struck.
Mr.. Jenkins was glad to meet u.s. and gave
very interesting descriptions of the surround
ings, especially as to Jackson's attack below
the house, on the right; the charge of the sth
Pa Cav. down the road, and the checking of
Jacksons charging columns by the reserve ar
tillery on the heights. Col. Maurice Pagan,
10Th Pa. Cav, one of our party, recognizing. as
we drove along the woods many old landmarks
where he had secuted. On our way in we
stopped at
SALEM NIGHTS.
Here was where the Sixth Corps stopped on its
way to Richmond, May 3, 4 and 5, 1868. and
" Mars Robert"-as they love to call him down
here-made it lively for Sedgwick to re-cross
the river through the defensive of Hooker at
Charlottesville; but the old man got across
" alice samee," with ,45O prisoners, five battle
flags and nine pieces of artillery, losing 1000
killed and wounded and only one piece of corps
forge. The old log school house.
which was captured by the Yankees and re-