Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-02

The house. which had been destroyed dur
ing the hattie. had since bS'en rebuilt i'll a very
substantial manner of brick The pictures
accompanying this sketch were made from
photographs hv J. X Grarme, photogra
phrr Frvzlcrick>hurg Va
In 1N<i the house was tcnanted by one Bob
Oliver, a nativ" OF the vicinity He was a
man of about - or "a years of age, and to
gcther with his son. Young man Of about
"a. and with the help Of a negro carried on
the farm. They proved TO be very pleasant
T.ople and in the two days | stayed with
them received from them nothing but kind.
ness, and in the evening, sitting ON the porch.
| listened To his stories Of war times with
much pleasure. For some reason or Other
Bob had not been in the army. but ran 4
small farm five or six mile, from ChanCel-
lorsville, and Judging from the accounts Of
Bob and his good WIFE they had rather
lively time of 1t. II he Is TO IL. believed the
ConfederateS were even worse thieves than
the Gankees-auythlng in the shape of
green corn or the contents OF the SmokehouSe
was considered fair game, and horse
was not safe even in the cellar of dwelling
house During the last year of the war this
section Of the country was morr or less eX-
posed to the raiding of both parties The in
habitants were obliged to give up even the
pretense of raising a crop and 70 depend
upon luck for the means Of keeping body and
soul together.
All this reminds me that no matter how
carefully a man may have been reared-no
matter how much trouble may have been
taken TO instill into his mind proper r.
gard for the property rights of Others-once
let him get a uniform coat on his back. and
be seems to lose all conception of mstiin and
fsUm, and TO have no more scrupies about con
fiscating a chicken, an armful Of corn, a hog
or even a horse, than a cat would have over
dining off pct canary bird ! know a man
now living at HYDE Park who stole black
smiths heavy hammer, and the most
notorious forager | ever knew was the
son Of an Episcopal clergyman of Boston.
and besides ! confess. that like the man who
was warning his son of the evil results Of
card playing. speak from experience The
general features Of the battlefield ara about
the same as in lS3 The grounds about the
house, and the opening on the south side OF
the plank road in the direction of Hazel
grove, are still open and devoted to agricul-
ture, and what was forest on the dav of the
battle is forest still As but few of the trees
are of kind valuable for timber. but few
oaks for railroad ties and with the exception
OF few places where the young growth has
crept out into the open, there is no difficulty
in recognizing localities. OF course, the chief
point of interest 10 me was the position ocCu-
pied by Carr's-furmcrlv GrOver's-brigade
10 which belonged, TO the right of the plank
road. and a short distance into the woods |
readily found the spot where | was captured
The two saplings between which
had twisted the barrel Of my mus
ket when capture became certain, had
grown to b. a. large as my thigh;
the ground about was still strewu with such
of the debris a. was not quickly perishable,
such belt plates, buttons and the other
iron portions Of a soldiers kit, and under the
fallen leaves | found more than fifty bullets
in a search OF less han ten minutes. A short
distance in front Of the position held 10y the
First Massachusetts regiment there Is a wood
road leading on to the right. and in the angle
of the two roads stands buwlder about -
feet high; its other dimensions are about p,