The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

with hero aud there vostiges of q wall.
Even the battery on Coles Hill has been
plowed level. Gen. Hays was camped
at the Stout house. one-third of a milo
south of Hausborough's, on which place were
some fine springs also; aud Gen. Webb must
have been camped in the vicinity, as ! have
often heard BlucheT HansborOugh speak of
him very highly before his death. Miss Betty
Hansborough and Miss Ella Gordon lived with
their father aud mother. the son, William. be-
ing away in the Confederate army. Poor
Bucher died almost in need. OF his vast
estates naught was left him but the house and
a couple of hundred acres of land, and this only
during the lifetime Of his wife who survives
him. Horse racing and chicken-fghting made
vast inroads into his possessions, while indors-
ing for his neighbOrs plunged him down the
precipice.
Melton is in sight TO the east Fitzhugh's
place, occupied by John Jacobs, and Mt its base
is Carricos, or Melton Mill, on Mountain Run.
Almost north, on another knoll, was Bob Cole
mans place, north of the run, where he resided
with his family, and near which the Bucktails
were camped, as have seen them when going
10 the commiSsary. On the rocky ridge there
are thousands of ehimneys still standing, aud
the company lines can be traced by the tent
chimneys.
In all this country camped over. we find that
when the camps were IN cultivated ground the
rock or brick chimneys were torn down aud
hauled off the fields; but when the camps
were in the woods the chimneys still stand,
weatherod down or partly knocked down. but
otherwise undisturbed. Thus IL is on the Sand
Spring ridge, which runs from Hansborough's
over 10 my house,
SOME OF THE cHTMSEys STAND
almost perfect. Others have brush piled upon
them as blinds 70 shoot turkeys from, as the
game has been quite plentiful in this section
aar Ia 4
reduced from want Of capital aud labor.
Berry Hill. mile beyond, or northeast of
Carrico's Mill, on the estate of Col John Thorn,
north Of Mountain Run, was occupied for
time by his sister until the Fcderais came
when she abandoned the place. Then the fur.
niture was carried of 10 camps, or scattered
among the poor families in the County, an
equalization taking place as at Capt. Tayl0rs.
The 1ne library was carried off also. and after
the grand army moved there was moro furni-
ture and literature scattered through Chinqua-
pin Neck and the surrounding country than
had ever been heard Of in those parts before.
Col. Thorn was the richest slave-owner In all
this section, and bred and raised slaves for the
Southern market. lie lived ignally at Haw-
vile, west Of Berry Hill, until after the de-
mise Of his first wife, when he erected the
Berry Hill house for his second, daughter Of
the gentleman after whom MayO's Bridge. in
Richmond, was named His second wife he
buried at Hawyille, with space between her
and the other one for himself lie erected
tombstones over them, but lie now lies between
them with no monument AT his head. The
fences and walls are all gone from around this
graveyard, hut bulbous plants and crcepers
grow aud bloom annually in the untended
cemetery. Thousands Of Union soldiers visit
ed this spot during the war, and camped
all around 10, but the graves we're not desc
Grated nor the tombst0nes injured.
Then back on the south side Of Mountain
Run were George Hamilion's aud Billy Redd's
The former had young family, bat Seth aud
Lindsey Redd were in the Confederate army
Isabella Redd and her sister. Mrs. KempcT,
! lived with their parents. John Turner lived
| at the crossroads aud had a growing family.
Returning from HansborougL's along the
Sand Spring Ridge, through the camp Of the
Carl ribaldis past the two lines Of breastworks
aud the signal station, we could gaze down on
the First Brigade camped 20 the left hand or
east, close by the Sand Springs which was once
great Wing barbecue ground, where ! have
seen oxen roasted whole and hundred couple
dancing on the grass 10 the music Of three OF
four fddles propelled by sturdy Africans.