Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-01
a Little Girls Visit to aattle Fields OF
Manassas.

To the Editor OF the Alexandria Gazette;
Itycu will allow u,e little space III yCu'
goya uaper will give Sou ehors accouns
~ Ky visit over nat his!ositai. plsc @he'e
60 u.Gug good men nave !cst their Nv g.
Jusl thiuk readers, OF The men that ataTtsd
out IN the army fighting wth their fellow
ciiZsue that have never reiufhed 10 their
Aou.es on ealth, but we hope TO thelr hoines
la heaven, ~ mere Lnefe Wilde no more soito"'
During tho pas. summer VlslteO eGe p!aSe
have lust mectioBed above, 10 Company
WITH 81 lne OF 10y ifieLcs. sloed upoa The
ye!y rpDt where General SloDewa!i Jackson
aui army tell baCs ana rested over one
night. Since che wax handsome bonse
mas peen ballt on the battle field and lnhs0.
led by soine OF the most inIiniato filenGs vi
uine: aud 1t was ID Tue yard OF these irlends
thal s.ood upon the resting spo5 OF mat
famous Gensial Gnd dis aluy. lac place
is nsG.ea ''Jackson'o Rsss," Ia nis honos.
Just ~ laluA that % yeafs nave pAesed slnt 3
Qen. Robert G. Leo, the greatest 9enerai
next 10 Washington, surrendered bis afmy
| AZ Ap0onlottox Court House near the James
:iyer in Virgiu'0. /. ID eli new 10
ma as stt iy history and study
about go many that have not lived 10
tell the rising generation oi that battle, nol
oniy that me out &l of the rest.
| OF COURSE, you could not expect ns TO tell
you anything about tae war except what
| have sludieG in history, bee Auss aul :'y
school-erl abooi IA years Old. OGe OF the
inmates of lie new house. found silver
haii-doiiar under tree not long ego sup
posed 10 have bean lost by some OF the men
10 time OF the &ar. II was very little WorD !;
only had slight cut across IL and vas bent
little. Except that, ii was a. good as eyer.
saw some OF ,bs old canteers and car-
non balls that had been used In the battle.
| I also visited the Henry hou5e-not tho OLD
oDa that stoud in time OF the War, but neW
one that hiss been erected since. Ihe oio
o:.e vas go shattered by caapon-bEils thGt IL
mad 10 be taken down. AT one enG OF tue
house staadc aD Old stump OF Tree Thai Is
filed with balls. And IN the DacK yaro
stands 9 monument. The grave OF ole Mfs.
Henry Is in the front yard. She was STUCK
bv one of the cannon balls Ind killed, IN the
84th year OF her age Her daughter f,s
died since and is buried by her mother.
The house is Inhabited By her son enc hls
nephew Ia the house Is seen PIC
lures OF all of the southern generals
and their men, and also the picture OF MIS-.
Henry'S husband which has been taken
hundred years Mr. Henry TOOK great
deai OF pleasure In eooWins ns the oinereht
things, and extend many lhanss for lie
kiudness. R ade,s, ic lime there will be cns
of tho most handsome Monuueais erected on
that battle field that has been known 10
America and pefn&ps 10 the world; We do
not know aow soon 1t will be; IL may not
occur In cur lie tine, buC yet 1t will be.
Every day people visit that battle field from
different parts of the United States. could
tell sou great deal more, but my space
will not allow ne. and consequently @lIl
close Respectfully. r
MATTE r. Fish
Jo,So,, c,,,,v Oct oS