The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-03-29

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MEG XSNss furnished the
kWM following M
OK .cresting incl
H dents:
On that mem
crable Sabbath day--July 2ls,, 1861
-thirty-two years ago, the Henry
mansion was occupied by Mrs. Judith
Henry, her daughter and two sons.
Mrs. Henry was then eighty.five years
old and bedridden from nge and in
trinity. She was the daughter of Lou
den Carter, ST.. and was born within a
mile of where she now lies buried. Her
husband, DR.. Isaac Henry, was the son
of Hugh Henry, one of the founders OF
the First Presbyterian Church of Phil
adclphia, and conspicuous patriot IN
the Revolution. DIR. Henry was
sergeant on board the United states
frigatc, Constellation, command.d by
Commodore Truxton, which captured
the French fligute La Insurgeante, and
hnd conflict with In Vengeance.
10 go back to the scene Of our story,
on that summer day, l. was around
Mrs. Hcnry's home that the battle rag
ed in all its glory. General Bee and
Colonies Carter and Fischer were kill
cd close to her door and inside her
yard. Griflin's Battery was lost and
retaken three times in II hand 10 hnnd
fight, There every gunner was killei,
regiment after regiment coming tn its
rescue, determined never tn yield their
guns. There Tyler, IIcintzelman and
Hunter with their divisions battled
from dawn to dusk. In the intense
heat of that summer day, many who
went forth to- fight were overcome in
half an hour and compelled to fall
back in the shade, dying from sheer
exhaustion, their tongues hanging
out and their faces black as coal. The
bodies of the young and brave lay
thickly strewn over the lawn, which
was 80 covered with blood that it re-
scmbled crimson carpet, while
wounded horses galloped madly over
tho bodies OF the dead and dying,
frantic with pain. The bands were
scattered some attending to the wound
ed while others sought shelter in the
thickets from the storm of shot and
she'll. There were nearly 10000 en-
gagged in this butchery all over the Bull
Run plateau.
when Ellen Henry and her brother
Jaw that their house was becoming tho
centre ofthe battlefield for the con
tending forces, they carried their
mother To "A rovine some distance from
the house, thinking she would be safer
there. As the battle progressed, how
ever. and shot and shell fell fast around
them, they took Mrs. Henry back to
The house end placed her in bed again.
The house was soon transformed into a
hospital and Mrs. Henry died among
the wounded and dying soldiers,killed
by the bursting of shell in her room.
Her daughter never left her bedside,
and although the house wos pierced
through and through, both the son
and daughter miracu'ously escaped.
In the anxiety for their mother they
seemed to lose all fear for their own
safety.
That that estimable old lady, who
| had spent almost century of peace
full Christian life in this secluded spot,
| should die in the midst of such a bat
tie, wounded three times by siiots fly
ing through her room, seems strange
| dispcnsation of Providence. Yet even
amidst the din of battle, and the
groan. ofthe dead and dying, the aged
sufferer lived to say that her mind
was tranquil and that she died in
peace, a peace that the roar Of battle
and the horrors of death could no,
disturb.
The house, after the battle; was pill
laged and left in ruins--the grounds
which had been the scene of two great
battles had not the vestige of house
or ience upon it at the close of thu
war,
There now stands upon the ground
a small frame house, in front of which
are the grave and monument OF
Mrs. Henry, with the following in
scriptioa;
| The GRAVE or Our DEAR MorHER,
JUDITH HENRY,
KILLED NEAR TINS Sror ny The EXrLcslo
OF A SHE'LL,
| Is HER DwELLtNG,
DURING THE BATTLE or JULY -lsT. 1861
WHEN KILLED,
she WAS ~ HER EIGHY-FtrrH YR,T,
AND CONFINED To Her Ben BY
THE INFIRNIriEs OF AGE
WILLIAM II. HENRY. in Blue and Graz
Philadelphia.
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