Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-06-11

Prof. Henry has never left tn
old place. He is a feeble old ma,
now. and very deaf, but alway,
courteous to callers. He reads ana
thinks and broods over the Incl
dents Of that awful time, and sine.
that July day life has not held much
Of interest else. With infinite %.
thence ne has marked every spot on
the whole plantation inside the Hen.
~ bounds with plaeards, showing
where each command stood aud
how the batteries usrs located
where each brave officer fell. and
where the high tide Of blood rolled
deepest.
Ihas ~ - s1IEksd ii oEhsr
hands than his before the close OF
the war. Those Who took part on
the loyal side in that battle erected
monument on the spot where the
lighting was hand to- hand conflict.
1t is Of soft sandstone, found near
Manassas junction, 10 twenty-seven
feet high, including the base, and
stands on an elevated mound. On
each corner is o tall block Of sand
stone, and on each rests conieal
lOO-pounder shell, the top being
surmonnted BY one of the same.
On one side Of the monumen. 10
the inscription 'In Memory OF the
Patriots Who Fell at Bull Run,
July 21, 1881" On the other side,
Erected June 10, 1866" 1t was
constructed by the sixteenth Mas
sachusetts light battery, aud near
ly every surviving officer who fought
in that battle was present ut the
dedication. Envious time has laid
her vandal fingers heavily upon the,
at best. rough memorial stone, and
it is far on the way to tumbling
over, while the soft sandstone will
soon leave Of the inscription saly a
memory. Relic hunters have won-
tonly defaced it, too. It ought to
be renovated before it is toe late.
Hardly o day passes that some
one who fought in the battis Of
Bull Run, or who had friend i'm
it, does not call upon Prof. Henry
and ask to be shown over the battle
ground. He has told the story 80
often that he reels il of like . ma
chine. and il you break in on him
with question it confuses him. and
he has to 60 back and begin ali
over again. lie tells the story we'll,
though, and there isn't much room
for questions, for he covers oil the
ground, IL You just give him O
chance. He will point you to the
exact spot on which Gen. jackson
stood with Stsnnard's battery, when |
Gen. Bee is said to have called TO |
his routed men, "Form 4! Form
See ! There stands jackson like O
stone wall 70
To be sure Jaekson's nephew has
secuted the story, and says it isn't
true, but Prof. Henry believes in IL
firmly, and has the spot 30 marked. |
He will show you where Gen. Bee
fell and was buried, and where Bar
tow fell. Where Col. Campbell
fell when leading his canny Scots
up the plateau, and will point you
Of in the distance where he was
buried, close by the house Of Mr..
Dogan, who lives right there Jet.
He will show you the spot where
Hampton got his wound, and Jack
son and Beaursgard and Imboden
and Col. Fisher. And where Col.
Johnston Of Halnpton's Legion was
killed.
He will point ont to you the
ssRobinson. hoslse, and the ssStone''
house, down in the hollow BY the
Warrenton pike, and the stone
bridge and the site Of Sudley Church,
and the old ford. IL is all historic,
this land. There 10 the old China
house, too, of among the trees; he
will tell you that loyal people live
in it now. These houses don't look
much the worse for wear, either.
A little more moss has gathered on
them. Some patched-up places,
where impertinent shells bit big
holes in them, add to rather than
detrsct from the picturesqueness.
The gently rdnndsd hills are coy-
cred with timber Of good growth,
and Jon scarcely believe that at the
uaatin0 ~ tha armiea thirfv. va