The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-24

sight of Sullcv Church. and the old


among the trees he will tell YOU the
loyal people live in it now. These
houses don't look much the worse for
Wear. either \ little more moss has
gathered on them. Some patched-up
places. where impertinent shells bit
bio holes in them. add t. rather than
detract from the picturrsqueness.
The gently rounded hills are cover
ed with timber of good growth, and
You scarcely believe that at the meet
inc of the armies thirtv-tive Years ago
the face of the country WAS swept clean
of trees. Tall and slim and stately
stands the new forest its infancy nur-
turrd bv the blood of thousands of
brave hearts both those who wore the
gray. Where some of these trees
stand Prof. Henry has marked them
monuments to the memory OF Col.
John Slorum and Major Ballou and
brave Col. Hoggcrty of the Irish reg
ment.
He will point the exact spots where
ColS. Hunter, lIcintZleman. Wilcox,
Gilman. Martini, Wood. Farnham,
Corcoran and Henry W. Slocum got
their wounds. SO many brave men Of
this battle have become famous since!
He will point YOU out the Leachman
house in the distance. Beauregard'S
headp uarterS for Il time, one of the
typical old southern homesteadS. where
Il hospital WAS made for the Sich and
wounded. And he will say Il solid
shot shows up in one corner Of it. He
will tell YOU about how disease carried
they were buried down in the Young
orchard. and time ctfaccd every sign
of graves.
And how. twenty-five Years atteI-
Yards, some northern people. lady,
,or one, stopped at this hoSpitahle hon
for some days. and got to telling Il EN-
of a wavwarl son who ran away from
home. and the last they heard of him
he WAS in this battle. They tell her
of the unfortunate dead. buried down
in the orchard. and suggested that in
| i, hnp hnr
died. And then they all talk. and llk, ,
till hope springs up i'll the mothers
hungry heart. and hope grows into
conviction The old cnlorcd Servitor
| who buried the dead is sent for. and
| told To find the ohlitrrated graves. if
possible. He dies. and digs. for weeks,
| till almost the whole surface of the or
| clard. now full OF grown trees. is turn
eel up with his spade. But one day he
| struck an obstruction. and then anoth-
er. and ut last from the bodies taken
up one WAS identified. and the precious
dust sent to rest in the ancestral ceme-
| terry, among northern pines. And that
is but one OF the thousands of fromances
of the war.
Fair and peaceful rs the ''llappy
Valley" might he looks this battlefield
to-day. but if that tair country had
tongues for each soul set free there in
|
| the two battles fought within thirteen
mont hs of each other it could a tale
unfold that would rival that of Ham,
lets ghost.
"On to Richmond" was the popular
war cry of the north, and ''on to Rich
mond" Mcdowell undertook to 90. He
got as far as Manassas, twenty seven
miles southwest. and met with Il seri-
ouS obstruction. his forces. numbering
about - 1000, being met up with by
the opposing forces Of the C"nteder-
ates, under Beauregard numbering
nearly $4,000. In the conflict that fol
! lowed the loss WAS rs follows:
Federal-SiNtren officers and "A
enlisted men killed: IS officers and
l,O4G enlisted men wounded: 30 officers
and .262 enlisted men missing: -
pieces of artillery and large quantity
of small arms.
Confederate - Twenty-Five officers
and 362 enlisted men killed: 6:5 officers
and | .5l9 enlisted men wounded: of
iiccr and - enlisted men missing.
Bull run Wa, called Il Confederate
victory. 1t certainly WAS Il Federal
route. There are many people living
in Washington to-day who rode out to
tn, scene of battle. confidently expect
el Il Union victory. Society women,
arravcd rs if for a coaching party.
went mrrriiv off to see their bluc-coat-
ed officers pluck laurcls a~ one gathers
daiSe~ from the field. They remained
long enough to see them vainlv try to
rally the demoraliZcd forces. and then
themselves form Il part of the panic
stricken mob which went back to
Washington.
Willie (Studying his lessons )-S Say,
Pa where does the Hudson rise
Pa (hcsitating) u don't know ex-
actly.
Willip-I ou don't just think of it
-to-morrnw the trachcr'll lick me like
haze> on account of Your Ignorance.
Il am :" glad the small sleeves are
coming back. he said earnestly.
But Why" she asked.
Il can sit So much nearer YOU, dear
est"