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

monuments TO the memory Of Col.
John Ssocnm and Major Ballou and
brave Col. lIoggrrty OF the Irish
regiment.
He viii paint the exact spots
where Coils. Hunter. Heintzleman.
Wilcox. Gilman. Martin. Wood.
Farnham, Corcoran and Henry ".
Siocum got their wounds. So many
brave men Of this battle have he.
come famous since lie will point
you out the I.eachman house in the
distance, Beauregard's headqnart-
ers for time, one OF the typiosl
old southern homesteads, where =
hospital was made for the sick and
~onnded A'.Ansi n eIIl a4y tl.at :
solid shot stili shows up In one COR
ner Of il. He will tell You about
how disease carried of several Of the
boys in blue, and they were buried
down in the young orchard. and
time effaced every sign Of graves.
And how. twenty-five years after.
wards, some northern people, lady,
for one, stopped at this hospitable
home for some days. and got to tel
ling them Of a wayward 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 suggest that in some such man
ner her son may have died. And
then they oil talk. aud talk, till
hope springs mp in the mothers
hungry heart, and hope grows into
conviction. The old colorcd seryi-
tor who barred the dead is sent for.
and told 10 lad the obliterated
graves, il possible. He digs, and
digs, for weeks, till almost the
whole surface of the orchard, now
full OF grown trees, ia turned mp
With his spade. But one day he
struck an obstruction, and then an
other. and ut last from the bodies
taken up one was identified. aud the
precious dust sent to rest in the an
cestral cemetery. among northern
pines. And that is bat one OF the
thousands Of romances Of the war.
Fair and peaceful as the "Happy
Valley" might be looks this battle
field today, but il that fair country
had tongues for each soul set free
there in the two battles fought
within thirteen months OF each 9TH
er it could tale unfold that would
rival that of Hamlet's ghost.
"On to Richmond" was the pop
ular war cry Of the north, and con
to Richmond" Mcdowell under-
took to 60. He got as far as Man
assas, twentv-seven miles south
west, and met with serious OBJ
his forces, numbering
about 1000, being "met mp with"
by the opposing forces of the Con-
federates. under Beauregard. num-
bering nearly $4,000. In the con-
fict that followed the loss was as
follows
Federal-Sixteen officers and 444
enlisted men killed; 7S officers aad
1,046 enlisted men wounded; so
officers and 1,262 enlisted men mis-
sing; 25 pieces OF artillery and o
large quantity Of small arms.
Confederate-Twenty- five officers
and 362 enlisted men killed; 63 of
ficers and 1919 enlisted men woun-
ded; l officer and 12 enlisted men
missing.
Bull Run was called Confeder-
ate victory. ltcertsinly was Fed
eral roat. There are many people
living 10 Washington today Who
rode out to the scene Of battle, con-
fidently expecting Union victory.
Society women, arrayei as IL for o
coaching party. went merriIy on 10
see their favorite blue-coated OFF,
GERS pluck laurels as one gathers
daises from the field. They re-
mained long enough TO see them
yainly try to rally the demoralized
forces, and then themselves formed
. part OF the panic-stricken mob
which fled back to Washington.
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