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

ed ruin, and his mother WAS dead.
When the older came to open fire, it
WAS so hastily given that the Confed
rates. who held the Henry house, gave
no thought to its inmates. and the
frightened women w;re left alone in
the center of the field with the entilad-
mo fire of heavy batteries from both
sides of the conflict raking their resi-
dence from front and rear, from right
flank aud left. 1t was a cruel thing to
leave them thus, for there was abso-
lntely no mode of escape.
The poor bedriddcn old lady and her
daughter crawlcd into the bic wide fire
| place. but the bricks and morter knock
ed off by flying bullets fell upon them
and drove them back.
Then Mrs. Henry asked to he car
! .ie,l to a small lavinc close to tn
| house. where it :ncmcd to her he burst
ING shell might fly over and leave her
in peace. Vain hope. She was injur-
ed awhile being carried down, and
struck while there. Terrified. she beg
ged to he taken back again. and was
scarcely laid upon her bed when a
bursting shell wounded her cruelty in
the side Thirteen times she was
wounded and torn by balls and splint-
cred shells before death cut her tor
ment short The daughter WAS not
wounded seriously.
Prof. IIcnry'> first sad duty was to
bury his mother. You can see the
grave to-day. close 10y the house. with
its tall. white slab Sacred to the men,
orv of Judith Henry" the first woman
killed in the war of the States. Close
beside her lies her daughter You
have to push the briar roses aside to
find the graves, roses rs red a. the
blood of the martyr. and roses rs white
rs the pure purpose of her life.
Prof Henry has never left the old
place He is Il feeble old man now.
and very deaf. but always courteous to
callers. He reads and thinks and
hroodS over the incidents OF that awful
time, and since that July day life has
not held much of interest else. With
infinite patience he has marked every
spot on the whole plantation inside the
Henry bounds with placardS, showing
where each command stood and how
the batteries were located. where each
brave officer fell. and where the high
tide of blood rolled deepest.
That spot was marked by other
hands than his before the close of the
war. Those who took part on the 10y
nj side in that battle erected a mon,l-
mcnt ON the spot where the fighting
was a hand to hand conflict. 1t is of
soft sandstone. found near Manassas
Junction. is twentv-seven feet high, in
Guiding the base, and stands on an ele-
waited mound. On each corner is a tall
block of sandstone. and ON each rests a
conical l0o-pounder shell. the top be
inc surmounted by one of the same.
On one side of the monument is the
inscription ''In Memory the Patriots
Who Fell at Bull Run. July u. 1861.
On the other side "Ercctcd June 10
1860. 1t was constructed bv the six
tecnth Massachusetts light battery
and nearly every surviving officer who
fought in that battle was present at the
dedication. EnviouS time has laid hel
vanda 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 o
the inscription only Il memory. Relic
hunters have wantonlv drlaccI it. too
1t ought to he renovated before it is
too late
Hardly day passes that some ON,
who fought in the battle of Bull Run
or who had friend in it. do not cal
upon Prof Henry and ask to he showl
over the battle ground. He has toll
the story 50 often that he reels it of
like :; machine and if YOU break in OF
him with Il question it contu~eS him
and lie has to 90 back and begin I'll
over again. He tells the story well
questions. for he covers all the ground
+. if You Just give him Il chance He vii
point YOU to the exact spot on whicl
Gen. jackson stood with Stannard'
battery. when Gen. Bee is said to hav,
called to his routed men. Form. Form
See. There stands jackson ike a >ton,
wall.'.
TO he sure JacNSon'S nephew ha,
secuted the story, and saws it ISM
true. but Prof Henry believes in i,
firmly and has he spot 50 marked
He will show vou where Gen. Bee ttl
and WAS burird.rnd where B ,rtow fell.
Where Col. Campbell fell when lead
Ing rannN Scots upon the plateau. ane
Will point N"n oil i'll the distance whrr,
he WAS buried. close hv the house o
:. MIR. png:n. who lives RIGHT there Vet
Hampton got his wound. and jackson
and Braurcgard and Imhodrn and Col
Fisher. And where Col. johnson OF
Hampton Legion was killed.
lie will point out to YOU the Rob
inSon house. and the stone" house
down iii the hollow 10y the Warrentol
pike, and the stone bridge and the