Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-06-10
Saint Maru's Beacon
GRAVES OF THE wAR LEADERS.

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charge across Burnside's bridge at
Antietam. Later he commanded a
division in the Ninth Corps, and
led it into the smoking pit of the
celebrated crater after the explo-
sion of the mine at Petersburg.
General William +. Bartlett, anoth-
er hero of the crater battle, 10 bur-
led ct Pittsaeld, Mass. Bartlett
Jed a brigade into the crater, and
one Of his companions, hearing the
thnd Of bullet striking him in the
leg, offered to assist him to place
Of safety. "Oh. never mind, /"
said Bartlett, cit was only my
wooden leg" Admiral James A..
Winslow's grave is in Forest Hills
Cemetery, Boston.
The little town of Lexington,
Va, holds the ashes OF Robert T..
Lee and Stonewall jackson. The
chieftain is entombed in the chap
oil of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, and his great field marshal
sleeps in the town cemetery.
Richmond's noted Cemetery,
Hollywood, is commonly supposed
to hold the bodies of many noted
Confederates, but such is not the
case. The most distinguished SOL
dier buried there is Jeb Stuart, who
was cut down almost at the gates
Of Richmond by bullet from the
carbine Of one OF Colonel Russell
Ayers Michigan troopers. Gen
eral George +. Pickett is also bur.
led at Hollywood. In ground known
as the Hill plot, near Westbrook
aud close to Richmond, lies the
body Of General A. Z. Hill.
Gen. Joseph 4. johnson is buried
in Greemount Cemetery, Baltimore.
Gen. Polk, the Soldier Bishop, who
was killed at Johnson's side in
front Of Atlanta, by shell which
Gen. Sherman himself aimed and
dispatched on it's errand of death,
is buried at Augusta, GA. His
tomb ia underneath the chancel of
st. Paups Church.
Only one army commander was
killed in battle. That was Al
bert Sydney Johnston, the soldier
who at the time of his death was
the hope of the South. After lead
ing successful bayonet charge in
front of the terrible Hornets Nest,
Gen. Johnston rode to another part
of the field to order up fresh troops.
Without knowing it he was then
bleeding to death from an artery
severed by bullet that had struck
him during moment of excitement
and had not been felt. A stream
of blood pouring over the top OF
his bootleg attracted the attention
OF his aids, who helped him from
the saddle. Death followed before
q surgeon could be summoned.
Beauregard is buried in Metaire
Cemetery, New Orleans; Forrest,
the Wizard of the Saddle, at Elm
wood Cemetery, Memphis Semmes
the commander of the cruiser, Ala
bama, in New Orleans. General
Armistead, the only Brigadier in
Pickett's column who crossed the
stonewall barrier on Cemetery
Ridge, was MORALLY wounded and
died prisoner. lie was recognize
ed by Federal officers and buried
in a churchyard of the town.
Gen. Richard Garnet, when
Pickctt's column was forming. lay
in an ambulance Frustrated by Sc
rious illness. Unwilling to be left
behind, he wrapped himself in a
blue overcoat picked up on the
field, mounted his horse and led
his brigade as far the Emmittshurg
pike. A high fence DISTRACTED the
column at that point and the Fed
eral fire from .he ridge added to
the confusion in Pickett's ranks.
Garnett rode along the front, urg-
ing his men TO press forward. lie
was then covered with blood and
leaned over well upon his horses
neck. Suddenly there was fresh
outbarst of bullets from the ridge.
Steed AM rider went down together
and the column moved on. After
the repulse of Pickett the body of
General Garrett lay unrecognized
between the lines. Ills sword and
field glass were found subsequently.
restored To his family. but the most
diiiigent search and inquiry failed
10 prevent his burial among he