The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

/ Il was in Hills division, and we had
/ fought through the 9Th of May. was ly-
/ ing down in that field on the morning of
\ the 9Th, when LOngstreets men came
rushing over us on their way TO meet the
| Union Army"
LAS l came along with Longstreet," said
Mr.. Hume, ''the woods were all on fire.
1t was an awful sight. Both the dead
and wounded twere being burned. The
woods were full of bodies"
Yes" said Capt. Quinn, 1--WE were
/ charged with setting the woods on fire,
| but We did not do it, We tried hard to
extinguish the flames, but it was impos-
/ sible TO do sO.''
/ Every inch of the road was now full OF
| historic interest. The point where Long
street was wounded. where Jenkins was
! killed, and where Gen. Wadsworth was
/ fatally shot, were all pointed out. Then,
a few minutes later. the party stood
around a rough shaft Of granite a hun
| dred feet from the road. The stone stood
upon some smaller rocks beneath tree.
| 1t marks the spot where a soldier grasp
ed the bride of Gen. Lees horse. There
had been some wavering on the part of
| the Confederates, and Lee rode forward,
intending himself TO lead a charge. He
| placed himself at the head OF a Texas
/ regiment. His evident purpose changed
the spirit of the men. IF you will 90
back We will go forward" said they, and
when Lee hesitated one of them seized
his horses bride and turned the animal
around. Then they hasteued to the front
and Lee went back. The soldiers placed
the improvised monument on the spot,
and there II stands TO this day, in all its
solitude and simplicity. the mute remind
er Of a wartime episode.
Artillery Works Preserved.
II was one Of the many curious coinci-
dences Of this battlefield region that the
very road over which Jackson marched TO
flank Howard-known as the Brock road
was also the point which, a year later,
Hancock told Gen. Getty 10 hold at all
hazards 1t was then the line of commu-
nication for the Union army when Grant
was moving toward Sportsylvania The
point where the Orange turnpike crosses
the Brock road was reached in a few min
utes after passing the point where Wads-
worth was killed. There was desperate
fighting along here between Hancock and
LOngstreeJ. The Brock road is still lined
with the defensive works built by the
Union army. while the artillery works
! erected By Barlow, on Hancock's extreme
left. were found in wonderful state OF
preservation. They could even now be
used at a moments notice. They stand
in small field on the brow Of a hill.
with woods surrounding Il remember"
said Mai. Hine, as he pointed across the
field, that / WAS sent with Two regi-
ments to cut down about 90 acres Of oak
over there, 50 as 10 give ample play TO
our guns"
The trenches are in the deep woods and
are covered with a carpet OF pine needles.
They are nearly all still waist deep. The
forest is very thick-very much as IL must
have been when the trenches were built,
and when Hancock reported that his men
could not see hundred yards ahead
Where Ssdgwiek Was Killed.
Still on anu on. Slowly the carriages
made their way along tie Brock rGad.
passing the arrow gauge railroad, In the
cuts Of which Malone formed his men
until Todd's tavern was reached. IL is Do
longer a tavern-nst even the old house
is standing. The present house is a plain
frame dwelling It's occupants did not
even live ~ The place during the war.
The party Sas now well out Of the Will
deTness, and was entering the locality
made famous By the battle cf spo.lsyI-