The National tribune., 1903-11-26

dead on the battlefield. and all the rela-
tiveS and friends, with the exception OF
his mother, accepted this statement and
had given him up. The mother, however,
refused to surrender all hope, and had
resisted propositions to have funeral SER
vices held until three months had elapsed.
when she reluctantly consented. Arrange
ments had been made for special services
at the fathers church on certain Sun
day, and brother minister who had been
invited from another town arrived on Sat
urday night to participate in the cere-
monies. Late that night the mail brought
to the post Office DIR. Stewards letter,
which the postmaster, suspecting it might
be of interest, carried TO the family resi-
dence at midnight, and to all of them came
the welcome news that the son was still
alive. The funeral services were, Of
course, postponed, and three or four
months later Milne, having recovered sufii-
GENTLY to travel, was paroled or exchanged
and returned to the parental roof to await
perfect restoration to health.
The next year he returned to Mime
sofa, saw some further activities i'll an
other regiment, and became prosperous
and prominent citizen of the young Com
mOnwealth from which he had entered the
military service, He served for several
terms in the, State Senate, and for many
years past has been q leading citizen Of
Duluth, holding important official posi-
tons.
HELPED BY A LOYAL WOMAN.
Mai Milne incidentally mentioned in
the course Of his narrative that when the
cattle train on which he was riding from
Manassas to Richmond reached Culpeper
Station, Va, he was lying near the door
of the car almost in a state Of collapse
from exhaustion and sufferings. when Il
lady with a shawl over her shoulders came
close to him, held to his mouth with a
hand concealed under her shawl a bottle
Of blackberry cordial, from which he
drank freely, when she replaced the stop
per, tucked the bottle Inder his arm and
walked away. He had but one glance at
her face, but remembered her perfectly,
and 20 years later met this lady, with a
grown daughter, in hotel in Chicago, i'm
mediately recognized her, made himself
known, and thanked her for the great
kindness then shown to him. She also
remembered the circumstance, and said
that she was one Of the few Union wom-
en- in that town, and had always done
what she could for the relief of wounded
Federal soldiers. We all thought this
meeting and recognition remarkable cir
cumstanee, a coincidence seldom PARALLEL
in war annals, but it was entirely dwarfed
by still more wonderful coincidence
which was soon to be revealed.
Some time after TIE conclusion of this
narrative our party, on its trip over the
battlefield. reached the junction Of the
Sudley road with the Warrenton pike, and
concluded TO go to the Henry House, not
far distant, to inspect the surroundings
there, partake of the luncheon which had
been provided, and, later, go with Maj.
Milne to the distant point he had desig-
mated and make the effort to discover the
exact location where he had gone through
his trying experience as wounded sol
dier.
THE HENRY HOUSE.
We accordingly proceeded to the Henry
House, where our luncheon was spread and
eaten at the base of the red sandstone
monument built in the farmyard by the
Union soldiers in 1865, and now somewhat
dilapidated from lack of proper care. The
then proprietor of the farm was Judge
Henry, native Virginian, over so years
old, who has since died. With genuine
Yankee thrift he had years before adopted
the policy of charging a uniform admis-
sion fee of so cents TO every person COM
ing on the farm for the purpose of view
ing the battlefield. This included his per-
sonal services as guide and narrator of
events. and the income derived from this
source probably exceeded all his profits
from the cultivation of the old, worn-out
homestead. He had placed wooden signs
on some of the trees and posts of the farm
yard and pasture, showing where Gen
Bee was killed. where Stonewall Jackson
received his designation from Beauregard
where Griffin's battery was captured. etc
| Histories of the battle state that Widow
Henry, mother of this Judge HepSy. oc.
cupied the house at the time: that she
was over so years eh aud confined IN ba,
bed with serious illness ON the day of th.
| battle; that the house was fred by an ex.
ploding shely Mrs. Henry being carried
ON her mattress into the yard, where an.
other shell soon afterward killed her. The
son, Judge Henry, was at that time alb
sent in Alex6ndria, but returned day o,
two after tie fight and buried his mother
beside his fSther, who had previously died
IN the family cemetery near the house.
After leisus'ely partaking of our bonnti.
fui luncheon ths party grouped AROUND