The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
4 Military Matloeiivrcs on Biz
Scale to Be Held on Noted
Battlefield.
LITTLE CHANGE IN The :: PLACE y.
Things Look Much as They Did
#s When tie Hostile Armies Armies
Met There.

When the Hostile sA y
Met There.
w 1prom OUT regular Gorrespoln lfs' 2!
Y ~ haIJiN CTOk, IS b. c., avg l5.-fsl e. z
Il o,sus have ben killed By trains on u
gn;,t hart, railway at aspoint 8fp2 ~, son ..
y vi Yards south Of the sta e. &
Il Manassas thansat any her pla q. 900 81,
system. hls was he .,,a
u, cotr1paratively recently, when roau
n &, !, !. fenced and the bovines could nos
4 risk their lives on he traeh NJ !. n
- ~, a 26tll az August. 1867, sion y
Il I, :, Il. y moving from a. point near ioit
donsyillc. got In the rec OF y ~
army and destroyed enormous s.oass -
saipplies IT'S said there ~ele ", u, .,i,,
ana vArjey of food for tho soin,e I, : Z.
4 s,sn Isopes army on the sidetra '. Y,
N Il nnssaa Among these were seVs9i ~ -
E "a yioads OF salt The cars slog , g. . ~,
poif,t something like hundrea ~
south of where the railway s.a -.
stands they were p an,,,a ~ lie tracks
beside them For da Ss y; c 9 W 4.
4 rr.r er, INC ground. and mnch oi !,
), snd i VA ~ the wome nd " =.
II 81 the town. for salt In the yrha,
I ys 4 a luxury as we'll as VI q
HI melted and the earth pecan. rneds
rated witiiS H. the cattle soon Ytar IN
\ 80 Tar and they came from tlar ~. ~
iics he ground and thus graf = ls,,
4 !. ,,,e,i for5Rthe saline Many
p,id i' for TIER telnerl;y VIII, the Ives
8srrhe salt earth at Manassas y ol.e ~
/ the most tangible reminders III q !. a. y !,
generation Of the g rea z s1I y
81 The States that q know 9 Oh li5 .. I. !. ~
The Approaching MaTbeuys1re e -,
On the iiitf OF Sep none \, so 3, =
! soldiers Will be ca I1ped q ,a ,,I ar
t,n,d Of Bull Run, and for II Il,
rn,.sa tbn,.. viii smarc,, and conntermarch
"a lsY the historic field. wfking out ih
. nj t warfare The mighty problems which
,i,eir fathers, wearing iblus or graz Z !.
so1 re 10 the accompanying INT the roa
NJ "a mon and the shrek Of !, !,
Gnl,ed States has n ,,.r.s e & viii
M !, t,ci,a Il In those o be held at sianas.
c 81 / MA fall and the Re have been&none
s,.i,,cb wIl ~ tract 10 much ttenlioi1.,
Thla is5dtle not alonst 70 the iunprecsasn.7
ediy sGc number men 70 pc eng ss,i,
hui. largely because ne E, = at
Il areai BATTLEFIELD one OF he
ceiebla}td Of the va ,,5 !, !, g
EorIuko ha lies we're fought at Man
q, s ~ practically the first Eot the W.
he tMs fI,Ine states. IN ~. lS6l ; ana
ZtGher. on The 229th Of aug 20.
edera q hiers have told N m Lil,.
Il TIE SECOND battle they stood &ne cay
TX Ia a. me II acks 4 hey occupied at tine
First battic. but shot In the opposite alrsc-
ton, rs one of he pecu Sc. ~. =
fhe III, : that two great Abattles shouiu
l, ye been fought al an 3.
n iran d year, at this az tie
sas. the posse OF " me- y .n'f a
III pea TO the u ~
a5s IS Inc lnynnan fter stud e
Ipns 81 the wa Lies az ones
TIE strategic Impo rtanc q ~ the
which was the centre kof the rairoad e, sss
u tenn of Mort hern giiiia g SIS. g
the Junction the srea NJ soStnrt, Win
roa route connec w shlng sol J, s -;
4 Richmond and the ianassas Sia IS al.
rs,,1 leading TO "a grea ~ Shena no oan
Na,Iey. The Old Orange and $Alexa e, "a
RAILROAD, running from, Alexahdr W I. -
rs Orange Courthouse. ,. ~
4 to what is now n !, -
Whichruns on from Orahs = ~ = tta' 49, =
VILE and Lynchburg ~ X g,
TIA troops htcl will take par IN the
II, .nei,yres at Manassas scouldE be gulueat
Y through the woods, and COZ nle.as OF E ne
Il ia ttleiield by the phlc maps us IS,
ssby Beanregard and ~ g ms ton .
There has been very little change wroug ~
I5in tie appearance OF the country. y
4 R,n. an .insignfican stream but for lts
Il "a me b a vs. smudd y. lows Ia Ely rom
out the Bull Run M ountains 20 "a " wa q
III creek. The same farmers or their emu M ~
$drcn own the farms tina Etren nlea Pc 5
meath, the tread OF struggling armies In
q 1ssi 40 9TH $residen ces and churches a.
stroyed In the bat ties. hay e,f as 2 5ruis
L been restored Many OF those on he fiel 10
Hin Ear-timcs are still standing 81
The Famous Battlefield.
The battlefield Of Bull Run Is include
IN a square marked by entreville p 2 II 9
Fl ca st Groyeton and gainesville 8ont = ne
Il west, sudley Springs on the north ! ana
Manassas on the south. Sudley& springs,
y no bigger and no smaller than " len
McIoowell. with the corps OIL Hunter and
Heintzleman, q crossed Bull Run i here IN
IL an al tempt 10 take Beaurcgard In reverse
4 in 1861 a Is almost exactly as ~ was ( on
4 that day. The place wa Il the ~ Mt @
Jackson's line In. the second e pa pa tile 81 q
-bellum days the place W vas sum
4 rner resort. there beingt a sulphur 3sprlEng
nearby, but nobody goes y there now TO
a AXE the wa ter. as Il an. W III a
ciroverton is, il possible. changed less
than Sudley People are still living there
ii VINO lived therein 1851 and 1862. One or
these Is Mrs Il Lucinda Dogan. 81 tyear IS
old, who was ordered from her mouse ~
II an officer from General III ckson& on = he
OF the second hat ties Aftert the
withdrawal of General Pope NJ RS Dogan
AZ returned to the field and assisted IN = he
y, burial OF the dead, " r. "a $i q iSf
s5.tDe cad men were SO thick down here
by the old railroad cut j conldn' walk q :
II without stepping on q, corpse, she said .f
This cut in which some Of the hardest
VI lighting Of the war wa done marks the
line of the Independe lent r. lroad, nro CT
4 ed to run from the / Manassas Giapa Rail
n road at (; gainesville to I,eesburg. No iron
was, ever laid on IT. nd sthe road $
Il never = Ca rera completion than 1t was In
August, 4 1852. when Stonewall Jackson
y used + II as a line Of defence, GirovetoE
n Is q mile west, along the WarrentonB PHI Sc
from the centre of 4 he field OF the first