The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-12
ON THE MANASSAS
BA7TLEF|ELDs. B A / {. |: 5
Veterans of Two Armies
Picnic Where They
Fought.
GATHERED AROUND
THE HENRY HOUSE
Senator Daniel Speaks and Gets
Tremendous Ovation-Day Of
"reminiscences, story-Tell-
ing and Genial Com
panionship Of One
Time Enemies.

Especial from staff Correspondent0
MANASSAS, VA, May j11.--Thc veterans
OF tho Army Of the Potomac and tho
Army OF Northern Virginia. who have
y been mlngling in fratcrnal fashion here
for the past three days. spent. to-day
Z out on the battlefelds. and few Of those
grizzled soldiers have ever spent day
I Just like It. It was day OF reminis-
cenoe. OF story telling, ofsreyisiting scenes
Of carnage and glory; day OF feast
ing under the blue skies. Of genial COM.
4 mingling of Americans, who risked their
( lives for principle In the great war.
Senator Daniel was the central figure
at Mana ssas to-day. He missed an carly
train, but shortly past noon he reached
the battlefield. where the veterans Of the
two armies. the guests Of the people OF
Manassas, had been taken. Thence for
ward until late In the afternoon. when
the crowd returned here. the veterans
who fought on either side We'd In honor
s. ing the man whom Virgihians have so
4 long delighted to honor.
The scenes were familiar to him. He
was wounded here in the first battle.
while serving az adjutant of the Eleventh
pilgrimage to this scene OF the glory
4 OF the Confederate arms. His speech to.
the blue and gray to-day was one Of
manly association. OF pride in the record
Of the Confederate soldier, OF friendship
for the brave men whom he had so often
met in battle. and Of devotion TO his
country
He and other Confederates paid tri-
butes to the bravery OF the Northern
4 soldier, but 1t was a remarkable fact
that the courage Of the soldiers OF the
South was the chile theme Of every
4 speaker from among the ranks of the
veterans of the Army OF the Potomac
The citizens OF Manassas conveyed the.
visiting veterans to the battlefield. 38
To the Picnic.
tEvery variety Of vehicle, from the car
riagc and pair to a big farm wagon, on
+ which were hay ladders. piled high with
3 straw, were brought into reQuisitfon to
g carry the visiting veterans to the battle
4$ field. Farmers drove in from the coun-i
try for miles around in order to- place
their vehicles at the disposal OF the visit
& ors. and they clarnored for patronage as
K vigorously as though each passenger were
4 going to pay his fare. Bys11 o'clock hun
dreds OF the veterans OF the two armies
which strove together around the Henry.
4 house, six miles west of Manassas, were
assembled on the plateau on which the
& building stands. 1t was interesting to
degree to watch the old fellows. with
empty sleeves, peg-legs, crutches, and
n canes, and hair snow white With The pas
sage of time, pointing out spots on which
they had stood in the battles fought here.
and many of them found the place where
they had fallen, pierced by Q Federal
or Confederate bullet. rs
Many Markers.
The table on which the Henry house
stands is thickly dotted with markers
to Indicate events of the battle. On a
8 cedar tree a hundred yards to the north
east is sign telling tho visitor this spot
was where jackson received the sobriquet
of Stonewall. twenty steps to the east
ward indicates the spot where General
Bee was standing when he called on his
wayering men to Orally behind the Vir-
rinians; look at Jackson standing like a
stonewall." a few minutes later he re-
ceived the wound that caused his death
in a flash.
a short distance to the southwest is a
sign to Indicate the spot where Major
John w. Daniel. of the Eleventh VIII
Rinia, received a wound, the scar of which
remains 10 this day, And so on for miles
around are spots where occurred incl
dents that have made these battles bet
ter known, probably, than any others IN
the history of the great war
In the yard is the grave Of Ms. Judita
Henry, bed-ridden invalid Of eighty-fiYe
years, who wns killed by q shell during
the first battle.
Two hundred yards east OF the mousse
in a beautiful grove the tables had been
placed in position, and when
the visitors arrived at Al o'clock' cls
these were weighted down with
yiands prepared by tho women OF
Manassas. Prince William and Fairfax,
After some time spent In rather aimless
wandering over the field, bugle blast.
sounded BY the buglers from the Seventh
4 Cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer, SUM
moned the people to the spot where jack
son was standing when he was given his
cognomen, and Lieutenant George =.
Round, who was The general master OF
ceremonies, introduced various veterans
Of the Blue and the Gray, TO tell what
they knew of the battles
Tales of Battle.
It was Impressive to see these old gray
heads standing up In the wagon, indl-
y eating by waves of the hand the places
where they fought In '81 or 49, under
Jackson, or under MCDOWELL or Pope,
( q. They Speaking by the card, for nature
ratmre suread the chart before their eyes,
Frank S, Chambers, fg5the Ninth
Pennsylvania, was the first to tell Of his
experiences, He was a private \ soldier.
TIe only knew or what occurred IN ms
front, ana while his story added naugl'r
a AZ historical value to the material IN pos
session of the world concerning the bat
lie this speakers graphic pointing out
y ~ the places where lie had stood IN the
N 97 (Contlnued on Fourth Pagc,)
II ~, dr,nl, "a pain We have all the