The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24
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IA Pilgrims Visit to Scenes That Y
Were History-Making in
the Sixties.
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A sjr,--As Is we'll knoWn to tho student
~ History. soine OF the bioodtest n bn tiles
fought during the Civil War wsre wagedt
a. spotsylvanla soil II IL not s,lrJ,rl \.
i1r that monuments 70 t.1afk the ispo e.s8
whera the dead fell hereabouts on both
siiesi should have Been erected tfrylugt,
aid or private 6en,ereo1s'lltv,
nor that survivors Of that terrible cons
Eflict, who wore the gray and t!tu u, H.e,
should, III large numbers, re Visit }.t hesei
shaliowed spots. Many years have aa q! =. 9
since those memorable days, butF the .tls'
residents 81 this county, esps cially the
older people, never tire $of talktt,a about
those battles and the ACTORS who covered
themselves with such ui,dying glory.
visited, for the second time, tios long 9
since the scene OF that terrible tonflict.
known, IDS tho !" Battle Of the Y Bloody 10
fAngl e,,' WHARF the destruction OF hsfn 1n'
5lifo Of, both sides was arpallllns 8. ~ ~
Hero that d tree Of conslde eise W. I.
actually cut In twain BY the nying pul.
* III 4 rello Of THIS awful battle was
nulled 5up ana carried 70 Wa shingt
1% Not far from the scene Of this battle tle'.
ana only short distancn from 6potsyl.!s.
yantn Courthouse, stands the monument q
marking TIE spot where General John
5sedgewick, OF the linton army, was shot
ana Killed May 9. i 1854. s5s .'ss si & q III
General sedgewiok was I Il Tiled BY e! q
ball fred by; one 81 the Confederate g lei y
;sharpshootera. Immediately after ne nae
spoken In d light vein conc I, t u
shots gthat were passir1s HIM: bef g:
closing his mouth after speaking, the
deadly missile entered it, ana ans. gig O. is "
work. s n. i5 4 rs. III " NJ,
4 But tho chief interest to Southern peo-
Mo 4 centers III ana around Chandeliers
Vile and the wilderness, whore our irn>,
mortal Stonewall Jackson covered HIM
self with such undying glory. q nd here,
too. " he Il received his death wound. It
was with indescribable emotions that this
writer, the other day drove over e part
OF the road leading from Ere tyarick:sbtirg
to Charlottesville. These actions t: 'i can can
be better Imagined than described here,
Near the place. but no Z on, the I exaet
SPOT where jackson was n1ortally wound
ed, 4 that memorable second day In May
1868, stnnds the splendid 4 monument IN
his honor, enclosed By a neat and sub;
stantlal lroA railing, very close to Il tho
public road The date Of Ills receiving
his death wound Is given, and the fol-
lowing words are engravcn: There e Ia
jackson Standing Like a stone Wall
Bee at Manassas. iSs
F ''Could ! have directed eventsiIg1 shouid
have chosen, for the good Of the country;
to have been disabled in your stead. .&1
congratulate you upon the victory. whlcn
il due to your skill and energy. r T. I, d.
Leo, General. The dying words Of the
great Confederate general are also In.
scribea: let US pass cmfwyp ?so RI
scribed as follows: 8 lie us pass over tho
river and rest under the shade OF the
trees" On the opposite side Of the pub
lie road, running alongside this mag
snlncent monument, notgn great way OF, !.
Is monument marking tho spot where,
on the day succeeding the evening when
Jackson received his mortal Woun d-Sviz,
on the third day Of May g1Ls6s---three3
officers and thtrty-f1ve enlisted men ). Of
thu One Hundredth and Fourteenth SRegi-
5r1ent E OF Pennsylvania Volunteers were
killed all In q q uddle, 4 It would seem
i Some three mile Il from VI the y ackHA1l
monument, on the Brock Road, there Is
"a monument mark Ing the spot nea whore
General Alex, TIays, Of the Third Division
Second Corps. Z. " 8, ARR i. wa 81 Kill ed,
which was erected BY the General Alex
Hays Post, No. 8, Department % the
Pennsylvania G. a. r., and the Davis
Star Camp Sons OF Veterans.
to those stirring days when Jackson's
brave troops charged whereabouts the
enemy. with such telling effect that
drove along the road and thought on
the memorable 1/lst,S which we OF the
South ought ever to cherish. with no BIT
lterness In our hearts for those who
fought against US. ;65 81
How different In appearance our coun-
trySis now from the aspeot6it presented in
those stirring days. and thank God for
the coming OF the era OF peace and fra "
k1,S 49, lk1at
her sons arc all a band Of 5hrothers. but
1t is we'll to honor the, names and keep
green the memory Of our fallen heroes
r. 2, PARTIAN1. 8
spotsylvania, Va, June a. 1905, Fl
One Of the Boys.
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