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vas ffoquentfy assigned 20 outpcst
Hank. rear guard and detached SER


wAs. frequensU assigned 20 outpost.
HANK. rear guard and detached SER
HAD 1mpesuous Clsarge.
During General Longstreets suf-
folk campaign, Captain cusNons sur
prised and captured Fort Stribiinx by
= night attack. with a handful OF pick
ed men ana with bat slight loss. In
tho campaign against General Fope.
at the crisis when Longstreet must
Join Jackson through Thoroaghfare
Gap to erect n defeat Of the enemy.
the Gap being held by the Federals
under General Ricketts,. Cussons, with
hundred rtsierasn. climbed over the
HnouHtofn ana attacks Ricketts, out
posts. This impctuous charge at
niehtfaii in that broken country had
instant results. The outposts and
shirmishers we're driven In on the
flank. which In turn was stampeded.
communicating disaster to the main
hoas, and General Ricketts, started
forthwith on his Wild nights march
away frafn that mountain fsstness and
hefexEura sstnnrwar Through HAY
market and Gainesville. and out to-
warfs the intrenchmcuts OF Manassas.
fifteen Tnifes from Thoroughfsre Gap.
At o'clock next morning, August 20
1881. Captain Cussons found General
Jackson, and delivered the welcome
intelligence that Longstreet was
through the Gap and that the head
OF his columns was fast approaching on
the Warrenton pix.
Captured.
Al the battle OF Gettysburg Captain
Cussons was captured on the slope
Of Round Top. After eight months
prison experience he was exchanged
and returned to the Confederate
army. At that time ne found his
old division In the West. whore he
served until the close of the war,
being at the end. with Forests cav
airy.
Marries nj Glen Allen.
Wounded in one of the closing en-
gaeements Of the war, he went TO
Glen Allen. There he was nursed
by Mrs. Sue Annie Alien, daughter
Of Moshy sheppard, and widow of
Benjamin Allen As frequently hap
pens the patient and nurse formed
an affection for each other and their
marriage resulted. Mrs. CussoBs died
many years ago. and there were no
children.
Business and Personal Life.
Stirring war timos being at an
end, Captain Cussons devoted him.
setf TO tho Improvement and resu-
sifyinw of his splendid estate OF a
thousand acres. He opened roadways,
stocked parks with deer and made
ARTIFICIAL lakes
The mansion in which Captain Gus
sons died was built by him with the
intention of using II as a summer
hotel. TX was so used for two seasons.
= but the project was n. that time
abandoned and has since been used
~ the home OF the veteran soldier.
There are over sixty rooms In the
structure, ell OF them large. and evil
IDENTIFY rejecting to Some extent the
old soldiers reeollections OF his an
cessFal hetne In England, Being So
ciablt inclined. the splendid house.
which he equipped with beautiful
nuFtal decorations and costly paint
inEs. with billiard and pool table,.
and ether forms of amusement. serv
cd HIS purposes admirably rs one OF
the most I'rineels entertainers of Viz
ginia.
Standing In the midst OF a large
park. the magnificent twin-towef
structure with its background OF for
est and field has been an object of
interest to many who visited Glen
Allen and to countless thousands who
passed there on the trains Of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac railroad.
Pounds Printing Esta blishp,cnt.
Captain Cussons founded the print
ting esta blishment OF Cussons. May
& Company, which. Is the principal
industry at Glen Alien. though
tain Cussons parted with the bust
ness some years ago. While he was
at the height OF his activities In
controlling the Affairs -Cussons.
May Il Company it did business in
ri rot ia In hn
in Canada and England.
A Prolific Writer.
Despite his business and social ac-
-tixqifies. =Gaptain=Ga found time
TO write number of books and
pamphlets some of the more import
ant OF which were "a Glance at Cur
rent History Cnitsd states HIS
tory" Passage IT Thorough Gap"
Jack Sterry. the Jessie Scout.
Some Modern Pillars Of State"
Principles Of Cryptography," AS
Stimulating the Indian"
When commander of the Confed-
crate Veterans Of Virginia and chair
man of the History Committee, he ac-
compiished what was regarded by
many ar hts most significant achieve
ment---the calling together of great
mass meeting Of Richmond citizens.
at which was launched widespread
and enectier movement against the
usa OF school books that were writ
ten. from the Northern point OF view
and were grossly unjust to the South.
He made numerous addresses in
Richmond. one OF the most ,ted OF
which Was on the subject Of 1.-The Fail,
Of Sitting Bull" Living number Of
years with the indians, at one time
with the Sioux tribe. and at another
with the IAkotahs his memory was
charged with thrilling and exciting
memories Of his soionrn with the red
men and his recounting of those
memories was always a rare treat.
A conspicuous trait OF this re-
markable and many-sitied man was
his love Of the drama. For many
wears there was hardly a production
ef note At the Academy at which he
was not seen occupying seat on the
orchestra fioor His fondness for the
drama was further evfnced by the
large stage and auditorium for pri-
-vatA theAtrseAis with which he equip
ned Forest Lodge.
CAPTAIN russons was regarded az
<nfnethins Of an eccentric character.