Evening star., 1915-11-28

monument In big raised letters on the
base you read Confederate dead" and
above. on polished granite this:
From Fairfax to
AppomattoI,
1851 1865.
Erected to the Memory of the Gallant
Sons Of Fairfax whose names are Inscribed
ON this Monument but whose bodies
Lie buried distant Battlefelds.
and to the Memory of their 200 Unknown
Comrades whose remains are at rest
beneath this Mound They were men WHOM
Death
Could NOT Terrify. whom Defeat Could not
Dishonorc
The west east and south faces of the
cold granite near the base of the shaft
are chiseled with names of dead men,
The surnames in nearly all cases are
familiar in the latitude of Washington
because the living kin of these men
touch elbows with us every day. These
men, half a century dead, were neigh
bors of Washingtonians and doubtless
knew the muddy or dusty streets OF the
Washington of their time as well as
the people of the surrounding country
know the Washington of today.
On the west face of the monument Is
inscribed this
18th Va Infantry Mai James gs Thrift; sait; Lieut..
L. Lvpn W. S%ihE :" sers ssrst E r None. James RAJ.
inger A. ]. Bradheld. Alfred Hoe. Asa Peek.
6. c. Williams. J: ". Williams Robert ,ndn, meIiS
c. r. Hutchinson, Saml Jenkins, Frank Steel.
Joshua Adams, VIM. H. Adams. $. F. HorseYan'
Elthum Pterson. Thomas Ried. ]. A. Simms, A
s. Harrison, Arms'd Thompson.
''l1th Va. Infantry, Co d.. Capt: John !.
Burke sergt John II. Steele, saml l. Barnes Bsrn.s.
Ratclin. Charles II. Ashford. Henry Wrenn,
Joseph Freemn T. Harmon rst kSPe9r sian rsf. i.
Edgar Thomas, Thomas ". Lynn, Michael
Crowley, A. Dove. j. W. Richardson.
R. NJ. Lee. r. Simms: 90. X. Robert r. Love.
7th va. Infnntry. Go. f. sergt. p, T. Troll.
ii HALEY: 10Th Ga. Infantry. Co. K. Mat,sE
Plaskett. Henry Gosling. Georae Mouldcn. w
u Dawson MajqT AIfccd Mos Moss s,o Cen i..,.. Ewe
f. Ford Kempcrs Battery. Robert Posey, Dan
vile Artillery. John Wells. Capt. James W
jackson. Washington Stuart. Navy. Commodore
VIM T. Muse. Surgeon Randolph F. Mnson go
.lst Va. Cavalry. J. Conway Chichester; -
Reach. Tempieton Selectman: sth Va, GO 4
Edward NeEit: 60. F.. lanes R"hey Josenh
Padfes James wrenn Isnns 4 EskflE Fa1
l1,h Va. Co. l. Lieut. W. II. Kirby, Sumn"r-
field Ball. Joseph Nelson " More. j1hn :, Ter Ter
Williams. Michael Grow. Augustus G. Williams.
e'Mosby's Cavalry. Lieut.. Frank FoN. u, i.renr5l
Beavers Thomas Simpson. Addison Davis. ~
T.. Davis. w. Z. G"ndinG. John L. Ar'nde"'
Zachariah Mayhrgh
This impressive and expressive shaft
looks down on the Little River pike
war.trodden way, which for bearing
northern and southern armies TO ana
fro vies with the Warrenton pike. INTO
which it runs little way west OF the
village 1t is probable that a man
posted on the top of this shaft could
see the Bull run hills to the westward.
and fieldpiece fired on those terror
fields between the Stone bridge and
Gainesville. Manassas and Sudiey,
would send its sound to his ears 1t is
certain that the sound of the firing at
Blackburns ford, at the Stone bridge.
on Henry hill, on Chinn hill. on the
Chantilly rolled over the hilltop on
which this monument has been raised
In the courthouse square and by the
side of the main street is a monument
built of three rough-hewn blocks of
granite 1t bears this inscription:
This stone marks the scene of the
opening conflict of the war of 1851
1865, when John Q. Marr, captain OF
the warrenton Rifles, who was the first
soldier killed in action, fell 500 feet :.
4s W. (Mag) of this spot June 1st
1861 Erected by Marr Camp. c. v.
June 1st, 1904"
The courthouse bears on its walls a
bronze tablet, inscribed, The court
house of Fairfax county-Erected All
1900"
At the rear of the courthouse is a
compa ratively new building, in which
the clerk OF the court and various
county officers have their offices. Here,
within a glass case, in "A Steel-vaulted
room. with thousands of county records,
is preserved the last Will and testa-
ment OF George Washington. Wash
inston was a citizen OF Fairfax county
and Mount Vernon remains in the
county The will is written on a num-
her of sheets of letter paper and is in
the now familiar hand of Washington.
Many tourists visit the village for the
sole purpose of looking on this price
less paper.
On the main street between the court
house and the Confederate monument.
but on the opposite side of the street.
is the Episcopal church; and far back
from the street. in tree-grown grounds.
is the rectory, where lives the Rev.
Francis Page, who has been clergyman
and friend of the people there for many
years.
This house is associated with one of
Mosby's exploits during the war.
Passing through the Union lines in
darkness, Mosby and his men cap
tured in this house Gen. Stoughton and
other officers of the Union army. The
raiders then passed with their prison
ers through the Union lines and by
dawn were too far away to be success
fully pursued.