Evening star., 1918-07-21
Fhe Rambler Continues Story of Dranesville

ct Hunters min and 200 infantry between
mounted my horse. and. with my stan and an
escort OF cavalry. moved rapidly forward to
Oseert1.le Ose e.. i possible: ora.s 6rigade stop
Dimcult creek. and. having directed him to be
IN readiness to move rapidly in case he should
within about two miles Of DranesvilIe heard
the nrst gun fred by the enemy. 1t was soon
to me the fact that de enemy had artilierS
with them.
Further on in his long narrative
Gen. Mccall wrote:
Having met Gen. Ord, we moved forward
ana the position where the enemy's battery had
evidence Of the nea aFfiiery prsetee of e E.s
tons Battery. The road was strewn with men
and horses. two caissons. one of them blown
tity OF artillery ammunition, small arms and
IN immense quantity Of heavy clothing blan-
kets, etc.
Gen. Ord in his report says: "our
artillery did terrible havoc, explod.
ing one ammunition wagon, and some
Of their men whom we brought in say
the slaughter was terrible. Several
dead lay around the exploded caisson,
three OF whose blackened corpses
were headless."
The following little battle incident
is found in the report of Col. Tag
gart of the 18th Pennsylvania Regi-
ment:
Private William n. Fox Of Company K was
shot through the right thigh during the first
wound Is not serious. He made q narrow es-
cape. A portmonnaie in his pocket was bored
through and a $3.50 gold piece in it was bent
Among the men mentioned for gall
lantry on the occasion Of the Dranes-
vile encounter may be found the
names of DR.. S. D. Freeman. regi-
mental surgeon of the LIST Pennsyl-
vania Rifles: Capt. H. J. Biddle, as
sistant adjutant general on McCall's
stan: Lieut.. H. A. Scheetz. aid; Capt.
Glow. brigade commissary. and Lieut.
=. Beatty, ordnance officer. In Gen.
Stuarts report may be found these
names: Col 8. Garland. jr., of the
nth Virginia: Lieut. Col. Secrest, the
9Th South Carolina; Col. J. II. Forney,
the 10th Alabama: Col. Thomas n.
Taylor. the 1st Kentucky; Capt. A. 8.
Cults, the Sumter. Flying Artillery:
Maj. Gordon, commanding 100 North
Carolina cavalry. and Capt. Pitzer, COM
handing fifty Virginia cavalry.
There is fund of civil war history
associated with Dranesviile, and its
to q future rambIe. Among the rela-
lively important events were the ex-
pedition to Gunnelrs farm, on De-
cemher s. 1861; a Reconnaissance to
Dfanesv1lle by Brig. Gen. Cox, COM
pending the Kanawha division, on
August 81, 1852: an expedition to
Dranesville on November 81, 1861.
when the federals carried of as pris-
oners several prominent citizens. in
Guiding, according to the report Of
George d. Bayard. colonel OF the 1st
Pennsylvania Cavalry; DR.. John T. Day.
DR.. William B. Day. r. II. Gunneu, John
7. d. Bell, c. w. Coleman and J. b.
Farr.
There were skirmishes at Dranes-
Vile on February and Is. 1868; Feb
ruary 81 and %. 1864. and March Is.
1865. There was an affair at Hern-
don's station. on the Loudoun and
Hampshire railroad. now Herndon. on
the Bluemont electric line. on Feb
ruafy IT. 1858. There was q skirmish
pike from DranesviIle. on April 1,
1863. and on April 23, 1864, an affair
at Hunters mill.
AT the west end of the struggling
VILLAGE of DranesviIle is an ancient
inn. 1t has probably been serving re-
freshments considerably more than a
century. As far back as the memory
of the Rambler and his friends go it
was Jackson's Tavern, kept by George
Jackson. Then it became William
T. McFarland's tavern, and for thirty
six years has been kept by Samuel
jenkins. who came from the lower
part of Loudoun and married Miss
Mary Catherine BicksIer. daughter of
John Bicksler OF Washington. 1t is
believed that before it became Jack
sons Tavern it was called Hills TAv-
ern.