Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-13
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMRRHCAN
 HISTORY
LAST OF THE FIGHFING WASHING. TONS,

LAST OF THE FIGHTING MASKING
 TONS.
 Mount Vernon, Va, the former home of George and Martha Washington, and the most interesting mansion in the United States, has had a continuous interesting history connected with it, aside from the associations with the first president of the United States and the first of the first ladies of the land.
 Colonel Washington, who had become proprietor of the paternal estates on the Rappahannock, acquired the magnificent domain of Mount VernoE upon the death of the widow of hls haH-brother Law renee Washington. and shortly after his marriage he began to occupy it and it was his home up to the time of his death,
 Upon the death cf Martha Washington on May 22A1S02, about 4,06e acres Of the Mount Vernon estate, including the man sion, was inherited by Judge Bushrod Washington, the third child of John Au- l gustine Washington. Judge Washington was a justice of the supreme court of the l United States and took up his residence at Mount Vernon. where he dispensed a lib eral hospitality and kept intact his in | herited landed estate to the time of kis death.
 Judge Washington had no children and following the example of his iilustrious uncle, he provided for his wife during her | lifetime and then disposed of his estate to 1 his nephews and nieces, giving specific di- 1 rections and leaving the mansion house and Mount Vernon farm proper, with re- | stricted bounds, to his nephew, Jehn A4- gustine Washington, and Mount Vernon was inherited by this Johns Son of the same name, from whom the home and 200 acres were purchased in 1858 by the i society which now controls it and carea for it.
 The work of obtaining the necessary funds-$200 .000-for the purchase was started by Miss Pamela CunninEhann~ of South Carolina, who became the first re. gent. The vice regents each appointed state committees and the money raised was nearly all in dollar subscriptions. The greatest amount of money raised by any individual was the profits aeeruinx from the lectures on Washington delivered is most of the large cities by Edward Ever. ett.
 The last private owner fo Mount vernes was CSl. John Augustine Washington. Or the breaking out of the hostilities betwetr the states, Colonel Washington became , volunteer aide,- with the rank of colon z
 on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee. ant ,i was killed Sept. Is. 1881, while conduct
 ing reconnaissance on the tarnpik
 along Elk Water river, Randolph county W. Va.
 The following account ef Ais death \
 not contained in ha7tory, but was relate,
 by Col. J. H. Morrow, who commanded ; brigade of four regiments under Gen 7 George B. Mcclellan in the West vir
 ginia campaign at the time, and in who's
 arms Colonel Washington expired. Gen eral Lee had established his heaAauarter
 at Brady's tollgate on the old state turn
 pike. The bluffs on the opposite side 6 the river from the old road had bee
 heavily pieketed by Federal soldi4rs fo
 several miles, extending from Colens n Morrow's camp below, quite up te Rrady' e gate
 r Owing to the mountainous character ( The surrounding country, General I<
 was imperfeesi~ informed in this regar, Q and directed Colonel Washington, with : detachment, to proceed by the new roa = to the forks at or near BFadys gate an U then down the old road, cauti5ning lii
 not to venture beyond . certain poiA
 Washington. however, it appears, prob4 n ply actuated by overzeal and sHxfety { 2 be able to report valuable infor.natisi g went beyond the point indicated.
 His movements along the entire rou
 on the old read were, 1t seems, fully ol
 served by the pickets, and immediate IS after he finally started on his return d volley was delivered from the picket Ii, l and Washington was seen to fall ire
 his horse, which galioped away with Il
 retreating escort tt Colonel Washington was apparent ,r the only one stricken by the yoliey. c, ,i- Morrow states that he was standing b ;r a short distance from where Washingt III fell and hurried to the spot and disco
 cred him to be an officer oN rank. H
 linelt by him and raised him SC as to C sh able him to recline against his brea or and directed one of his men standi, K near, and who wore a felt hat, ts r, or and fill it with water from the strea
 Col Morrow bathed the wounded maj forehead and endeavored to press wat
 between his lips from saturated han or kerchief, but he could not swallow, ar