Evening star., 1921-10-02

inscribed: Battle of Salem Church.
May 3. 1863. Brooks-Newton VS.. Will
cox-SemmeS-Maho This little
monument shows what was the center
of the Confederate line and the place
of the heaviest Union attack. Brooks"
on the marker stands for Brig. Gen.
William T. Brooks. commanding the
lst Division of Sedgwick's Corps:
Newton stands for Maj. Gen. John
Newton. commanding the Sd Division
of the same corps: wilcox" stands
for Brig Gen. Cadmus NJ. Wilcox. COM
sons division: "Semmes" stands for
. Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes. command
division. and ..Mahone'/ stands for
Brig. Gen. William Malone. command
ing Mahones brigade of Anderson's
! division.
Less than a hundred yards east of
the granite marker and on the same
eide Of the road is tall shaft topped
by the statue OF a Union soldier and
representing him at trail arms and
double time. On one face of the
is set forth that the monument COM
memorases the services of the 23d
New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in
the battle of Salem Church: that it
, was erected under authority of the
New Jersey legislature. and that the
! charge comprised Gen. E. Burd Grubb,
Capt. f: Il. kirkbridge and Q. NJ.
Sergt. Thomas J. Alcott. On another
face Of the pedestal is a bronze tab
| let bearing this: ITO the memory of
our heroic comrades who gave their
lives for their country's unity on this
battlefield" Another bronze tablet
, bears this gallant sentiment: ITO the
brave Alabama boys, our opponents
on this field, whose memory we
honor. this tablet is dedicated"
Carved in large letters in high relief
onel. E. Burd Grubb." Two hundred
yards east of the monument to the
23d New Jersey and on the opposite
side Of the road is tall and equally
handsome monument, topped by
soldiers statue. erected to commence
18th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
Col. William H. Penrose, comma nding
The second division of Sedgwick's
corps. commanded by Brig. Gen. AL
bion P. Howe, was at Salem Church.
but the Rambler found no memorial
Virginia battlefields one comes upon
markers and monuments in thickets.
tangles, clumPs of bushes. in open
fields and in farmyards, and thus a
battlefield may have monuments
which are very easy to overlook
Salem Church We're the 4th. 1st. I'd. Sd,
18th and Esd New Jersey Infantry;
5th Maine, 10Th, 9th and 121st New
York: 96th Pennsylvania. 18th and
SD New York, 95th and 119th Penn
sylvania, 26th New Jersey, I'd. Sd, 4th
goth. 33d. 49th and 77th New York:
65th and 67th New York. 23d and
SD Pennsylvania, 7th, 10th and 37th
massachusetts,; 36th New York, I'd
Rhode Island, SD New York. 93d.
Ssth, 102d and 139th Pennsylvania;
9Th Maine, 31st and 43d New York.
C1st Pennsylvania and 5th Wisconsin.
The 1st Massachusetts. 1st New Jer-
sey, 1st New York Regiments of Ar
tlilery: Sd New York Battery. D Bat
terry. I'd United States; G Battery.
"a United States: f Battery. 5th
LIST Pennsylvania Artillery. were on
the fields around Salem Church.
THE Confederate regiments were
the 10th. 51st and SD Georgia
Infantry; sth. 9Th, 10th. 11th and 14th
Alabama Infantry; 9Th, 18th, 10th,
41st and 61st Virginia Infantry and
some artillery which the Rambler
cannot dissociate from the Confeder-
ate artillery taking part in the whole
Charlottesville campaign.
Abert quarter of a mile east on
the Plank road from the 18th New
jersey monument lives Confederate
soldier who was born on those fields
marched with the Army of Northern
Virginia from early in 1861 until late
in 1864. took part1in Early's attack.
or demonstration. against Washington
and fought at Antietam, Fredericks-
burg, Charlottesville. Gettysburg
Wilderness and Spotsylvania. His
name is. George Washington Lewis,
connected with the Washington and
Lewis families Of Virginia, but in
some way the companions of his youth
called him "Jim." and he seems to be
better known in the neighborhood as
Jim Lewis than as George Washing
ton Lewis.
{. When the Rambler came to Salem
Church morning service had been over
for some time, but few of the con-
gregation fingered in the shade of the
oaks. A man driving horse hitched
to a buggy was leaving and the Ram
bier held him. up. He was Richard
Bowling, who lives near Five Mile
fork. From him the Rambler learned
that the pastor Of Salem, now and for
ten years gone. is Rev. e. G. Barnum,