The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-25

which soon developed into panic and
rout. II was on that field that the
sobriquet "Stonewall" was first ap
piled to General jackson.
Very early after the fighting. which
hegnn al the stone bridge and between
the pike and sudley, had developed
10 the Intensity and extent OF bat.
tie. Union shell from Ricketts,
regular battery pierced the Henry house
and killed its owner. Mrs. Judith
Henry. In her bed. She was old and
bedridden at the time. Soon after that
the house was In flames. and It's de-
struction was fastened by more can
non shot ana shell. Mrs. Henry Is
buried In the family graveyard. with
many OF her kin. n few yards behind
the house. Close. 90 their tombstones
-one might almost say among them
stands little brown red stone
monument built by soldiers and dedi-
cnted few days after the grand re-
view. Washington.
The soldiers set up. on and around
the monument shells and cannon balls
which they picked up on the fields.
for then a part OF the country was
stlll Uttered with the debris OF bat
tie and the country pItted with sunken
graves. which had been very shallow
In the making. and In many places tho
skulls and skeletons Of men. for the
most part men who had been killed
I'm the greater and heavier fighting of
1862, were strewn over the ground.
Along the warrenton Pike.
on the wnrrenton pike, one mile
west OF the Henry farm. L. Groyeton
-Four houses and a blacksmith shop
were there In 1851 and 1862. The
houses were destroyed IN the second
battle and three N them were rebuilt
after the war. One OF these was the
Dognn house. and on the Dogan farm
much OF the killing Of the battle was
done. -Groyeton was Jackson's right
and the Confederate center when Long.
street Joined him.
Before the war railroad. called the
Independent railroad. was projected
TO run from the Manassas Gap rail- I
road ut GAINESVILLE 70 Leesburg. The
road was graded. hills were cut
through and fills made over low ground I
and stone culverfs built over the runs
and larger creeks. No ties or rails 4
had been laid, and when the war cnuie T
along all work stopped. II was along I
this grnded way that jackson formed 4
his line for the second hghf. The line
" the unfinished railroad u preserved
today. though the -cuis" are grown up
in woods and the "fIls" are generally
overgroxn with pines and cedars A
particular cut where troops. their am
expended. fought With
bayonets. dubbed muskets. and even
stones Is about thousand yards
north Of the Dozon house
Dead Thick on the Field.
Mrs Dogan came home after fight
ng ceased and the armies moved on TO
ight al Chnnffily. Dead men lay ~
hlck over that field that you couldn't
ralk without Stepping on them They
lad not been buried. Men had gone
lbout sboyeling dirt over them where
hey lay. and tie night before ! came
,ack with my Children 70 where tis
.ouse stood Il rained and the dir that
lad been thrown over these men had
'een washed or
A reporter who inspected the Geld
Z the close ~ the var ~rOfr The fol
o. slng description " Il
-frofn Alexandris ~ the bnffi~frid
one vide area of desolafian. Fences
re utterly swept sway. Here und
here dllapl6nted hrase shelters
~ squalid Inmates.
-Once village ~ rs~ beauty
erched upon grnfle slope " q higt
ldre and commanding view ~ FER
he valleys for many niles var swept
and ia ruins H. about. Invested with
u the sadislenins influences - Ierfec5
esoinfion.
Tile frs; Bull Run field + distinct
marked with traces - battle. Herr
" shot and shell are s@iciiy frewn
" trees sIslinfered and IN many fdares
- forest looks NJ II HAVING l,eeo
sife,i hy terrific storm.
.sT'isp bones ~ soldiers 81 bofsi armies
70 scnffefed over the nel,s. and ons
~ md skulis enough 10 briid
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