Evening star., 1926-10-10
j. S. TO MARK OFF
DBATTLEFI:L35S S
Two Bull RNn H. toric S;tec
i. Near Ton of List to
&c Sur eyed.

est of all the hat lefe'dS TO the Ma
tional Capital. hotI hatil"S having been
fought especially or the rrotertlcn %
,the Capital. are soon +" be s.n2i"d
and invest gated ~ the War Denar'-
n1ent. as directei by Congress. with
a view to rrrol tjnend1 i"n- a."
eress for the prt per marking of theSe
areas fer histori preservation.
Within an hcIrs au oMo'i II" dr'r+
from Washingt IN over 'x"el1 Mt nev
motor roads. l. is believed these old
hatt!acrnunds viii b9 NiSi: ed "nnun ~
by thousa nds # touri@t~ and - -
come in effec; a pendant on the park
4 way chain o. old torres entire,A sul.
rounding the capital City.
Representa- We r. Walton Moore g.
Fairfax. Va lifelong resident =
the half-wa- point between the cav
ital and tie Bull Sun battlefn,'i:.
where, or the onenin- fight % ~
Civil VA members Of Congress and
society y uple drove GU 10 see the
clash, IA hered a measure which VA
favoratiy acted upon in the House,
providing for an inspection O
Bull Run hattlefe!ds from and IN
cludng Centerville. and to and -
Guiding Thoroughfare Gap and War
renton.
The Senate's Bill General.
ne SPfld tH dtiel VI hDtN 4l'ii -
who're comnrehen sive measure rrovid-
Ing for the Secretary of War TO haN"
made studies and Investigations and.
where necessary. surveys OF all battie-
fields within the continental limits OF
the United States whereon troops oi
the United States 'nr of the or gina
13 colonies have been engaged against
q common enemy. with view to pre-
pairing n general plan and such de
4,tlo mn q
properly commemoratinc such battle
folds or other ad jacent points of his
toric and military interest
T'nder this measure the Secretary of
War. through the President. is to sub
NIT before December | 10 Congress
preliminary plan by whit n the purpose
of this act can. in his opinion. be
most economically carried out: ana
annually therx lfter he shall submlf
through the President to Congress
detailed report OF progress made un-
der this act together with his recon-
mendaticns for further operations.
The Secretary of War is directed to
include annually in his War Depart
ment appropriation estimates list OF
the battlefields for which surveys or
other field investigations are planned
for the fiscal year in question together
with the estimated cost OF making
each survey or other field investisa-
tion.
The Secretary of War Is now per-
fecting his plans for carrying out the
dictates of this legislation, and the
Bull Run hattlefields are I" be put
near the head of the list.
-Four battles of the Civil War are
put in class /: Gettysburg. July l-3.
>n3: battle and siege of Nickshurg
May to July g. 1853: and the battles
Of ChickamauEa and ChattapooGa.
September 20 and November 23-25.
1853. on the ground that the year 1863
is considered the critical or decisive
YEAR It The war and these battles
the decisive events Of that year.
Various Battles Listed.
The Bull Run hattlefelds are in
cludod in a class of battles of such
great military and historic interest as
to warrant locating and indicating the
battle lines of the forces engaged by
a series of markers or tablets, but not
necessarily by memorial monuments.
In this class are placed battles of
far.reachinc Importance in which the
numbers engaged and the losses suS-
tanned or the resultant military or
political effects, were so great as to
warrant their inclusion. While the
greater portion of these fields lies in
the state of Virginia, the States of
tennessee. 'TtpI p Ia anu .>pl III O. o'A'''
are represented in the list. Should
il lie deemed important to preserve
asv one Of these fields for professional
military and historical study 1t would
le sufficient to mark the battle lines
as ON the tleld at Antietam, otherwise
the battle might he commemorated as
m important historical event by the
erection If p single monument.
These battles are listed in chron-
ological order. as 1t has been found
impractiCah)e To arrange battles
fought by different armies. in differ
ent theaters. with different ohiectives
IN, satisfactory order of Importance.
Battle of Bull Run, Na.-July 81,
1861.
Fort D"nelson. Tcnn.-Fehruary
1tl1. 1856. Army of the Tennessee.
BATTLES around Richmond, Va
June @s-Iuly !, 1862. Army of the
Potomac.
Second Manassas or Groveton-
August 80. l>e2. Army of Virginia
and Army of the Potomac.
Fredericksburg, Na.-Decemher 13,
1855. Army of the Potuihar.
Murfreeshuro. Tenn December 81,
1867. Army OF the Cumberland.
ChanceilcrSViile. Na-Aiay ia, 1863,
Army nf the Potomac.
The Wilderness. Na.-May 50. 1864.
Army of the Potomac.
SpottSNlNania May SIS, 1864,
Army Of the Potomac.
tood llarrnr. \a--June LIP, 1864.
Army. Of the Potomac.
Battles around Atlanta. Ga.--.July
n-Sept ember |. 1854. Armies Of the
Cumberland Tennessee and Ohio.
Battles around Petersburg, Va
June l5. 1864. to April ,. 1919. Army
Of the Potomac and the James.
Battle Of the opeQuan tor Winches-
TORI. Va September -. 1864, Army
of the Shenandoah.
Nashville Tenn.-Decemher 1915.
1864. Corps Of the Armies Of the
cumberland, the Tennessee and the
Ohio.
Rentonville. y. C-March 1921.
1865. Army Of Georgia
Bull Run Fields Overlap.
The fields on which the two battles
of Bull Run We're fought 10 some eX-
tent overlap. Both battlefelds lie
along the Lee Highway. which is he
inc developed AS one Of the great
East and West automobile roads. As
nrfe nf its sections il shsorhs the old
Nsarrenton Pike. which was one OF
he main civil War roads of Virginia.
II extends from Washington through
Fairfax, Narrenion. fulpeper toun-
~. Lurav. etc. To Newmarket in the
Shenandoah Valley. The distance
from, Washington To The two battle.
fields is not more than 80 miles. With
in the last two years. the dista nee be
tween WASHINGTON and Fairfax has
been shortened by the construction
Of a fine new concrete road leading
from the KEY Bridge. BY that road
the distance is / miles. For similar
distance beyond Fairfax there il an
other concrete road fully or nearly