Evening star., 1927-05-28
j. D. c. DELEGATES
ANDERSON STONE
Marker at Hallmark, Va, Is
Near Spot Where First Con-
federate Was Shot.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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Special Dispatch to The Star,
FAIRFAX, Va, May 2S.-A distin-
guished company gathered at Hat
mark yesterday afternoon on the Lee
Highway, miles north OF Fairfax
Court House. to commemorate a
hitherto unrecorded Civil War episode
which occurred on the morning of May
81. 1861, sixty-siX years ago. Fairfax
Chapter, United Daughters OF the
Confederacy. unveiled a monument to
Peyton Anderson, the first Confeder-
ate soldier to be wounded in the war
between the States. Many places vi
historic interest in the count. subur-
ban to Washington, south of the Poto-
mac. which would othrwise in time he
forgotten, are being marked by the
Daughters of the American revolution
and the Daughters of the Contederacy.
The monument erected to Peyton
Anderson is a bowlder of the famous
Fairfax pink granite, quarried at talls
Church. and bears bronze tablet win
the following inscription: "Peyton An
derson of the Rappahannocll Cavalry
was severely wounded on picket duty
1922 feet northwest of this spot May
27. 1861. The first soldier of the South
TO shed his blood for the Confederacy.
Erected by Fairfax Chapter, L, d. G.,
May 81, 1927"
Member of Congress Speaks.
The exercises yesterday afternoon
were opened with a short prayer by the
Rev. William Marshall, rector of Zion
Episcopal Church in Fairf>~x, and a
direct descendant of Chief Justice John
Marshall. T, w, Richardson of Fair
fax, clerk of the Fairfax County Courf,
whose father before him was appoint
ed clerk in 1880 and was serving at
the outbreak of hostilities in 1861,
acted as presiding officer, introducing
first Mrs. A. c. Ford of Clifton Forge,
Va. president of the Virginia DIVISION,
u. D. c. Mrs. Ford brought to the
Fairfax members the greetings and
thanks of all State chapters and of1'
GERS for their activity in recording this
historical incident.
The address of the afternoon was
delivered by Representative r. Walton
Moore of Fairfax. Mr.. Moore outlined
the events leading up to that OF
May 27, 1861, and eulogiZed all the
men of the South who had shed their
blood for "a cause which went down
to defeat without dishonor." Just as
the Mississippi River, whose mighty
waters are now flooding the Middle
West and bringing sorrow and destruc-
tion to countless thousands, has its be-
ginning in an obscure little lake in the
North so the events of May 27, 1851,
at this spot in Fairfax County start
ed a mighty stream of blood. which
swelled to a crimson tide, bearing on
it's bosom the destinies of men and
States. This monument is dedicated
by the Daughters of the Confederacy
in loving testimony and as an endur-
ing evidence of their pride in and at
lection for those gallant youths of a
previous generation who gave an ex-
ample of .heroism and self-sacrifice
rarely equaled in the history OF ma
tons"
Granddaughter Participates.
The monument was unveiled by lit
lie Miss Martha Anderson, 7-year-old
daughter of Joseph Anderson of Rich
mond and granddaughter of Peyton
Anderson. The latter's widow was
present. Other members of the family
present included the son, Joseph An.
lerson of Richmond; two daughters,
Miss Fannie Anderson of Washington
and Mrs. Clifford Latham of Amos
vile: three nephews, Warren Anderson
of Washington, DIR. j. B. Anderson OF
Mclean and H. H. Anderson of Fails
Church, and five grandchildren, includ-
ing little Peyton Anderson, Sd, who
held Confederate flag over the monu-
ment during the exercises.
The histcYy Of the events Of May
81, 1861, has been authenticated by
the Fairfax Chapter from old records
and the accounts of eyewitnesses.
One week after Virginia had adopted
it's order of secession, in the Spring
of 1851, the "OId Guard" of Kappa
hammock County, one of the first mill
tary units to be called to the Confed-
crate colors, whose history dates
back TO 1912, left it's home county and
proceeded east to become a part of
Company B of the 9Th Virginia Cav
airy. 1t was attached to Ewell's COM
mand, which in May was quartered
at Fairfax Court House. Orders were
given to guard all roads leading into
Fairfax, and on that May morning sc
years ago, two young privates, both
natives of Rappahannock County,
Peyton Anderson and William Lillard.
were assigned to picket duty on the
Falls Church road with instructions
to fire two shots of warning and re-
treat to Fairfax if they sighted the
enemy.
Surrounded at Daybreak.
At daybreak, Anderson and Lillard
were surrounded suddenly by a de-
tachment from the I'd New York Cav
airy, which had come out from Wash
ington, and in the skirmish which en-
sued Anderson was so severely
wounded that he fell from his horse
and was left on the field for dead. Lii.
lard was taken to Washington, the
first Confederate prisoner of war, and
= his capture is said to have created
enormous public interest. Anderson
lay unconscious until o'clock, when
he was able to stagger to a nearby
farmhouse for aid. He later recov-
cred sufficiently to serve under Col.
Mosby.
On the following June the same
troop Of New York Cavalry returned
to Fairfax Court House, where in
the engagement John Quincy Marr.
captain of the WarrentOn Rifles, was
killed in action, the first soldier TO
give his life for the cause of the
South. A monument in front of the
courthouse commentaries the spot
where he fell. Annually on that date
the veterans Of MARI Camp meet with
their friends in the courthouse to
hear an address. The speech next
Wednesday morning will be delivered
by Roosevelt Page. second auditor of
Virginia and brother of the late Thorn
as Nelson Page.
Eyewitness Ia Present.
Following Mr.. Moore's speech YES
terday afternoon two slips Of ivy were
planted by Mrs. i. ID. Richardson,
president Of the Fairfax u. d. C.,
and by Mrs. John Barbour of Fair
fax, under whose direction the his.
torical data for this event has been
Salhered. Mrs. Barbour is the niece
Of William Lillard, Anderson's COM
p7nion, and the daughter of Judge
Grimsley Of Rappahannock County,
q corporal Of the 9Th Nireinia Cav.