. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r. WHERE FELL THE BRAVEDEDICATING THE MONUMENT AT BULL RUN, ON JUNE 10, 1865 This shaft was erected by the officers and men of General William Gambles Separate Cavalry Brigade,stationed at Fairfax Court. House during the preceding winter and spring. It is twenty-seven feet high,made of chocolate-colored sandstone, and bears on its top a 100-pound shell. The shells on the pedestals ateach comer are of similar size. The inscription reads—To the memory of the patriots who fell at BullRun, July 21, 1861. The dedicatory exercises were c
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r. WHERE FELL THE BRAVEDEDICATING THE MONUMENT AT BULL RUN, ON JUNE 10, 1865 This shaft was erected by the officers and men of General William Gambles Separate Cavalry Brigade,stationed at Fairfax Court. House during the preceding winter and spring. It is twenty-seven feet high,made of chocolate-colored sandstone, and bears on its top a 100-pound shell. The shells on the pedestals ateach comer are of similar size. The inscription reads—To the memory of the patriots who fell at BullRun, July 21, 1861. The dedicatory exercises were conducted by the Rev. Dr. McCurdy, who read anappropriate service. After the singing of a special hymn for the occasion, the Fifth Pennsylvania HeavyArtillery executed a military parade and the Sixteenth Massachusetts Battery fired a salute. Judge Olin,who appears in white trousers and high hat, next delivered an eloquent address, and was followed by severalgenerals. A little later in the day a second monument was dedicated on the field of Second Bull Run. KAL
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