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The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Manson's Hill. (search)
and Johnston, for the information of our readers, we publish the following, which we find in the columns of the New Orleans Delta, from its special correspondent at Munson's Hill: Munson's Hill is so called from the fact that one Munson lived near by, and perhaps rented, if not owned, the locality. This Munson was a horticulturist or fruit tree vender, He was a black-hearted traitor, and on the approach of our troops, fled, taking his family with him, to the more congenial retreat of Washington. His house is on the left of the Leesburg or middle turnpike road; and directly Southeast of and distant one-eighth of a mile from this hill. Munson was a type of the majority of the community in this region, and I regret to say of too many in the extreme point of this part of Virginia. Of this you may judge by the following document I found in his house: Washington, March 5, 1861 --We, the undersigned Republicans of Virginia, would respectfully recommend T. B. Munson, of F