Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-18


EMIIrTsBURG, Mn, May H.
This Is another place of interest to me
! from It's association with the sports and
enioyments Of beYhoOd days. 1t is sit
uated In Frederick county, ten miles
south of Gettysburg, In a beautiful and
( fertile valley at the foot of the eastern
/ slope of a mountain range which runs
/ from the northeast to the southwest
! The town enjoys considerable prominence
/ from the fact that it IS the seat Of st
I Marys College. one of the most flourish
/ ing Catholic Institutions of learning IN
/ the United States, and St. Joseph's
I Sisterhood, an establishment enjoying a
/ very large endowment. and owning a fine
domain with extensive and costly i'm
/ prOvements. st. MaTy's College is stu.
/ ated at considerable elevation on the
I eastern face Of the mountain, being yisi-
/ bic from ali points except the west for
many miles distant, and standing on the
[ college grounds a person enjoys magni-
l hcent view, taking IN some fifteen to
Z twenty towns and villages In Frederick
and Carroll counties. st. Mary's College
was formerly under the Presidency Of
I Archbishop Purcell, now Of Cincinnati,
and the late Archbishop Hughes, OfNew
York, was formerly one of its pupils and
/ believe a mem Der Of the Faculty, if not
/ President St. JOseph's SisterhOod is
/ situated In the valley, some two miles
I from the College, and has connected with
/ it a Seminary for young ladies, which is
/ largely patroniZed. 1t is the most exten-
/ sive establishment Of the kind in the
cOuntry-Is the m other institution of the
order, from which branches radiate to all
sections Of the UniOn-and the number of
Sisters connected with it IS very large.
They are frequently on the move, going
from one point to another, and 1t Is sell
dom you enter a stage coach or car In
this section without finding those attired
IN their peculiar and distinctive costume,
among your travelling companions. EN-
mlttsbUTg was several times in possession
of the rebels during the War-the route of
Lees army IN going to and retiring
from Pennsylvania was but a few miles
west Of the tOWn-and the Union forces
that inaugurated the battle Of Gettysburg
passed through and encamped IN its out
skirts on their way to that place.
came to this place from Gettysburg,
having accepted the invitation of friend
who kindly offered to take me there to
see the locality made historic by the he
ro1c sacrifices Of-Our noble army and the
glorious victory they there achieved. The
held fought over is far more extensive
than l had anticipated. Round TOP.
Culp's Hill, the Peach Orchard, and 9TH
er scenes of terrible conflict during the
protracted and obstinate struggle being
remote from each other, and the ground
fought over being several miles in extent,
east and west, north and south The DO
sitions occupied by the artillery, the
breast works, and some of the trenches
and rife pits still remain as they we're,
and at many points remains of the de-
bris OF the battle field are still to be seen.
The trees where the battle ragged fercest
on the slope of Round Top and CuIp's |
Hill are terribly SCARED and torn. and |
In the southeastern quarter of the town. |
near Cemetery Hill, some of the houses
exhibit marks that inform the beholder of
the storm of deadly missiles that few |
threw the air In the region where thew are /
located. The porter's lodge and gate. at /
the entrance to the Cemetery, are also /
covered with marks Of ball and exhibit a i
few points at which shell entered, and in /
the front of a store in the heart of the /
town, noticed protuding from the thick |
wall, shell which had penetrated halfI
Its length but failed to explode, and which
IS lett by the proprietor as a memento of
the terrible period when it was lodged in
It's present locality. It came from the
rebel batteries on the elevations occn-
pied by their artillery to the west of the
ioWn. l visited the National Cemetery
md took look at the resting place Of
ne thousands of heroes there Inferred.
Aney embrace numerous representatiVe YES
II all the loyal States Of the Union, those
rom each. State In a section by itself. des- Il
gnated by a State stone bearing the name \
II the State and the number of its dead
leeplng in the locality it designates. The
lumber from Ohio I observed is 16l. 3ut
his does not indicate the number that
ell, as the bodies of many were removed
" friends to their former homes for in
erment. [ endeavored to read the va
ious inscriptions on the gray granite
ead stones, at the head ofthe Ohio de ad. (
ut found 1t very difficult to do so. which ,
1 Ifhculty IS, however, being removed by
,aclng the letters with black paint.
hieh makes them quite distinct, but I
us work has not yet been commented q
the Ohio section. The Cemetrv is
aDdsOmely inclosed, is being thorouyhi
improved, and a contract has lust been I
1mpleted with Mr. J. g. Patterson. of a
arttord, Conn. for the erection of the Q
onument on the foundation already :
I'd, the contract price being S47. 500.
Id the monument to be completed bv :
-e Ist o3.,F8ly, 1868. The Cemetery and 3
onument will form a noble memorial by :
patriotic and loyal people to the mem Z
y of the noble men who laid down ?
-elF lives for the cause of an imperrilled .
untry. G
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