The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-12-10
At GETTYSBURG.
THAT OLD HISTORIC
FIELD.
WHERE DEADLY GRAPE
AND CANISTER DID ITS
WORK.
Brave Men Fell For Dixie
e., The "yalley of Death.

Rraye Men Fell For Dixie
81 The "yalley of Death"
There are few occasions in a
medical students life for pleas
ure trips. He is to busy in trac-
ING some nerve fibre or learning
the preparations of some mys.
tifying drug to think much of
baftle-felds or places of historic
interest. but on Thanksgiving
Day we had a holiday and we
decided on a trip to Gettysburg
for the two-fold reason of seeing
that historic field and of once
more getting away from the
ceaseless clang and jar of the.
city and once more enjoying the
fresh country air and resting
our ewes from the brick walls
and stone pavements of the city.
Our train left the depot in the
early morning, and soon the city
was being left behind us. Now
we ara passing the country seat
of some retired merchant prince.
There is the princely dwelling,
the spacious lawn, the evergreen
shrubs and the playing fountain,
in fact nothing is left out that
wealth could buy. Now we are
passing the homes of well-to-do
farmers, the neat farm houses,
the heards of cattle and the
clean kept fields stretching away
in the distance bespeak thrift
and prosperity. But | must not
dwell too long on such subjects,
one could write volumes on the
beauties of Western Maryland
and Southwestern Pennsyl-
vania. The railroad track twist
and squirms around the mouL-
tains and through the gorges,
but / must not dwell on such
themes as these.
At ll:40 our train pulls up u
the station at Gettysburg, hav'
ing made the 81 miles from
Baltimore in three hours. Here
we are at the rural little towI
of Gettysburg, nesting in
valley surrounded by mountains
1t seems impossible that this
little town which seems 81
drowsy and appears as if moth
ing had ever disturbed its tran
guilty, should have once beel
girdled with flame and that yon
der mountains, which stand i
such silent dignity should hav
resounded with the boom of al
tillery and the endless roll c
mnsketry, that here where W
stand the solid earth shook wit
the tread of armies and that ii
hills staggered with the fury
the contest. Yonder to Ii
right we see a numder of ma
bic shafts, and our guide inform
us that that is the scene of q
first days conflict; but We al
more anxious TO see the Gem
terry and the fields on which Il
second and third days battl,
took place, and leave this to !
taken in last. So we start l
the main street Of the town f
the place we are most curi0I
TO see lay on the other side
the town. We scarce ha'
started when we see two ca
mons standing just outside Il
pavement, which is to mark q
place where a Federal bate
was stationed TO sweep &
street and thus repel the Co
fedrate forces charging throuj
the town. We pass these al
continue on toward the cen
terry. After climbing a gem
slope We come to the gates
the cemetery; IN the posts a
the names Of all the Stat
which had troops in the Fedel
army in this battle. II is on
beautiful elevation, from viii
the whole surrounding count
can be seen. Yonder in
West il Big Round Top cover
over with trees and brush il
this side and divided from il
q deep ravine is Little Rou
Top. The plain between b,
and the Round Tops is VIII,
the third days battle occur,
Looking North and across
town we see the monumer
which marks the place Of I
first days fight. To the Fl
and South we see the scene
the second days fight. q
guide points out the place ocC
pied by the respective arm
and shows US the hill on viii
the Confederate batteries W,
stationed. While just in fro
Of the cemetery gate the br,
Of the hill Is literally cover
with monuments and bristli
cannon which show the positic
Of the various Federal batter
and regiments. Three miles
the Southwest we zee some |
marble shafts which our gu.
tells Is the place where the fl
Stuart met the gallant Gus
in the fafnoua 1aIvarv d.