Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

Here Little Mac" rode along tho serried limo
with animating GESTURE by Antietams Redeemed
food. Here Phil Sheridan dashed from Win
chester down to save the day at Cedar creek.
Here the heroic sailor, Morris, went down with
the ill-starred Cumberland, shouting when sum-
moned to surrender to the Merrimac, Never
I'll sink alongside Here rose and fell the
battle shouts Of Hooker and Burnside. Here
Meade, with calm equipoise, guided the hosts
that flung back rebellions foaming tide. Here
Grant bsffled the exultant hosts of Lee and
Longstreet by his ever memorable battle or
ders, Forward by the left lankr'
The graves at the Union dead in this conse-
Grated arena number over ninety thousand,
and tens OF thousands more who there received
their death stroke were borne north TO their
last resting place. The plains of Manassas.
| the wales through which the Shenandoah rolls
| its placid streams, the banks of the Potomac
and the James, were affairs whereon the rich
blood Of patriots was shed as hbations TO the
god of nationality.
1t is but pleasant days excursion to the
| field of Antietam, where Mcclellan checked the
hrst confederate invasion of the loyal states
and retrieved the disaster of the second Bull
Run. 1t is a short and easy journey to the
great battle ground of Gettysburg, where the
tide Of war was turned. In this region, all
within the radius of days journey, lie all the
famous fields on which the Army of the Poto-
mac fought its great battles. from Bull Run TO
Appomattox. An inviting steamboat ride down
.ne river and bay, past many points OF his toric
interest. brings one to Hampton Roads, where
the Mentor and Mcrrimac fought and naval
warfare was reyolutionized.
Then the ground of all of McClelans opera
tons against Richmond in 1S62-Yorktown,
seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, the seven
days battle, Savage station and Malvern Hill
can all be easily reached and traversed from
Washington. Fredericksburg and Chancellors-
VILE OF tragic memory are close at hand. Then
the men who were with Grant in 1864 and 1865
1 hey can again visit the wilderness where such
not lighting was done-Spottsylvania Court
House, Cold Harbor, Five Forks and all The
neids where the great captain commanded. and
Richmond, whose fall signaled the death Of the
confederacy.
Near by is Harper's Ferry, teeming with iti
war associations, and the Shenandoah valley,
quite as famous for its memories of sheridan
and his men as for its beauty, lies within the
limits OF days excursion. To write Of the
battles that were fought on fields near Wash
lngton would be almost to write history OF
the war.
MEMORIALS IN WASHINGTON.
In Washington itself are countless objects oil
special interest to the war veteran. Here in
the War Department are kept the trophies won
by the boys in blue in those great battles for
the Union. In other museums are preserved
many relics of the war. Here are monuments
to the commanders whose memories are re-
yered by the men who fought with them-Mc.
Pherson, Thomas. Rawlins, Farragut. In this
city Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Logan had
their homes. Logan's tomb is in the Soldiers
Home grounds. overlooking the city from the
north, and Sheridan's tomb is on the crest OF
the heights at Arlington, overlooking the city
from the south. Both of the great commanders
sleep surrounded by their old comrades in
great national cemeteries. 1t was in this city
Lincoln, patient, magnanimous true to the
soldier during those four troublous years
guided the affairs of state with wisdom thai
seems almost inspired. 1t was here that the
great war councils were held. The theatel
where the assassin fired his fatal shot ard the
house where the martyred President died re-
main as objects of mournful interest Thus
are indicated some of the objects within the
city which have vivid interest foc the veteran
of the war.