Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-07
THEIR VISIT TO BATTLE-FlELDS.
Captain CIeary Spe.ks of His Hospitable
Treatment in Virginia.
This Is ZION tho Roches


EyBreSS OF Monday:
Superintendent Cleary and his wife re-
turned home Saturday night from wash
lugtOu. where they had boon IN attendance
at the Grand Army Of the Republic en-
campment and the Convention OF the NO-
mans Relief Corps. In speaking of his
trim to "a POST Express reporter this morning,
the superintendent said: Saturday morn
ing. after the close of the encampment, my
wife and | went to Richmond. where We
we're Hospitality received BY Captain Epps,
who is CITY Ser-cant--a position similar 10
our Sheriff haT.-and were his guests
until the following Tuesday. Ia fact, he
did everything in hlS power for our COM
fort and pleasure. On SUNDAY we drove
TO Gaines MI the tattle-held where the
Old Thirteenth fought 80 Yallantly on
June p. 1862 We noticed many changes.
Trees have grown up all around and woods
how appear where there were open hClis.
The next morning we went with Captain
Fpps 10 Petersburg, and there / saw the
remains OF Fort Stcdmau, where my
regiment was attacked March -, 1860.
The tort was III RUNS ana looked
a. If II had been washed out except
for the trees and shrubs which W re
growing INSIDE of II. | thcn visited ort
Haskell and the Crater, where the nine
was exploded July 80. 1874. burylng 100
men IN the ruins. The Fourteenth Heavy
ARTILLERY, 10 which wa, attached, charged
on the fort immediately after the eXp!o-
sion and held II till late IN the afternoon,
when the rebels recaptured II and took
30 Of our men. Afterwards we VISITED the
Union breastwOrks. Of which httle re-
ma rs, and next went 10 Fort Hell and
Fort Damnarlon, i'm front OF Petersburg.
All were dismautled and IN decay.
1--WE went back 10 Petersburg con-
tinued the Superintendent, and took DIN
nor az a hotel conducted by Mr.. Forester,
formerly o. the Livingston. Of Rochester,
and afterwards OF Bags Hotel, Of Utica.
We returned 10 Richmond, and eY-ryW here
we went we were shown the greatest kind
ness and courtesy Captain Epps, who Was
n color-sergeant OF tho Forty-Seyenth VIZ
giuians, q Confederate regiment was espe-
cially KIND. In fact, all the Grand Army
OF the Republic men. their wives, aud
friends Were tr,ated with the utmost cour-
tesv. K. T.. Ice Camp and the Contede-
rate veterans kept open lOuse night and
day for thu accommodation OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic visitors ana FUR
nished refreshments at all hours. We'd
nesdav we left Richmond and re-
Turned 10 Washington. We also visit
ca Fredcricks burg, Alexandra. and
other places IN that vicinity, but we
found little change there since the war.
Afterwards We iOurueyed % Arlington
Heights and Arlington cemetery. Here
on the heights, overlooking Washington,
We saw General Lees old home. which -
kept in excellent repair. In front OF .
stands the monument erected 10 the men,
DRY Of General Sheridan. Back OF The
Lee residence IL a monument erected over
the graves Of the unknown dead. wheroln
lie buried over 1900 Union soldiers who
fell on the battle fields of Virginia.
"All the forts near Washington con-
cluded superintendent CleaTy, are dis
mautled and III ruins. Old Fort CorcOTan,
where the old Thirteenth was stationed IN
the winter of 1861, - III dilapidated con-
dltlon, overgrown with trees aud shrub
berg. We also drove down to Cabin-John
bridge. seven miles from Washington. and
thence 10 Fort Reno, at which latter place
the Old Fourteenth Heavy Artillery had
headquarters after the war. We went up
the Washington monument, through
MANY OF the public buildings, and to the
Soldiers Home
Reierring to the parade in Washington,