The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-10
never been explored beyond the first
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A little way below Hagerstown you
come to the battlefield of Antietam
and find yourself in the midst of re-
| mlnders of those days that tried men s
souls. For miles the older houses
| trees and garden walls show bullet
scars and bits of shell embedded in
them, now looked upon with pride and
carefully preserved. AS Sharpsburg is
a populous cemetery, you know where
many thousands of dead soldiers, wear
ing both the blue and the gray, are
| bivOuaced. Three miles below Hagers-
| town you cross the Potomac near
Pack Horse Ford, where a desperate
battle was fought between the Cataw-
bas and the Suspuehannocks, nearly
two centuries ago. At the same place
in the summer of 1775, the first South
ern troops crossed the river on their
way to join Gen. Washington, who was
then encamped before Boston town. 1t
was this same ford that portion of
Gen. Robert f. Lees army hurriedly
| crossed, to give battle at Antietam
and here the remnant of his forces re-
| crossed in still greater hurry, after
the conflict, to the Virginia side.
Skeperdstown is another interesting
place. 1t is the Oldest village in the
| state, founded in 1874. You must not
forget that on the river near this town
James Ramsey exhibited the first
steamboat he invented, in 17S7-fully
a quarter of century before Fulton's
experiment on the Hudson.
Charestown is another old village,
| rich in memories of early days. 1t was
laid out on the estate of Charles Wash
ington, younger brother of our first
President, and named for him. Near
the station is an old we'll, dug by
Braddock's troops on their way to as
sist in the destruction of Fort Du
Quesne. A little way to the west are
the ruins of a stone church, which
was built during the siege of George II.
Near it is Hardwood House." where
Washington's elder brother, Samuel,
lived. James Madison was married in
it, and Louis Philippe and his two
brotherS-the Due de Montpensier and
Count Beaujelaix-were entertained
during their visit to America. In the
quaint Court House of this village,
with its heavy wooden pillars in front
and clumsy belfry on top, John Brown
was tried and sentenced to death; and
in field near the town, in full view
from the windows of passing cars. the
brave old lunatic was hung-while the
bells in many Northern towns were
tolling in sympathy for him.
Near Berryville is "Greenway
Court" where for thirty years lived
Thomas, sixth Lord of Fairfax, Baron
of Cameron and proprietor of more
than 5.000,000 acres of sacred soil''
between the Rappahannock and the
Potomac. In the distance is Stras-
burg, at the pass in the mountains,
where Gen. Banks and his army came
through. Then you are whirled along
where "Sheridan's Ride" turned the
fortunes of a day.. where Jubal Earlys
army, and Shields, and Stonewall
Jackson's, and Lees, under the Stars
and Stripes and the Stars and Bars.
marched to victory or defeat. Then
YOU arrive at Luray with its stu
pendous caverns-an underground
world which natures artists have been
silently decorating for ages. Farther
down the road, just below Port Re
public (Which was the scene OF so san
culinary a battle between Shields and
.Jackson's force that the latter remark
ed. as he rode sorrowfully over the
field. "the. slain outnumber the liy-
ing")-is Viewers Cave and the Cave
of the Fountains, both well worth
visit. The railway runs within hve
miles Of Lexington, which is the seat
Of the Virginia Military Institute ana
of the Washington and Lee univers-
ity. and where Stonewall Jackson ana
Cen. Lee are buried. Next comes
Glenwood. 1876 miles below Shenan-
doah Junction: and here, until recent
w. YOU had to leave the cars ana
take stage for the Bridge Nowadays
you are simply transferred 70 mar