The citizen., 1905-01-27
HOW WASHINGTON WAS
SAVED
Interesting "Reminiscences Of
tho Stirring Tmea When tho
Capital was in Dnngcr
Fredorick'H Part in CuuBing
Enrly'R Dolby
loosusorn raos lAar wrrnl

regiment made mp of ynrionH
commands, was attached TO u
brigade In one Of the divisions ol
tho Sixth Corps. As we marched
up Seventh Street, meeting on
our way old comrades, aud hear
Ing people who had crowded on
the nidc walks, oNclntming; cit
in the old Sixth Corps, with u
part ol tho SECOND (Tho latter
romnrk wan mnd0 from the fact
thnt many Of the hoepilnl tcgi
mcnt belonged to that corps
Tho Sixth Corpa badge wna the
Greet, Crona Ihcao are the men
who took MnNto'a lleighla Tho
danger ia now over Washing
ton nn nout before, wna III =
panic, bat na he proplr tnw tho
Votcrana wearing the hndgca oi
tho Grrck Cross aud blue club
marching through thor atrccts,
the excitement suhsidcd aud con
ndonco prevailed
Thua We made our way to tho
north of the city. tho sound Of
cnuuoundiug Ia our Irout Stimu
ldtluE md Fastening the steps ol
the mcn lamtltra with n few OF
thcit choicest Articles of house
hold furniture loaded into wagons,
we've hnstruinR to the city, rc
porting that their houses were
burned, or that they had made
their oScnpc, leaving the greater
part oi their goods in tho hands
ot the CWtcdeNteS Wh,lc ON
tho march to- Fort stevens, we
passed. Goncrnl Wright, who had
received hts verbal instructions
to mnSs ncar Crystal Springs, in
tho ucishhothnod Of Fort Ste
phrus, where We arrived az about
1 o'cloch IN the AFTERNOONS As |
nov recall the commanders name
| thinh Il vas General fmuk
Wheaton who received the verbal
orders FROM General Wright.
At ! y, M, or an hour later the
force outside at Fort Stephens,
consisting at PORTIONS Of tho vet
Gran reserve corps, war depart
mcnt clerks, aud citizen Noluu
tcctS, was driven ia toward the
fort Ivy an advanced line ot
ERrlNN mcu, At the Same time
Gcnctal Wheaton was ordered to
move u rcRimcut ol his men out
to recover tho lin" held M the
mru GriNcu in This was Suc
tcSNWlN accomplished before
o'clock, or tive hours later hN the
Ninety eighth rcnnSANAum vet
eran volunteers commanded hN
Colonel GN,llen, tho Ouc lluudhcd
aud Second PENNSYLVANIA Veteran
volunteers, Major Thomas Me
lauGblu, and the Ouc umdrcd
and rWtN utuJh rcupSNNauia
\olWtccrS, Captain DANES Me
Oregon These commands dc
PloNCd as Nh,rNlNhet> and droNc
the NoUttdcrate advance bach to-
their wam huo> The position
was Strcustheu,d at dark hN
either tV,vt~, aUd extended from
po,Ut eppo>1,e the teuter ot
the D,Ue NetWvcN tott S,cpAen$
ANA GeNo to Tho west and a po,ut
opposite Ger, Slotum ON ,ho east.
q distance ~ aho0t two ml)c>
SAlrm,>NWk continued throWSh
the night,
In vain all The Afternoon ot
July tltN ENlN Uted IL Uu1 a
wtaN spot ,u che lines, N0t he
MAS mVy v>vlNwhtN hN che bre ot
tortN kWOS auG wU>kclrN, he
Vpot,cd tNe works cNyVvdmSN
$JVOg, NVH$ytOS ot Mia, apyvst.
cd Jo ec CrV,N>rd tottS tcv heavy
ARTILLERY, wttN a 0er ct lower
WVtkS IA OVNt IT earN llcr,rG
tNr an 'mwce>e uNMeer vi guns
tNc WNeDo NWk connected NN
cWttA,N% W(tN 3l,vtc< In O,,wt
Std %,gvNStRcpc0 Is palisades
aUG AAAlttS. tAe timaey h&d
Nccp te),ed Wl,A,N tappcN rauSN
S)l srtNNd aUd lctg oN The SN,aud,
HAk,NS a NsNld&A,e obstacle.
Sv3 every possible SpgN,Sc0 WAS
rSkV8 NN artillery, 00 tNe rtSAl
MAS ENCk CgVyk rNNN,ok ,NrNHSA
= jcep rANsee, wAlNA hAd NyeN
NNdeSea (@rA$$aAle NN ,Re Hl,
ieS et NMNyv 0N each <l1e, ana
N,'NNNG wSgv che works on tAe
GSegke,NNN NsNe, which had Neco
W(N,ytSd Re $tyN'NSv$t VI S0, "a
she leN as lsE ~ che eye v>N,,a
svAce Iee wNgk$ appeared Ie (se
~ The $&Ne saslNeEaaele char
acseN
E&g)N then held = CONSULTATION
With his &eN SsS,&~EgvSkeNrliSe,
NAeese% Nag$@eg saa Ger,iaa,
rNNsRNNk Ses gAe eeS~<>i,y ot
AvSsea (sesVse che tesNi$ sN& aso&s
sssa NAS>eS WSse e,s>N's sz&ta>s