The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-21

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ol the crater, wherein Gran,'e,
army, after attempting to n~%.
mine and blow up the Conro duueF'
works lost so many men th etate
was forced to Withdraw, ""' 1t
Five miles to the Sontbu
this city is the battle field Of ' ~, VI
Forks, where Grant final, lave i've
through General Lees lines t
ing the latter to withdraw fulc'
Richmond. Richmond is at1m
surrounded with the earthwc sun
thrown up by the Con,edaro,.aS
i'll their last stubborn Yt a''s
against the armies of the Nortn u
1t contains the home of ,Jeffersan
Davis as well as the latter dou
home of General Lee. "'
From Richmond, down -.
south bank of the James Riyar ,1o
Norfolk the route is lined on ho%
sides with points full of historical
interest. Malvern Hill and Po a
muda Hundred are but few mjIa,
below Richmond. A few miles
further Is City Point where Cae
eral Grant established his hose
of supplies during the artacE0
upon Richmond. The comm, o~
both sides of the route is Stnd1oS
with stately colonial mansions
dating back to the time of tba
Revolution. Below City Point j,
Brandon, in Prince Georra
County, whence came the Har
riSon family that gave a Governo,
to Virginia and two President,
to the United States Below
Brandon is the site of the fret
settlement of EngliShmen on the
soil OF the New World at James
town. From this point the roads
are hard and smooth to Ports.
mouth on the Elizabeth River on.
pOsite Norfolk. the scene of MANY
of the tiercest struggles of both
the Revolutionary ana vi il Wars
These are for the most part too
we'll known to need any deScrip.
ton here. From Norfolk the au.
toists will proceed both to the
exposition site at SewellS Point
on Hampton Roads aud also to
Virginia Beach on the Atlantic
Ocean, thus making a complete
trip from Washington to the
ocean.
An alternative route has been
tentatively surveyed 10y Mr. Post
which follows the same route as
far as Richmond, but which there
turns Off to the north and follows
in reverse the line of assault of
Grants army in its attacks on the
Confederates. This route is per
haps more historical than the
other. 1t recalls some of the
most humiliating defeats the
Union armies suffered during the
whole war.
Al Cold Harbor, near Rich,
mond, Grant made a desperate
attempt to break through the
Confederate lines and lost ten
thousand men in ten minutes,
The route from Cold HarbOr
passes along the edge of the bat
tlefeld, where ragged foI two days
the terrible battle of the Wilder
ness. Nearby are the Bloody
Angle" and the field of SPOTS
! sylyania.
Further along on this route is
he field of Characteristic,
! where the Union army under Gen
eral Hooker sustained losses
! amounting to over seventeen
thousand men in one of the most
tieI cely fought battles of the war
In this encounter he was con
fronted by Generals Lee and
"Stonewall jackson" who com
pletely outgeneraled him. Gen
eral Jackson was accidentally
shot by his own men. Hooker
was compelled to beat a hasty
retreat.
Between Charlottesville and
Washington there are many other
famous battlefelds, the series
eliminating i'll the two terrible
battles of Bull Run or Manassas
where the Fedaral forces were
twice terribly defeated by TIT
COnfederates.