The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-08
Old Soldiers Returning to
the Scenes Of Great Bat.
ties Find Changes.
FIND MANY RELICS
So Many Places of Historical Interest
Are To Be Seen That Trip Is
an Education.

Norfolk, Va, July Son account Of
the jamestown exposition many vet
Grams OF the great war VIII tread the
soil Of old Virginia again this sum
mer after q lapse OF forty odd years
They viii come with little less fire
in their eyes. a little more halt in
their steps and a little more gray in
their locks, nevertheless they viii
come with memories as bright and
minds as keen as wnen they followed
the fortunes of battle with Grant and
sheridan or Lee and Jackson. They
Will walk over the battlehelds Of Seven
Pines or Fair oaks. Cold Harbor or the
Wilderness ana stop occasionally TO
gather up gray leaden bullet. a
mimic BAH or a rusty grape shot. They
may. by a little search. discover the
point Of bayonet protruding from the
ground or IL may be only buckle
from a soldiers belt with u. $ 4" or
&C. S. a." emblazoned with the brassy
green OF the by-gone years.
| In some places the scenes OF that
great conflict are fast becoming oblit-
Grated by the storms of the seasons
as they pass, and by the pillow Of the
&
years viii not be sufficient to entirely
destroy the great oarthworSs which
the vast armies Of the sixties threw up,
semetimes in a single night. At Sc
Wells Point. where the jamestown ex-
position opened on April &c there are
huge piles OF earth and fertilization
ruins erected by the Confederate
forces for the defense OF Norfolk, and
in making the streets and boulevards
OF the exposition many relics such as
pieces OF cannon. cannon balls. rusty
muskets and the like have been un-
earthed
At old jamestown. where the erumbl-
ing church tower stands as the sole
remnant Of the first English settle
ment in America. the earthworks OF
near three hundred years ago may be
seen where they We're thrown UP as a
defense against the Indians. bullded a
little higher by Lord CORVALLIS in
revolutionary days and added TO yet
more by Mcclellan in the days of 81.
At williamsburg, few miles distant
from Jamestown are some Of the best
preserved earthworks Of them ALL
Here much Of the original Fort Ma
gruder" stands, a high circular en-
bankment with its accompanying deep
moat- In a tangle OF blackberry
bushes on this embankment there was
recently discovered a heap OF nine
pound loaded mortar shells. which had
, lain there undisturbed for nearly forty
FIVE years. Every household Of the
. community has its priceless collection
OF battlefield relies. turned up by the
pillow or uncovered by the frosts OF
winter and rains Of summer. Here
! may he seen some Of the best preserved
rine-pits thrown up during the war.
The railroad from Williamsburg 10
t Newport News cuts through one OF
, these huge earthworks about a mile
out of Williamsburg.
] At Yorktown there may be seen
traces Of the famous redoubts thrown
up by CORVALLIS and in which he put
too much confidence. Newer and more
extensive earthworks appear there
also. mementoes Of the Peninsular
: campaign Of the civil war. At Peters
burg. a thousand men might yet find
: shelter in the Crater" the BaIaklava
: OF the civil war, where 50 many brave
: lives were sacrificed. All about Rich
2 mond. the Confederate capital are
. signs Of the city's defense in the days
which tried the souls Of men. En-
a bankments. trenches. redoubts, rifle
, pits and Notifications OF every kind
dot the landscape. especially to the
east and north Of the city. Similar
earthworks abound all over Virginia
; from Manassas to Appomattox and it
viii not be difficult for the old veter-
: ans Of the blue and the gray TO get
their bearings as they traverse the
scenes Of their battles OF long ago
The jamestown exposition promises
j to serve many useful purposes to the
: country at large and not the least Of
; these will be the bringing together OF
!. the soldiers Of the north and the SOL
diers Of the south IN closer compact
and fraternal friendship. The lapse OF
9 wears has healed the wounds OF pas
q sion and at the jamestown exposition
/ the old soldiers Will gather at the
L building OF the Blue and Gray Vet
e Grams" and viii fight their battles
: DER again without a semblance OF the
A animosity OF former years.