Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-09
The yorkvills ENQUIRER

around Frederick, Marylano' ana
think a description Of some OF the
places I have been would interest 9
number of the readers Of The Enquir-
er. I have just returned from a triE
over three great battlefields-Soutf
Mountain, Antietam and Monocacy.
have no doubt that veter ms in YorB
county were in one If not all three oi
these battles. Frederick Is in direc'
line from Winchester, Va, to Gettys-
burg, Pa, so all the country round here
was trayersed by both armies. South
Mountain and Antietam were on what
is now Hagerstown Turnpike, formerly
an old Indian trial, and Monocacy Is on
the Washington turnpike. All three are
within twelve miles Of Frederick. The
battles of South Mountain and Antie-
tam in 1862 were fought by victori-
Gus Confederate army pressing for
ward under the personal leadership OF
Lee and Jackson. Monocacy In 1864
however, was the desperate fight OF
broken and doomed army-being beat
en- back but fighting every step Of the
way.
Author of Star Spansled Banner.
The first place Of historical note
went to in Frederick was to Mt. Olivet
cemetery, to visit the grave of Francis
Scott Key, author of the "Star Span
gled Banner" Key was born In FREEZER
ick in 1779 and buried there in Mt. OIL
vet in 1s43, beside the grave of his wife
who died some years before. A beau
tiful marble and bronze monument has
been erected by the United States HIS
torical society over the graves OF Key
and his wife. The base Is OF marble
with the throned figure OF woman
bearing on her knees marble scroii
ON which is engraved the three verses
of THE Star Spangled Banner" Erect
is a portrait stature in bronze OF Key
with uplifted arms waving in one hand
the banner. At the entrance to the en-
closure is a flag pole on which the
United States flag always flies. l was
told that It was customary for visitors
to leave flowers on Keys grave so l
had bought some at florists outside
the cemetery gate.
Changed Her Mind.
AS started up the elevation to the
grave 1 saw another flag that made me
lose all interest in Key and his Star
Spangled Banner"
July 9 was the forty-eighth anniver-
sary of the battle of Monocacy' ana
the Confederate flags which had been
placed by the Confederate Memorial
association of Frederick on the graves
of the four hundred and twenty soldiers
of the Confederacy killed at Monoca-
cy, were still there. So / divided my
flowers between the graves Of Walter
Cross. c. S. A, Charlotte, N. c., aged
21." John S. Mason, Lancaster Co.,
s c., 18th S. c., Regiment" and "---
Chisolm, Hampton's Legion" and was
sorry l didn't have flowers enough Tor
all. On the headstohes were names or
men from all the Confederate states
and many were from the 18th. 18th and
22nd South Carolina regiments. and
Hampton's Legion.
Where Brave Men Lie.
In 1881, the women Of the Frederick
Memorial association unveiled beau
tiful monument to these dead soldiers.
It stands Just in front of the row OF
graves and is eighteen feet high. On
the four sides Of the shaft are the
names Of all the soldiers they could
learn who Had. sworn the flag south
ern hands had made.
ITO plant on Maryland hills against
a Maryland sky" but whose fate 1t was
round it's torn and shattered folds like
cavaliers to die" Surmounting the
shaft is the figure of Confederate SOL
dier with arms at rest. l was told that
some of the members Of the associa-
tion wanted his face toward the south,
but more thought 1t more appropriate
to have him facing the enemy. So he
faces north.
When l saw this monument I Won
dered, and l have wondered several
times before, If 1t was a coincidence
that all the Confederate monuments /
have ever seen have the figure of a
man. In New York they erect mauso-
leums, like Grants Tomb. or columns
like the Soldiers and Sailors monu-
ment and the Maine memorial, and
there are lots of memorial arches, but
every Confederate monument l ever
saw had on it the figure Of soldier.
If 1t is a coincidence it is a very happy
one.
Where Barbara Friechtie Lived.
Leaving Mt. Olivet l walked down
the road and over the Swinging Bridge
over Carroll Creek over which just fif-
ty wears ago "Stonewall" Jacksons
army entered Frederick. A block below
the bridge, down the creek, is the spot
where Barbara Friechtie was said to
have waved the United States flag
This incident is said to have been un-
true, but a woman by that name did
live in this spot and her cottage was
washed away in 1868 by flood in Car
roll creek.
Where jackson Prayed.
UP in the northern end of town is the
house Jackson used as his headquar-
ters, and here General Lee and Gen
Jackson made arrangements for the
campaign which ended so disastrous
". On a street above Frederick court
house is a little old-fashioned Presby-
terian church. Jackson attended this
church, and sat on second to the
front seat. The story is told that or
several occasions he was invited by
the minister to offer prayer and his
prayers are said in length and fervencI
to have been commensurate with the
brilliancy and fearlessness of his cam.
paigns. The great soldier of the Con.
federacy was a great soldier of the
Cross.
South Mountain.
South Mountain is eight miles wes
of Frederick on the HagerstOwn turn
pike. Jackson's men were attempting
to cut through the gap there-Cramp'
tons Gap, I think II is called-ant