The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . led westward, carrying us to Sandy Hook, oppo-site Harpers Ferry. A large force was concentrating Point of Rocks, where the Baltimore and Ohio railroadin its westward course first touches the Potomac river, wesaw for the first time some traces of that huge, monstrous andremorseless concomitant of war, which all soldiers saw somuch of bef
The Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, First division, 12th and 20th corps A history of its recruiting, organization, camp life, marches and battles, together with a roster of the men composing it .. . led westward, carrying us to Sandy Hook, oppo-site Harpers Ferry. A large force was concentrating Point of Rocks, where the Baltimore and Ohio railroadin its westward course first touches the Potomac river, wesaw for the first time some traces of that huge, monstrous andremorseless concomitant of war, which all soldiers saw somuch of before the end, namely, destruction of the long, expensive bridge that spanned the Potomac at 96 HISTORY OF THE Point of Rocks nothing remained but the stone piers. Mostof the buildings on both sides of the river had been reduced toashes and bhickened walls. Where any remained tl>ey wereriddled with cannon balls and distressed by other species ofrough usage. At Sandy Hook and Harpers Ferrv the case was sub-stantially the same. The fine railroad bridt^e here was alsogone. The rugged and picturesque naturitl scenery of thisvicinity is justly far famed. As distinguished a personas Thomas Jefferson has left on record his high apprecia-. George W. Gore, Co. D. RECENT portrait. John Bresxaiiax, Co. A. RECENT IOK PRAIT. tion of it. The Potomac seems to cut squarely through theBlue Ridge range here and makes some majestic curves whilepassing between almost perpendicular stone walls, many hun-dred feet high. On the Maryland side there is scanty roomfor one street between the rocky wall and the waters war times the few, cheap, weatherbeaten houses along thisone, straggling street constituted the village of Sandy the Virginia side the Shenandoah, coming from the south,after vainly beating against the rocky clifTs of the Blue Ridge, TWENTY-SEVENTH INDIANA. 97 finds an outlet into the Potomac, just where the latter breaksthrough the ridge. On the wedge-shaped pie
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