. Book of the Royal blue . ountains, lovely glens,splendid prospects, picturesque walks, sing-ing streams and winding rivers to delightthe eye and feast the mind, while ampleboards give strength to the forcesto endure the mountains ascent, the gallopon horseback, and the long trip to thecamp or through the country. Hampshire lies on the border line be-tween Maryland and \^irginia, just oppositeAlleghany County, from which it is dividedby the Potomac. Two ranges of mountains—the AUeghanies on the north and theNorth Mountains on the south — traversethe county from east to west, while a
. Book of the Royal blue . ountains, lovely glens,splendid prospects, picturesque walks, sing-ing streams and winding rivers to delightthe eye and feast the mind, while ampleboards give strength to the forcesto endure the mountains ascent, the gallopon horseback, and the long trip to thecamp or through the country. Hampshire lies on the border line be-tween Maryland and \^irginia, just oppositeAlleghany County, from which it is dividedby the Potomac. Two ranges of mountains—the AUeghanies on the north and theNorth Mountains on the south — traversethe county from east to west, while a greatarray of interlacing spurs run in orderlylegions throughout a large part of the inter-vening area. The lovely valleys that liebetween these grand ranges are rich inverdure, while the mountains are the feed-ing grounds of fleecy flocks and magnificentherds. Ilomney, an agreeable town of about athousand inhabitants, is the capital ofHampshire, and is beautifully located on theSouth Branch of the Potomac, surrounded. by picturesque mountain ranges and broadproductive valleys. One of the interestingpoints in Romney is its .mcient cemetery—once the burying place of the Indians. This cemetery has resounded with thenote of battle. During the early part ofthe Civil War, a Confederate battery wasmounted in this sacred place, for it com-manded a broad sweep of the South The Union forces advanced uponthe battery from three points. As thedivision that came up the South BranchXallcy, coming from the west, arrived ata point three miles from Romney, thebattery commenced firing, opening theranks of the assailants at each volley,but they came on and the Confederatesretreated, losing their guns. One of theballs from the battery went through a farm-house three miles from town, and, thoughthe house was occupied, no one was injured. The sounds of war have subsided, andnow the note is peaches, clearing upthe mountains for orchards and prospect-ing for coal, silver and gold
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