Personal narratives of events in the war of the rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society . d Lee at this time been in com-mand of the Army of the Potomac he would haveannihilated the rebel army, even although the latterwere led by another Lee, with Jackson and Long-street to help him. The brigade at AYinchester, to which the SeventhSquadron was attached, under orders from GeneralHalleck, retreated from that place about 11 oclockon the night of the second of September, after blow-ing up the forts and destroying all the governmentproperty that
Personal narratives of events in the war of the rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society . d Lee at this time been in com-mand of the Army of the Potomac he would haveannihilated the rebel army, even although the latterwere led by another Lee, with Jackson and Long-street to help him. The brigade at AYinchester, to which the SeventhSquadron was attached, under orders from GeneralHalleck, retreated from that place about 11 oclockon the night of the second of September, after blow-ing up the forts and destroying all the governmentproperty that could be destroyed, and entered Har-pers Ferry the next day. General White left us atHarpers Ferry and proceeded to Martinsburg underorders to take command there. Above Washingtonthe course of the Potomac is from northwest tosoutheast. About thirty miles northwest of Wash-ington lies Leesburg, on the southern side of thePotomac, and about twenty miles further northwest • OF HARPER S FERRY. 13 is the town of Harpers Ferry, situated on the sameside of the river. The Shenandoah, which flowsnortherly .through the Shenandoah Valley in Vir-. HARPERS FERRY. ginia, here enters the Potomac after dividing thetongue of land upon which the town is situated, andBolivar Heights back of the town, from LoudonHeights which overhang its right bank. 14 SIEGE AND CAPTURE The Elk Ridge, running north and south acrossparts of Virginia and Maryland, is here divided bythe Potomac, which cuts through these lofty andbold abutments of rock, on its way to the precipitous steep on the north side of the riveris called Maryland Heights, and that on the southLoudon Heights. The space between MarylandHeights and the river is completely filled by a canaland narrow road. The railroad bridge crosses theriver just under the precipice of Maryland river here is about 300 yards wide. The ridgeon either side of the gap, through which the unitedrivers force their majestic way, rises in steep andpa
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