. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . gton, was first erected by the citizens of Boonsboro and vicinity in 1827. It stands on the summit, one Situation briefly tO him, directed him tO Sweep and a half miles north of Turners Gap (see map, page 144). ~.,,(Ty. trip wnnrfc rpnrri thp rnnd and hold Originally it was twenty feet high, but as an old resident of the tlirOUgtl tne U OOClS, reacn tile TOad, and IlOKl neighborhood said, eight or ten feet of it were tumbled down the it at all hazards, as the Safety of Lees large steep mountain-side by bad boys and wicked men who never
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . gton, was first erected by the citizens of Boonsboro and vicinity in 1827. It stands on the summit, one Situation briefly tO him, directed him tO Sweep and a half miles north of Turners Gap (see map, page 144). ~.,,(Ty. trip wnnrfc rpnrri thp rnnd and hold Originally it was twenty feet high, but as an old resident of the tlirOUgtl tne U OOClS, reacn tile TOad, and IlOKl neighborhood said, eight or ten feet of it were tumbled down the it at all hazards, as the Safety of Lees large steep mountain-side by bad boys and wicked men who never . , j 1 •. i_ •__ r,„i J un „.«„4- knew there was a George Washington. In its tumble-down train depended Upon ltS being held. condition, as seen on the right of the picture, it served as one of the Union signal stations during the battle of In 1882 the monument was rebuilt, as seen on the left of the picture, by the Odd Fellows of Boonsboro. The present height of the tower, including the observatory, is forty feet.— seen by them. Colonel T. L. Rosser of the cav-alry had been sent that morning with his regi-men t and Pelhams artillery by order of GeneralStuart to seize Foxs Gap on the Braddockroad. Cox had got to the heights first and con-fronted Rosser with a portion of his command,while the remainder of it could be plainly seenat the foot of the mountain. General Rosser off in high spirits and I never saw him never knew a truer, better, braver man. Hadhe lived, his talents, pluck, energy, and purityof character must have put him at the headof his profession, whether in civil or militarylife. After passing through the first belt of woodsGarland found Rosser, and conferring withhim, determined to make his stand close to thejunction of the roads, near the summit of themountain (Foxs Gap). He had with him fiveregiments of infantry and Bondurants battery writes tome that he reported the situation of of artillery—his infantry force being a
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