. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE SEVESTII XEW YORIv AT CAMP CAMEROS, VIRGINIA SCENES IN 61. BY CONSTANCE CARY HARRLSON. THE only association I have with my old home in^il•ginia that is not one of unmixed happinessrelates to the time immediately succeeding the exe-cution of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Ourhomestead was in Fairfax County, at some dis-tance from the theater of that tragic episode; and,belonging as we did to a family among the first inthe State to manumit slaves,—our grauflfather hav
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE SEVESTII XEW YORIv AT CAMP CAMEROS, VIRGINIA SCENES IN 61. BY CONSTANCE CARY HARRLSON. THE only association I have with my old home in^il•ginia that is not one of unmixed happinessrelates to the time immediately succeeding the exe-cution of John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Ourhomestead was in Fairfax County, at some dis-tance from the theater of that tragic episode; and,belonging as we did to a family among the first inthe State to manumit slaves,—our grauflfather hav-ing set free those that came to him hy inheritance,and the jieople who served us being hired from theirowners and remaining in our employ thi-ough years of kimlliest relations,—there seemed to be no especial reason for us to share in the apprehension of anuprising of the blacks. But there was the fear — unspoken, or pooh-poohedat by the men who were mouth-pieces for our community—dark, boding,oppressive, and altogether hateful. I can remember taking it to bed with meat night, and awaking suddenly oftentimes to confront it through a vigil ofnervous te
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