. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Thomas G. ValentineCompany B. Hugh H. BenferCorporal, Company A i865] FROM SAVANNAH TO GOLDSBOROUGH 193 supplies, but had to fight for them, as the Rebel cavah-y were nowclose at hand, and very aggressive. Sunday, February 26, was a day to try mens souls. The com-mand marched at 8 a. m. in pouring rain; was ordered back to campafter reaching the road; again, at 10:15 ^- ^-j was ordered to proceed,and, marching six miles, reached Hanging Rock Post Office andwent into camp. This place has a Revolutionary fame from a
. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Thomas G. ValentineCompany B. Hugh H. BenferCorporal, Company A i865] FROM SAVANNAH TO GOLDSBOROUGH 193 supplies, but had to fight for them, as the Rebel cavah-y were nowclose at hand, and very aggressive. Sunday, February 26, was a day to try mens souls. The com-mand marched at 8 a. m. in pouring rain; was ordered back to campafter reaching the road; again, at 10:15 ^- ^-j was ordered to proceed,and, marching six miles, reached Hanging Rock Post Office andwent into camp. This place has a Revolutionary fame from a sharpcontest which took place between the cavalry of Gates and rock is a natural curiosity, being an immense boulder poisedon a ledge of rocks at the brow of the hill and nicely , too, on August 13, 1780, six American soldiers were hangedupon a scaffold by the British. An equally interesting rock near byhas its lower face scooped out, forming a concave wall and roof ofsmooth stone, probably by the action of fires during long ages. The trains had a serious time crossing Hanging Ro
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