. Virginia in black and white . ON THE GREENBRIER, NEAR WHUE SULrHUR. 22 THE THEATER OF WAR,. HE country traversed by the Chesapeake & OhioRailway has been the theater of two great is lined with battlefields. The War of the Revo-lution was practically terminated at Yorktown, andat Appomattox General Lee gave up the Confed-erate cause. One who travels over the line forthe first time is startled by the frequency of thenames of places which were the scenes of greatconflicts. From Richmond to Petersburg andYorktown Lafayette fought Phillips and Corn-wallis. Col. Tarletons cavalry ravaged t
. Virginia in black and white . ON THE GREENBRIER, NEAR WHUE SULrHUR. 22 THE THEATER OF WAR,. HE country traversed by the Chesapeake & OhioRailway has been the theater of two great is lined with battlefields. The War of the Revo-lution was practically terminated at Yorktown, andat Appomattox General Lee gave up the Confed-erate cause. One who travels over the line forthe first time is startled by the frequency of thenames of places which were the scenes of greatconflicts. From Richmond to Petersburg andYorktown Lafayette fought Phillips and Corn-wallis. Col. Tarletons cavalry ravaged the James-River region, droveJefferson from Monticello, and raided the Assembly at were battles at Williamsburg and Jamestown, Cornwallis retreatingdown the Peninsula and finally taking up his position at Yorktown, wherethe American leaders hemmed him in and struck their great blow. Hesurrendered October 19, 1781. But these battles, momentous as they were in the worlds history, were, inpoint of fighting, insignificant when compared to the great encounters of theRe
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