. Book of the Royal blue . e hispart and filled worthily every dutyassigned him. He was comman-dant for some time at Fort Cum-berland, then the farthest ad-vanced post of the border, andimmediately confronting FortDuquesne. He commanded abattalion sent to the aid of SouthCarolina by Virginia, and soonafter this he disappeared from theservice, returning here to spendthe balance of his days. CieneralStephen held large landed pos-sessions, and gave the land on which Mar-tinsburg now stands. His home on theOpequon, near Leetown, was a log house,rough and unpromising, evidently intendedmore for act
. Book of the Royal blue . e hispart and filled worthily every dutyassigned him. He was comman-dant for some time at Fort Cum-berland, then the farthest ad-vanced post of the border, andimmediately confronting FortDuquesne. He commanded abattalion sent to the aid of SouthCarolina by Virginia, and soonafter this he disappeared from theservice, returning here to spendthe balance of his days. CieneralStephen held large landed pos-sessions, and gave the land on which Mar-tinsburg now stands. His home on theOpequon, near Leetown, was a log house,rough and unpromising, evidently intendedmore for actual every-day utility than forshow. Like the Lee home, an addition hasbeen placed to the log house, and it doesnot now resemble the old home of the General. It is said that Stephen, likeMorgan and other soldiers of the period,was much given to the wine cup; and, un-like his neighbor, Lee, he loved com|)anyand was never happier than when he hadhis friends around him. From his cabinthere was often the sound of revelry in the. GENERAL STEPHENS HOME ON THE OPEQUON. long hours of the winters nights. Stephenkept open house all the time. He lovedthe wild woods in which he lived; he lovedhis people, and was a man of rude jest andwild revel, but with brave and patriotic im-pulses. He worthily fought many fightsfor the people he loved and his home. In
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