. Picturesque on the B. & O. . ngly before the eye is historic ground, almostevery foot of it. To the right is North Mountain, where thebattle had been fought prior to Antietam, and where McClel-lan pressed Lee so strongly that he fell back through Boons-boro and Keedysville, seven and a half miles to Antietam,fighting all the way. Fully as distinct is South Mountainitself, where ex-president Hayes was wounded, and whencehe was taken down a few miles to a farm house for treatmentand attention. Meantime, and on the day of the battle ofSouth Mountain, Stonewall Jackson fought here on BolivarHeig
. Picturesque on the B. & O. . ngly before the eye is historic ground, almostevery foot of it. To the right is North Mountain, where thebattle had been fought prior to Antietam, and where McClel-lan pressed Lee so strongly that he fell back through Boons-boro and Keedysville, seven and a half miles to Antietam,fighting all the way. Fully as distinct is South Mountainitself, where ex-president Hayes was wounded, and whencehe was taken down a few miles to a farm house for treatmentand attention. Meantime, and on the day of the battle ofSouth Mountain, Stonewall Jackson fought here on BolivarHeights, and captured a large number of Union soldiers,kiom this elevated position Jackson saw the smoke of Antie-tam, and hurrying his troops down, following the river toShepherdstown, and thence to Antietam, he arrived thereand saved Lee from annihilation. From the Heights is also seen the stretch of country Gen-eral Lee traversed with his army on the march to this time Maryland Heights,-just opposite, was occupied.
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