. Book of the Royal blue . ad it to victory. The sad sequel to this story is knownto all. It was not until nearly four yearsof the bloodiest struggle of history thatthe Confederate capital was captured, afterlosing in the flame of battle, in killed,w^ounded and missing, quite as many menas composed the grand army reviewed byMcClellan and Lincoln on the bright fallday of 1861. The men who emerged fromthe terrible conflict to wear the greenestlaurels of victory were then comparativelyunknown. Grant had been given a smallcommand after much hesitation; Shermanwas fuming in the St. Louis barracks,w
. Book of the Royal blue . ad it to victory. The sad sequel to this story is knownto all. It was not until nearly four yearsof the bloodiest struggle of history thatthe Confederate capital was captured, afterlosing in the flame of battle, in killed,w^ounded and missing, quite as many menas composed the grand army reviewed byMcClellan and Lincoln on the bright fallday of 1861. The men who emerged fromthe terrible conflict to wear the greenestlaurels of victory were then comparativelyunknown. Grant had been given a smallcommand after much hesitation; Shermanwas fuming in the St. Louis barracks,where he had been consigned as a lunatic,and the name of Sheridan was unknownoutside of a small circle of army men. Fivediflerent commanders led the Army of thePotomac without achieving final success,and billions of treasure, with half a millionlives, and four long years of the mostdestructive battles of modern history, werethe price to be paid for the rehabilitationof the great republic of the world. BATTLEFIELDS ALONG THE. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first and most desirable point of vantage coveted by both the Federal ami CFerry, W. Va., and at Washington. To retain the advantage, the Federal government established block houses along the railiThe B. & 0. was the base of operations for the Federal army for nearly four years and from whieh the government could ntthe Potomac, and was consequently in a continual state of siege. Harpers Ferry, the key to the Shenandoah Valley, firteight times in three years. The government arsenal and annories which where located there, were destroyed by the govON OR ADJACENT TO THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD, not taking into Consideration the innumerable skirmishes. LTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
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