. Book of the Royal blue . rs Ferryon the Shenandoah River, and re-erectedby Kate Field, of Washington. At one time or another during the waralmost the entire Union army was at Har-pers Ferry. It was looked upon as the keyto the safety of Washington from the open-ing to the close of the war. It was taken,re-taken or evacuated every time the Con-federates crossed the Potomac, except in1864 when General Sigel determined to holdit at all hazards, a thing which at the timeseemed impossible, for no army had beenable to cross the Potomac and remain acrosswithout a proper garrison. But this Gen-eral
. Book of the Royal blue . rs Ferryon the Shenandoah River, and re-erectedby Kate Field, of Washington. At one time or another during the waralmost the entire Union army was at Har-pers Ferry. It was looked upon as the keyto the safety of Washington from the open-ing to the close of the war. It was taken,re-taken or evacuated every time the Con-federates crossed the Potomac, except in1864 when General Sigel determined to holdit at all hazards, a thing which at the timeseemed impossible, for no army had beenable to cross the Potomac and remain acrosswithout a proper garrison. But this Gen-eral Sigel accomplished by taking an en-forced position upon the heights, resistingEarlys largely superior force, which com-pletely surrounded him most of the few years ago General J. B. Gordon wasasked why the Confederates did not stormthe works. His reply was that he had hisdivision ready on Maryland Heights, butGeneral Early would not allow him to do so,saying that it would cost the lives of moremen than it was STATUE OF JAMES A. MARTYR PRESIDENT. THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, G. A. R.
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