. Book of the Royal blue . ~^. COMMODORE PERRTf MONUMENT. CLEVELAND 0. Early in the spring of 1861 HarpersFerry was occupied by Generals Joe Johns-ton and Stonewall Jackson. The Federaltroops were encamped at Sandy Hook, asmall station on the railroad, almost im-mediately opposite. The experience ofpassengers on Baltimore & Ohio trainsduring this period was of a character notaltogether pleasant; stopped on the Mary-land side of the river by the Union forcesand again on the Virginia side by the Con-federate forces, one had to be careful andremember to just which power he had lastgiven allegianc
. Book of the Royal blue . ~^. COMMODORE PERRTf MONUMENT. CLEVELAND 0. Early in the spring of 1861 HarpersFerry was occupied by Generals Joe Johns-ton and Stonewall Jackson. The Federaltroops were encamped at Sandy Hook, asmall station on the railroad, almost im-mediately opposite. The experience ofpassengers on Baltimore & Ohio trainsduring this period was of a character notaltogether pleasant; stopped on the Mary-land side of the river by the Union forcesand again on the Virginia side by the Con-federate forces, one had to be careful andremember to just which power he had lastgiven allegiance. In a few weeks the Confederates evacu-ated the Ferry, moving to Winchester, theFederals taking possession and holding ituntil September, 1S02, when (Jeneral ThomasJ. Jackson captured it and compelled ColonelI>. S. Miles, the Federal commander, to sur-render with 11,000 men. The Union forceswere paroled, and Jackson marched imme-diately, liy way of Shepherdstown, to joinLee at Antietam. This happened on Sep-tember L5t
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