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A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868 — John Shaqi

A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

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A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868

Name: A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
Author: Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Southern States -- Description and travel

Rebel Line of Retreat.—Keedysville.—Brick Church
   Hospital.—Porter and his Reserves.—Banks of the
   Antietam.—Scenes at the Straw-Stacks.—Unfortunate
   Farmers.—Hospital Cemetery.—The Corn Field.—The Old
   Ploughman.—A Lesson for Vanity.—A Soldier’s Name.—The Dunker
   Church.—Sharpsburg.—Shelter from the Rain.—Southern
   Pronunciation.—Burnside’s Bridge.—Ancient and Modern
   Heroes.—Antietam National Cemetery.—The Battle.                    44

              CHAPTER VI.—DOWN THE RIVER TO HARPER’S FERRY.

 Search for a Vehicle.—“Mr. Bennerhalls.”—Mr. Benner without the
   “halls.”—Leaving Sharpsburg.—Mountain Scenery.—Capt.
   Speaker’s Narrative.—Surrender of Harper’s Ferry.—Escape of
   Twenty-two Hundred Cavalry.—Capture of Rebel Wagon
   Train.—Morning in Greencastle.—Arrival at the Ferry.               57

                   CHAPTER VII.—AROUND HARPER’S FERRY.

 River and Mountain Scenery.—Maryland Heights.—John Brown’s
   Engine-House.—Reminiscence of John Brown.—Political
   Inconsistency.—Negro from Shenandoah Valley.—Folly of
   Secession.                                                         64

                  CHAPTER VIII.—A TRIP TO CHARLESTOWN.

 Railroad Passengers.—A Desolated Country.—Farmers and Land.—A
   Dilapidated Town.—Meeting an Acquaintance.—Boarding-House
   Fare.—People and the Government Policy.—Charlestown Jail and
   Court-House.—John Brown’s Trial.—“His Soul Marching On.”—A
   One-armed Confederate.—John Brown’s Gallows.—Scene from the
   Scaffold.—The Church and its Uses.                                 69

                 CHAPTER IX.—A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

 Washington.—A Crowd of Pardon-Seekers.—President’s Reception.        75

                          CHAPTER X.—BULL RUN.

 From Alexandria to Manassas.—Manassas Junction.—“Overpowered,”
   but not Whipped.—Ambulance Wagon.—The Driver and the
   Roads.—Scene of the First Bull Run.—Soldiers’
   Monument.—Luncheon in the Woods.—Scene of the Second Bull
   Run.—The Monument.—Groverton.—The two Battles and their
   Lessons.—The Stone House.—Miscegenated Cider.—Virginia
   Negroes.                                                           81

                   CHAPTER XI.—VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON.

 Down the Potomac.—Landing at Mt. Vernon.—A Throng of
   Pilgrims.—Tomb of Washington.—Character of
   Washington.—Mansion and Out-houses.—Girl at the
   Wash-tub.—Washington’s Well.—Shade-Trees.—Within the
   Mansion.—Relics.—The Portico.—Washington’s Love of
   Home.—Thunder-storm.                                               91

                       CHAPTER XII.—“STATE PRIDE.”

 Acquia Creek.—Railroad and Stage-Coaches.—View of
   Fredericksburg.—Crossing the Rappahannock.—Ruins of the
   Town—“A Son of Virginia.”—“State Pride” and
   “Self-Conceit.”—Virginia and South Carolina.—Back in the
   Union.—Down at the Hotel.—Another Name for State Pride.           100

               CHAPTER XIII.—THE FIELD OF FREDERICKSBURG.

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