the railroad leaves the Potomac river, having been in companionship for nearly one hundred and fifty miles. During the civil war this part of the country was constantly occupied by both armies, crossing and recrossing the Potomac at this place, occasioning many skirmishes.
Fourteen miles north of Washington Junction, on Frederick Branch, is Frederick, the old home of "Barbara Frietchie," who was so patriotic, waving her union flag while the Southern forces were passing her residence. It came very forcibly to my mind, almost fancying I could see her, as scarcely a year before I had seen it so completely represented at the Broadway Theater at Butte, Montana.
This day's ride was thoroughly interesting, and I will say it is worth both the time and money one spends to view what was once the old battlefields, and
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