Old Dominion Line (Classic Reprint): Along the Historic James River: Along the Historic James River (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The fire and smoke of three different wars have marred the sod, and the tramp of battalions has sounded along its banks. The army of Cornwallis on its march from Petersburg to Yorktown, crossed the river at Westover, thence onward across the country to York. River to meet the disastrous close of the most dramatic event of the eighteenth century. Benedict Arnold with his ruthless Hessians set fire to Old Warwick and to Aiken's Landing. The stain of dishonor on his crested blade, however, stood out in no sharper relief to those whom he had betrayed than it did to those who in warfare used him and in peace despised him. Norfolk and Hampton were both stormed with shot and shell by British guns; and m later times the bloody, fratricidal strife between North and South centered on the James.

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