Western Reserve Chronicle November 20, 1861
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Title
Western Reserve Chronicle November 20, 1861
Subject
New York Regiments building fort on Upton's Hill
Description
Washington correspondent report signed "Kappa" on the New York regiments building a fort on Upton's hill. Good description of the travel to the hill and the surrounding area.
Creator
Western Reserve Chronicle - Ohio newspaper
Publisher
Western Reserve Chronicle - Ohio newspaper
Date
11/20/1861
Rights
Public Domain
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UPTON'S HILL.
Being acquainted with some in the New York Regiments, stationed at Upton's Hill, on Wednesday morning I called at the corner of 10th street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and procured a pass.These passes are printed, and used only to be filled out. Strict as the Government is in granting passes, many who get them are rebels, while hundreds make application" and because they are strangers here, they are not grant-a cd. I went by the way of Georgetown, crossing the river on the canal aqueduct. Here I must show my pass to the guard, who replied, "all right" The hills over the river, above Georgetown, are crowned with forts, and she, like Baltimore, is full of rebels, but as she sees those "iron monsters," fears and trembles." There.- are forts on the right and left, from Georgetown to Upton's Hill. And the encampments are so numerous that it seems like one great encampment. Upton's Hill is 6 miles from the river, and is fortified by N.Y. Regiments, they having built a fort here.
It is connected by telegraph with Washington, and by signals with the Potomac. Munson Hill is a half mile from here, with a fort on its top. You can see the traces of the rebels before the advance of our army. They have built some entrenchments here, Encamping over night I left for Washington by the way of Arlington House. crossing the Leesburg & Alexandria R. R. This road passes at the base of Upton's Hill and it is only from this point to Alexandria that the Government have the control. as the rebels hold Leesburg.
Standing on the steps of thc porch of the Arlington House, you have a commanding view of Washington and the Potomac. Thc house is of brick, with two wings attached, and a porch supported by four columns of the same material, in imitation of, stone. The grounds seem to have never been laid out, save a few garden patches. which arc surrounded by a fence and a few cedars. In the hall, I saw several paintings on the wall, representing battle scenes of revolutionary times. The rooms are occupied as the Headquarters of the army.
The road winds around the hill and leads to the long bridge, a distance of 2 miles. Here again I must show my pass to pass over. But it was almost impossible, as bridge was full of U. S. Army teams.
KAPPA.
Being acquainted with some in the New York Regiments, stationed at Upton's Hill, on Wednesday morning I called at the corner of 10th street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and procured a pass.These passes are printed, and used only to be filled out. Strict as the Government is in granting passes, many who get them are rebels, while hundreds make application" and because they are strangers here, they are not grant-a cd. I went by the way of Georgetown, crossing the river on the canal aqueduct. Here I must show my pass to the guard, who replied, "all right" The hills over the river, above Georgetown, are crowned with forts, and she, like Baltimore, is full of rebels, but as she sees those "iron monsters," fears and trembles." There.- are forts on the right and left, from Georgetown to Upton's Hill. And the encampments are so numerous that it seems like one great encampment. Upton's Hill is 6 miles from the river, and is fortified by N.Y. Regiments, they having built a fort here.
It is connected by telegraph with Washington, and by signals with the Potomac. Munson Hill is a half mile from here, with a fort on its top. You can see the traces of the rebels before the advance of our army. They have built some entrenchments here, Encamping over night I left for Washington by the way of Arlington House. crossing the Leesburg & Alexandria R. R. This road passes at the base of Upton's Hill and it is only from this point to Alexandria that the Government have the control. as the rebels hold Leesburg.
Standing on the steps of thc porch of the Arlington House, you have a commanding view of Washington and the Potomac. Thc house is of brick, with two wings attached, and a porch supported by four columns of the same material, in imitation of, stone. The grounds seem to have never been laid out, save a few garden patches. which arc surrounded by a fence and a few cedars. In the hall, I saw several paintings on the wall, representing battle scenes of revolutionary times. The rooms are occupied as the Headquarters of the army.
The road winds around the hill and leads to the long bridge, a distance of 2 miles. Here again I must show my pass to pass over. But it was almost impossible, as bridge was full of U. S. Army teams.
KAPPA.
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Citation
Western Reserve Chronicle - Ohio newspaper, “Western Reserve Chronicle November 20, 1861,” Mapping the Civil War in Arlington, accessed April 24, 2024, https://mtcwia.com/items/show/64.