GDG- Belle Plain

[keith mackenzie]

If it was an area so well traveled, would there be archeological evidence left?

Bob Coffman Jr - Info From Data <bcoffman at infofromdata.com> wrote:  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


>r General GRANT'S army, is simply a rude landing on Potomac Creek,
constructed for the present emergency, right at the foot of a range of
wooded hills, along which sharp, precipitous roads wind away toward
Fredericksburg, nine miles distant. There are no houses of any sort within a
mile of the landing, and the appearance of the surrounding country is
desolate in the extreme. The offing, which is embraced in our sketch, was
constantly crowded with transports and naval vessels, receiving and
unloading stores and troops; and the scene from the heights on a clear day
was almost as full of life and animation as New York Harbor.

Makes one wonder how it got such a nice name!


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