Author: Irish Traveller
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781230340654
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... Whenever we became attached to the vanguard, then, indeed, I found myself in congenial society; because there was a volunteer corps of gentlemen in that part of the army, many of whom had been my intimate acquaintances at Philadelphia; and we now renewed our former friendship. They were a set of young bachelors; merry fellows, who were determined to be happy under all the vicissitudes of a soldier's life; and performed a campaign of about three hundred and forty English miles, and back again, on foot, with a cheerfulness and courage truly remarkable for men who had been educated in the lap of luxury. It has been previously stated, that we were employed to quell an insurrection which commenced in the most western parts of the province; the army, therefore, penetrated as far as Washington, and from thence to Fort Pitt, an inconsiderable town at the confluence of the rivers Alleghany and Monangahela, which by their union form the great stream of the Ohio, remarkable for its depth, rapidity, and the fertility of its banks. Our campaign began at the commencement of the autumn, but did not close until the winter was nearly finished. In passing to the westward, we crossed the Blue Mountains, called by the common people the "Blue Ridge." They extend from south-west to north-east (lessening towards the north), throughout the whole extent of the continent of America. On the northern side of these mountains, in the month of October, the snow lay several inches thick, and winter reigned in all its severity at their summits; but ere we had descended one diird on the southern and western side, spring regaled our senses with its accompanying verdure and flowers. Half way down the declivity we found English raspberries and strawberries in abundance; and...
