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The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862

Benjamin Franklin DeCosta

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Description:Excerpt from The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, On Sunday, February 23, 1862 On the recurrence of the Anniversary of Washington's Birthday, the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment was stationed at Camp Barnes, Halls Hill, Fairfax County, Va. The propriety of holding some commemorative service was suggested to the Regiment, and Falls Church, two miles distant from Camp, was selected as the most appropriate place for the celebration. The following discourse was prepared for the occasion, and though composed amid the tumults of a camp is now made public in accordance with an expressed wish, as a tribute of respect to the memory of Washington. The Reader may perhaps be interested to learn that Falls Church was built at a very early date, of brick brought from England. Without tower or spire, the soldier as he approaches on the Leesburg Turnpike is unable to discern it at a distance, but comes upon it suddenly, and finds it embosomed among the lofty trees in the surrounding Churchyard. Within are no ecclesiastical adornments, no mediaeval tracery and painted windows, no dim religious light, and no Gothic arch rising grandly to the ceiling, chaunting its perpetual Sursum Corda. And yet this simple, unpretending structure, which has no architectural beauty to recommend it to the Artist, is an object of great interest. For several years Washington was a Vestryman of the Parish, and on Sundays he was accustomed to ride from Mount Vernon, to attend the services, which were conducted according to the Ritual of the Protestant Episcopal Church. This venerable edifice has been sadly neglected and profaned during the present war, and has fallen successively into the hands of the rebel and Union troops. Representatives of both parties, the victims of a wicked ambition, now peacefully slumber side by side in the Churchyard, mourned at desolate firesides from the Carolinas to the shores of the Michigan.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862. To get started finding The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, On Sunday, February 23, 1862 On the recurrence of the Anniversary of Washington's Birthday, the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment was stationed at Camp Barnes, Halls Hill, Fairfax County, Va. The propriety of holding some commemorative service was suggested to the Regiment, and Falls Church, two miles distant from Camp, was selected as the most appropriate place for the celebration. The following discourse was prepared for the occasion, and though composed amid the tumults of a camp is now made public in accordance with an expressed wish, as a tribute of respect to the memory of Washington. The Reader may perhaps be interested to learn that Falls Church was built at a very early date, of brick brought from England. Without tower or spire, the soldier as he approaches on the Leesburg Turnpike is unable to discern it at a distance, but comes upon it suddenly, and finds it embosomed among the lofty trees in the surrounding Churchyard. Within are no ecclesiastical adornments, no mediaeval tracery and painted windows, no dim religious light, and no Gothic arch rising grandly to the ceiling, chaunting its perpetual Sursum Corda. And yet this simple, unpretending structure, which has no architectural beauty to recommend it to the Artist, is an object of great interest. For several years Washington was a Vestryman of the Parish, and on Sundays he was accustomed to ride from Mount Vernon, to attend the services, which were conducted according to the Ritual of the Protestant Episcopal Church. This venerable edifice has been sadly neglected and profaned during the present war, and has fallen successively into the hands of the rebel and Union troops. Representatives of both parties, the victims of a wicked ambition, now peacefully slumber side by side in the Churchyard, mourned at desolate firesides from the Carolinas to the shores of the Michigan.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862. To get started finding The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862

The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment: A Discourse in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, Delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co;, Va;, on Sunday, February 23, 1862

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