_The Story of an Old Town_
_By_ JOHN T. GOOLRICK
AUTHOR OF
_"The Life of General Hugh Mercer"
"Irishmen in the Civil War" Etc._
_Printed In U.S.A._
by
WHITTET & SHEPPERSON RICHMOND VA.
_Photographs By_
DAVIS GALLERY, FREDERICKSBURG VA.
COPYRIGHT, 1922
JOHN T. GOOLRICK
This Book is Dedicated
To one who has not failed her friends, or her duty.
Who has given freely of her best.
Whose faith has not faltered, nor courage dimmed.
Who has held high her ideals; who has lighted
a pathway for those she loves.
To My Wife
_Contents_
IN THE OLDER DAYS 13
_One by one the little cabins are built along the
river bank_
AFTER THE REVOLUTION 26
_In the days of its glory, the Old Town was famed
and prosperous_
WAR'S WORST HORRORS 37
_Shelled by 181 guns for hours, the town becomes
a crumbled ruin_
THE FIRST BATTLE 48
_When, at Marye's Heights and Hamilton's Crossing,
war claimed her sacrifice_
AT CHANCELLORSVILLE 55
_The Struggle in the Pine Woods when death struck
at Southern hearts_
TWO GREAT BATTLES 64
_The fearful fire swept Wilderness, and the Bloody
Angle at Spottsylvania_
HEROES OF EARLY DAYS 70
_The Old Town gives the first Commander, first
Admiral and Great Citizens_
MEN OF MODERN TIMES 98
_Soldiers, Adventurers and Sailors, Heroes and
Artists, mingle here_
UNFORGOTTEN WOMEN 123
_Some of Many Who Left a Record of Brilliancy,
Service or Sacrifice_
AT THE RISING SUN 133
_Where Famous Men Met; and Mine Host Brewed Punch
and Sedition_
LAFAYETTE COMES BACK 139
_After Forty Years of Failure, He Hears the Echo
of His Youthful Triumph_
OLD COURT RECORD 142
_Staid Documents, Writ by Hands That Are Still,
Are History For Us_
ECHOES OF THE PAST 151
_"Ghosts of Dead Hours, and Days That Once Were
Fair"_
WHERE BEAUTY BLENDS 165
_Old Gardens, at Old Mansions, Where Bloom Flowers
from Long Ago_
CHURCH AND SCHOOL 173
_How They Grew in the New World; Pathways to the
Light_
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 181
_First in Virginia, the Church of England Has the
Longest History_
THE 250TH BIRTHDAY 188
_Fredericksburg Celebrates an Anniversary_