Excerpt from The Philadelphian, Vol. 1 of 3Of all the miseries and calamities inci dental to civil war, there were none which had not fallen on the inhabitants Of this once happy valley. Heaps Of charred wood and stones were alone left to mark the site Of mansions which, a few years before, had been the pride Of a high-spirited race.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.