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Rh is told by the government tablets alongside the monument.

To the right is the Shenandoah river, emptying into the Potomac river. Across the Shenandoah is the big mountain, known as Louden Heights, on the Viriginia side. Back of the town is Bolivar Heights. Crossing the steel bridge over the Potomac, passing through a tunnel cut through the base of Maryland Heights, I reach Weaverton, where General Burnside crossed the railroad, en route to Washington, from the battle of Antietam.

At Brunswick, terminals and railroad yards of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, is where General Meade's army recrossed the Potomac on the return from the battle of Gettysburg to Washington.

Point of Rocks is one of the most picturesque sections of Maryland. Here