Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1892 — Virginia's Historic Ground. [ARTICLE]

Virginia's Historic Ground.

The large price that the owner ol the farm on which the famous “bloody angle” In Spottsylvania is situated bias obtained for his property, having made a sale to Northern parties, recalls how important a proportion of Virginia soil has an extensive value on account of its association with historic events. With the possible exception of Greece and England—we doutjt whether an exception ought to be made in the instance of these countries—there is no land in the world which contains more localities Whidh'derive their interest from the records of history, and which, if put up for sale would bring a larger sum for reasons which have no relation whatever to the question of natural productiveness or general convenience. Fortunately, though these scehfcsinay change hands, they cannot, like Libby Prison, be moved beyond the borders of the old State. Jamestown, Yorktown, Fredericksburg, Cancellorsville, Manassas, the Wilderness, they are here to stay and to call up ip the minds of the remotest generations of Virginians the heroic deeds of their ancestors, which are a part, of the character of the living.— Richmond Times.