ALS : Washington, D.C., 1896 March 5.

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ALS : Washington, D.C., 1896 March 5.

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The file deals with the campaign to build the Army Correspondents' Memorial arch, with printed description, newsclippings, etc.

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Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914

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Townsend was a famous Civil War correspondent who wrote under the pen name "Gath," and who later constructed an elaboraate country estate at Gathland or Gapland at Crampton's Gap in South Mountain northwest of Washington. This was the site of a battle that marked the beginning of the Antietam campaign. In 1896, Townsend built the Army Correspondents' Memorial arch on his property to commemorate the service of Civil War correspondents. The site is now a park. From the description of A...