A Complete Hand-Book of the Monuments and Indications and Guide to the Positions on the Gettysburg Battlefield (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Complete Hand-Book of the Monuments and Indications and Guide to the Positions on the Gettysburg BattlefieldNumerous as are the commemorative monuments and stones, nearly all have been erected within the past two years, and two years more will behold the number doubled if not trebled. State and regimental pride has been aroused to tell the world the story of the valor of the Army of the Potomac. Ere five years elapse the battle-field Of Gettys burg will present one continuous and unbroken chain of works Of art to per petuate to unborn generations the posi tion of every one of the three hundred and sixty regiments and batteries of the Union army that participated in a battle the most important on which the sun ever shone. Nor will the indications be confined to the Union line.' The vet erans Of the army Of Northern Virginia, who here so bravely fought in a lost cause, are taking steps to mark the points from which they hurled forth those fearful charges of death upon men as brave as themselves.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.