Address of Ex-Governor Bradford

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Excerpt from Address of Ex-Governor Bradford: At the Dedication of the Antietam National Cemetery, September 17th, 1867 We have met here to-day, my countrymen, on one of the most memorable of the battle-fields of our civil war, and we stand upon a site selected from the midst of it as an appropriate resting place for those who here laid down their lives as a sacrifice to the cause of free government and a national Union. We have come at the instance of the Trustees, to whom the subject has been more especially committed, to dedicate, by some public and official proceeding, on this the anniversary of the battle, the spot so selected, hallowed as it is already, with every hill around it, in the heart of the nation. To unite in this ceremony, the President of the United States, several members of his Cabinet, members of the national Legislature, Governors or other distinguished representatives of most of the States whose citizens formed the army of the Union, have honored us with their presence, meaning, I am sure, for themselves and those they represent, to express by that presence their enduring gratitude to the soldiers living or dead who so nobly stood by them in their darkest hour of trial. We are pleased, also, to have the opportunity of welcoming so many of the distinguished representatives of foreign Powers, who on this occasion have honored us with their presence, reminding us of the peaceful and pleasant relations we at present maintain with the other Governments of the world. With such a company around me, and this vast throng in front, I feel, as you may well imagine, to the fullest extent, the responsibility of the duty with which I have been honored, an honor for which I am doubtless chiefly indebted to the accidental circumstance that I was, to some extent, officially connected with the initiation of the cemetery, so far at least as the selection of its site was concerned. When, directly after the battle of Antietam, an order was issued by the Executive of Maryland returning thanks to the officers and men of the Union army who had so successfully expelled the invader from our State, the Commanding General of that army, to whom it was transmitted, responded to it in terms that challenged our attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.