An Address Delivered at Gettysburg (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Address Delivered at Gettysburg United States - preserved by the loving hands of those who cherish the saddest recollections of our late war - are the lasting monuments we have reared to testify to our assurance that it was God himself who preserved this Union, they are the pledges we have given that we will be its conservators. We, therefore, approach in reverential respect and affectionate regret the graves of our comrades who have fallen, and, with tender recollection of our last companionship with them, we drop the tear of pride - yes, but of glorious pride - when we recall the time and the circumstance of their death - the time of our own salvation. And why build monuments and pay loving respect and especial tribute to the memory of these men? Why claim for them a little more of these sad testimonials of our devotion than we give to others? If from these few words of mine we may find left with us the conviction that these cold marbles are not yet sufficient to record, with anything like fidelity, the magnitude of the services rendered by the men who fought on this spot, we will have done no more than simple justice to their patriotism in this our act of veneration. It is proper, therefore, that it should devolve upon one who was present with you in our glorious defence of "the main point of the Union line upon which General Lee ordered his columns to advance." This is from Longstreet himself. It is proper, I repeat, to write that of which he can speak as an actor in the fray, with the certainty that no one will hereafter gainsay a clear statement of what we may all now testify to, and with the feeling that, in performing this labor of love, he does nothing more than pay a proper tribute to the memory of these who died a soldier's death while rendering to their country a service for which no adequate recompense can be or will ever be made, either to their heirs or to their companions still living. 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.