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“He was out in the open, waving his hat, pointing to a grove of trees. A moment later Buford looked that way and the horse was bare-backed. He did not believe it. He broke off and rode to see. Reynolds lay in the dirt road, the aides bending over him. When Buford got there the thick stain had already puddled the dirt beneath his head. His eyes were open, half asleep, his face pleasant and composed, a soft smile. Buford knelt. He was dead. An aide, a young sergeant, was crying. Buford backed away. They put a blanket over him. Off to the left there was massive firing. There was a moment of silence around them. Buford said, “Take him out of here.”

Book:The Killer Angels

Work

The Killer Angels

This novel delves into the Battle of Gettysburg, focusing on the experiences of Union and Confederate soldiers. more

Author

Michael Shaara

Michael Shaara was an American historical novelist born on June 23, 1928, and died on May 5, 1988. He is renowned for his historical novels that delve into the stories and fates of individuals behind historical events, with his most famous work being the 'Kane and Abel' series. more

“world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion …”

American Civil War Gettysburg Campaign Battle Of Gettysburg Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Book:The Last Full Measure

Source: The Last Full Measure

“July 3; Lee rose by starlight, as he had done the previous morning, with equally fervent hopes of bringing this bloodiest of all his battles to a victorious conclusion before sunset. Two months ago today, Chancellorsville had thundered to its climax, fulfilling just such hopes against longer odds, and one month ago today, hard on the heels of a top-to-bottom reorganization occasioned by the death of Stonewall Jackson, the Army of Northern Virginia had begun its movement from the Rappahannock, northward to where an even greater triumph had seemed to be within its reach throughout the past 40-odd hours of savage fighting. Today would settle the outcome, he believed, not only of the battle — that went without saying; flesh and blood, bone and sinew and nerve could only stand so much — but also, perhaps, of the war; which, after all, was why he had come up here to Pennsylvania in the first place. (p. 525).”

Civil War Robert E Lee Gettysburg Campaign

Book:The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian

Source: The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian

“The Army is the Indian's best friend.”

Army Indians Custer

Author:George Armstrong Custer

“The mind of man works with strangeness upon the body of time. An hour, once it lodges in the queer element of the human spirit, may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length; on the other hand, an hour may be accurately represented by the timepiece of the mind by one second. This extraordinary discrepancy between time on the clock and time in the mind is less known than it should be, and deserves fuller investigation.”