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Gettysburg Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in the months of June and July 1863. The central battle of the campaign, the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was fought from July 1st to 3rd and resulted in a Confederate defeat.
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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.
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― The Killer Angels
― The Killer Angels
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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 …
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― The Last Full Measure
― The Last Full Measure
