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- catalog abstract "This book is designed to re-create the story of Gettysburg in terms of the men and women who lived through the anxiety of the invasion and the battle. From diaries, letters, yellowing manuscripts, regimental histories, and the memors of generals and soldiers the editors have sought to reconstruct the emerging narrative of those decisive days. There appeared no need to offer the reader simply another military history of Gettysburg, for that task has been well performed at least a score of times. Instead the editors have concerned themselves with the human document of Gettysburg: why these men of the North and South fought and died here, what mean or noble thoughts motivated their acts, what passions and compassions stirred their hearts. To the testimony of generals and their lieutenants the editors have given patient attention, but no more os than to the testimony of the foot soldier or the cannoneer, the housewife or the farm boy. Since all history is lived in half truth, the reader who follows this unfolding of the story of Gettysburg will not be dismayed by the contradictions that are sometimes apparent in the recollections of various participants. The impression of facts rather than the facts themselves motivate the events of history, and that is why history as written after years of research and reflection is often more truthful than the actual experience of history"--Introduction.".
- catalog contributor b8484193.
- catalog contributor b8484194.
- catalog contributor b8484195.
- catalog contributor b8484196.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog created "1948.".
- catalog date "1948".
- catalog date "1948.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1948.".
- catalog description ""Our town had a great fright" -- "No band of schoolgirls" -- "I had just put my bread in the pans" -- "A brisk little scurry" -- "The world is most unchristian yet!" -- "We ran like a herd of wild cattle!" -- "Hurl forward your howling lines" -- "Such then is the decision" -- "We dozed in the heat" -- "The great hoarse roar of battle" -- "My God, it was true!" -- "Your sorrowing soldier" -- "We have our house to ourselves" -- Epilogue : "flowers shall bloom upon these graves".".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 296-298.".
- catalog description "This book is designed to re-create the story of Gettysburg in terms of the men and women who lived through the anxiety of the invasion and the battle. From diaries, letters, yellowing manuscripts, regimental histories, and the memors of generals and soldiers the editors have sought to reconstruct the emerging narrative of those decisive days. There appeared no need to offer the reader simply another military history of Gettysburg, for that task has been well performed at least a score of times. Instead the editors have concerned themselves with the human document of Gettysburg: why these men of the North and South fought and died here, what mean or noble thoughts motivated their acts, what passions and compassions stirred their hearts. To the testimony of generals and their lieutenants the editors have given patient attention, but no more os than to the testimony of the foot soldier or the cannoneer, the housewife or the farm boy. Since all history is lived in half truth, the reader who follows this unfolding of the story of Gettysburg will not be dismayed by the contradictions that are sometimes apparent in the recollections of various participants. The impression of facts rather than the facts themselves motivate the events of history, and that is why history as written after years of research and reflection is often more truthful than the actual experience of history"--Introduction.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 308 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Gettysburg.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gettysburg.".
- catalog issued "1948".
- catalog issued "1948.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick : Rutgers Univ. Press,".
- catalog relation "Gettysburg.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog subject "973.7349".
- catalog subject "E475.51 .M5".
- catalog subject "Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.".
- catalog subject "Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""Our town had a great fright" -- "No band of schoolgirls" -- "I had just put my bread in the pans" -- "A brisk little scurry" -- "The world is most unchristian yet!" -- "We ran like a herd of wild cattle!" -- "Hurl forward your howling lines" -- "Such then is the decision" -- "We dozed in the heat" -- "The great hoarse roar of battle" -- "My God, it was true!" -- "Your sorrowing soldier" -- "We have our house to ourselves" -- Epilogue : "flowers shall bloom upon these graves".".
- catalog title "Gettysburg / ed. by Earl Schenck Miers and Richard A. Brown. Maps by Harold C. Detje.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives. fast".
- catalog type "text".