Excerpt from The Campaign of Gettysburg
This book has been written as far as possible from original sources. Of these the most important are the "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," containing the reports and despatches of all the principal actors on both sides; also Vol. III. of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," which contains the personal narratives of some forty eye-witnesses of the battle. These two authorities are absolutely invaluable. Other works consulted have been, Swinton"s "Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac," Doubleday"s Chancellorsville and Gettysburg," Longstreet"s "From Manassas to Appomattox," Col. Edmonds" "American Civil War," Gordon"s "Reminiscences of the Civil War," Fletcher"s "History of the American War," White"s "Life of R. E. Lee," Long"s "Memoirs of General Lee," Henderson"s "Stonewall Jackson," and other biographies, besides a number of pamphlets and magazine articles.
The plans of the battlefield, which accompany this volume, are reduced from a large-scale map, kindly supplied to the writer by Lt.-Col. Cope, U.S. Engineers. To him the writer is indebted for much interesting information and for his general kindness and assistance while visiting Gettysburg in the autumn of 1908.
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