The Blue and the Gray: Volume 2: From the Battle of Gettysburg to Appomattox (1950)

by Henry Steele Commager

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The Blue and the Gray: Volume 2: From the Battle of Gettysburg to Appomattox

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1950

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Appomattox Court House, Virginia, USA

Pennsylvania, USA

Virginia, USA

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American Civil War (1861 | 1865)

Gettysburg Campaign (1863)

Battle of Gettysburg (1863-07-01 | 1863-07-03)

Surrender at Appomattox

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Dedication

To the memory of
HENRY STEELE COMMAGER
Colonel, 67th Ohio

DAVID HEDGES COMMAGER
Captain, 184th Ohio

JAMES ALEXANDER WILLIAM THOMAS
Captain, 21st South Carolina

DUNCAN DONALD McCOLL
1st Heavy Artillery, North Carolina

JAMES THOMAS CARROLL
North Carolina Volunteers

and to my children
HENRY STEELE
NELLIE THOMAS McCOLL
ELISABETH CARROLL

That they may remember their forebears and the causes for which they fought.

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Introduction: We have fought six major wars in the last century or so, and four since Appomattox, but of them all it is the Civil War that has left the strongest impression on our minds, our imagination, and our hearts.

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