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Title: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission Nicholson, John Page, 1842-1922 Beitler, Lewis Eugene, 1863-
Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Gettysburg Reunion, 1913
Publisher: (Harrisburg : W. S. Ray, state printer)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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■■:■ - H — ?2 i-: < ?o Pennsylvania at Gettyshurg. 165 that we, the survivors, both the Blue and the Gray, and our chil-dren and childrens children will see to it that our country shall growgreater and stronger as time goes on. We cannot forget the memories of the past—nobody asks us to dothat, or the cause for which we fought and bled and so many of ourcomrades died. These memories are part of our lives, but it doesnot take away from us the love of our common country or the gloryand the valor of American manhood, no matter on which side itwas displayed. We men of the South did the very best we knewhow, and after the lapse of half a century we have no repinings orregrets at what the call of duty, as we believed it to be, bade u.idare and do. Y^—^ Half a century changes the point of view: In 1861 we could notlook forward, but in 1913 we can look backward. Nobody now needdiscuss the past) The men of the Confederacy have their faces turnedtoward the future. One

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