Gettysburg (Elsie Singmaster) (Literary Thoughts Edition)

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Elsie Singmaster. Gettysburg (Elsie Singmaster) (Literary Thoughts Edition)

Gettysburg; Stories of the Red Harvest and the Aftermath, by Elsie Singmaster

1863-1913

I – JULY THE FIRST

II – THE HOME-COMING

III – VICTORY

IV – THE BATTLE-GROUND

V – GUNNER CRISWELL

VI – THE SUBSTITUTE

VII – THE RETREAT

VIII – THE GREAT DAY

IX – MARY BOWMAN

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Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

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"Where there are women and children?" screamed Hannah. "And gardens planted? I'd like to see them in my garden, I—"

"Get into your cellars," commanded the soldier. "You'll be safe there."

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