New York at Gettysburg (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from New York at Gettysburg The following chronicle of events at the battle of Gettysburg is inserted here as introductory to the main body of the report. Something of the kind seemed necessary in recounting the services of the New York troops on that historic field, to show not only their participation in the fighting, but, also, the relation which their action bore to other and more general events as to time, order, and place. The movements of each New York regiment and battery during the battle are fully described elsewhere in the historical sketches and addresses published in this report; but the bearing which their action had on other movements can be explained only in some connected narrative reciting the entire story of the battle, and in which the services of each command is told in its due connection. Another history of Gettysburg may seem superfluous and presumptions. But there were New York regiments and batteries in every corps, in every division except one, and in forty-six brigades of the Union army. They fought and fell on every portion of the field. Any fair statement of their participation in the general action involves a story of the entire battle. At the request of the Board, the author, who had already undertaken the work of editing the final report, reluctantly assumed this additional task. This history of the battle - if it may be called a history - does not purport to be the story of an eye-witness, but is based on the official reports made at the time, together with some other authentic accounts which have passed unchallenged during the many years that have elapsed. But the official reports are not infallible. They are somewhat conflicting at times, and on each side there is a noticeable tendency to make scant mention of any misfortune or reverse that may have occurred; and, although a full record of such event may be found in the report of the other side, it is apt to be accompanied by exaggerations that make it worthless for historical purposes. This is especially the case in statements as to losses inflicted on an enemy or the number of prisoners captured. With a hope of reconciling discrepancies, and obtaining information where it was needed, the author has read carefully all of the voluminous literature, written on both sides, relating to the battle and its accompanying campaigns. Considerable difficulty was experienced in determining the order in which events occurred; for the reports show a surprising variation in this respect. Some officers differ three hours or more in their statements as to when certain incidents happened, - when troops arrived on the ground, the hour when they went into action, or, when some position was carried or abandoned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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