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Although General Lee broke up from Fredericksburg on the 3d of June, it was not till the 24th that the main body of his army entered Maryland.
And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.
But the duty to which you have called me must be performed; - grant me, I pray you, your indulgence and your sympathy.
But the hour is coming and now is, when the power of the leaders of the Rebell... (more Edward Everett quotes)
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The Mount Vernon papers. By Edward Everett. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series |
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The West Wind Blows: The Autobiography of Edward Everett Dale by Arrell Morgan Gibson |
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Biography - Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by Gale Reference Team |