. 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 . bted its expediency at sucha moment) these w^ere but transient, and tlie general feeling was undoubt-edly one of satisfaction, if not of jubilation. The Army of the Potomacwas nothing if it was not true in its innermost fibre to the commander ofthe hour, and in the hght which has been shed upon the
. 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 . bted its expediency at sucha moment) these w^ere but transient, and tlie general feeling was undoubt-edly one of satisfaction, if not of jubilation. The Army of the Potomacwas nothing if it was not true in its innermost fibre to the commander ofthe hour, and in the hght which has been shed upon the incidents of thewar since its close, it is no disloyalty to say that it was at all timescapable of greater things than its successive chiefs accomplished with it;that there was in it a reserve of intelligence, obedience, patience, endurance,courage, patriotism and determination, which, under guidance worthy ofthese high qualities, would have ended the struggle long before hostilitiesactually ceased. For years no exalted military capacity, and no mountain-ous moral courage in its leaders, responded to the devotion of the rankand file, enabling them to gather victory on fields where victory might andshould have been achieved! The march tlirough the rich farm-lands of Maryland is indelibly en-. THE NEW YORK I PUBLIC LIBRARY A8TOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS Pennsylvania at Gettyshurg. 745 graved on tlio nuMuoiy of every surviving soldier wlio participated in bearing of the men was superb. Their step was never more elastic,and the live-long day their spirits effervesced in a fine spray of humor,or found vent in joyous outbursts of song, which seemed an augury ofgood to come. While it might be diflicult to name the exact causes ofthis unusual exhilaration, certain it is that our columns moved with theair and spirit of conquerors, whom no force of the enemy might depriveof their purposed victory. On the evening of the 29th, the First Corps passed through Emmltsburgwith beatin
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