The Attack And Defense Of Little Round Top Gettysburg July 2 1863 Primary Source Edition

Author : Boyd Vincent
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333601126
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 written by Boyd Vincent and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863: A Paper Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, February 3, 1915 Now, there are two purposes of our Order which we have in common with most of the fifty other American societies of honor: first, the perpetuation of the memory of the services of the Original Companions; and, second, the perpetuation of the principles for which they fought. - In all this we Hereditary Companions have our bounden and grateful part - and one which we can always be doing. But there is also another practice of our Order which has been almost a part of its life so far, and that is in calling out the personal reminiscences, by its Original Companions, of their own observations and experiences in the war. In these, of course, we hereditary members have no real share. But I have thought that where, as in my own case, the Original Companions from whom we derive did not live to speak of what they themselves saw and knew, it might not perhaps be considered altogether unreasonable or unbecoming in us to speak, for them, of the things in which they bore their personal part. At any rate, it is on this assumption that I venture to say something tonight about this particular fight for Little Round Top, Gettysburg, in which my brother, General Strong Vincent, took part. What I shall say is practically a summary of one of the more recent volumes of our Civil War literature. It was published in 1913, and is entitled 'the Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg. Its author is Oliver W. Norton, a successful and retired business man of Chicago, a member and ex - Commander of our Illinois Commandery, and a member of our Commandery-in Chief. The value of this book as an authority consists in two facts: first, that the author, although long entirely blind, has unearthed and brought together original reports and letters of leading men in that fight, most of which were unknown to the historians, and some of which have never before been published; and, second, the fact that the author was himself a personal eye witness of new and important incidents which he relates, connected with some critical moments in that fight. At the time he was brigade bugler, mounted, and bearer of the brigade's headquarters ag. As it was his duty to be always near his brigade commander, Colonel Vincent, he had, in this way, exceptional opportunities of hearing what was said and seeing what was done. When the fight was on, however, and until his services as color bearer were again needed, he seized a musket and fought in the ranks with his regiment. 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."