Word: antietam
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...died in the Civil War. From now on it will be even more a day on which we shall commemorate the sacrifice of our countrymen's lives in the Great War. We take pride in our grandfathers and great-grandfathers who fell on the battlefields of Gettysburg and Antietam, and on each May 30 we are newly thrilled by the memory of those men who fought for Union and Democracy between 1861 and 1865. The pride and the thrill will be many, many times greater tomorrow when we celebrate the glorious deaths of our classmates and friends...
General Sumner is a veteran of the Civil and Spanish Wars. He fought in the battles of Fair Oaks and Antietam, and was commissioned a major in 1865 for his work in the Vicksburg campaign. He commanded a cavalry brigade and division in the Cuban campaign before his retirement in 1906. He has had wide experience in many Government enterprises and is well informed on the question of Liberty Bonds, with which the debate will be largely concerned...
...Norwich, Conn., four manuscript volumes containing the letters of his uncle, John B. Noyes, of the Class of 1858. Noyes enlisted as a private early in the Civil War, became a captain of the 28th Massachusetts Volunteers, and after passing through a long and active service, including Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, was brevetted Colonel U. S. Volunteers. His letters were written to various members of his family, and form an unbroken series from his first garrison duty at Fort Independence through the year 1864. Mr. Noyes died...
Dark Days After Antietam...
...After Antietam followed another long series of defeats for the North. These were accounted for in part by Lincoln's bad judgment in picking his lieutenant's McClellan and Hooker demonstrated their inadequacy to the people long before the President realized it. Finally, Hooker's resignation gave Mead a chance, and with the battle of Gettysburg the North began to cheer up again. Grant also rose to power and fame though ill thought of at first through lack of success and his victories at Vicksburg and Chattannooga added glory to the Administration. Throughout the war the situation of the leaders...