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...Tribune staff. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the 12th regiment, New York State national guard, and went to the front at the first call. In September, 1862, he was made brigadier general for bravery. He was wounded at Antietam, and again at Gettysburg, where he was taken prisoner. He participated in the final Potomac campaign with Gen. Grant and was present at the Confederate surrender. In 1865 he was elected secretary of state of New York, serving till 1868, when Grant appointed him marshal for the southern district of the state. In 1871 he was elected attorneygeneral...
...Sheriff '96 - Speech at Gettysburg, A. Lincoln...
...William Reed Bigelow, The Boston Kidnapping.- Theodore Parker. 2, William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Invective against Mr. Flood.- Henry Grattan. 3, Harry Edwin Burton, The Battle of Gettysburg. G. W. Curtis. 4, Asaph Swift Wicks, Against Secession.- Daniel Webster. 5, Charles Martin Thayer, The Ordinance of 1787.- G. F. Hoar. 6, William Loftus Monro, Anselmo, the Priest.- Mrs. Constance Runcie. 7, William Homer Warren, The Greek revolution.- Henry Clay. (Intermission of five minutes). 8, Clement Garnett Morgan, The Emancipation proclamation.- Carl Schurz. 9, Thornton Woodbury, The Memories of Middlesex.- Rufus Choate. 10, Robert John Cary, Toussaint L' Ouverture.- Wendell Phillips...
...inauguration. Its contents are already familiar, for it is merely a compilation of some of the greatest documents of American history. The book contains the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, Washington's two inaugurals and farewell address, Lincoln's two inaugurals and speech at Gettysburg. The farewell address of Washington is carefully edited with marginal notes. Like all the rest of the series this book is well printed and neatly bound. It contains two fairly good portrait plates-Washington and Lincoln...
CYCLORAMA, 541 Tremont Street.- "Battle of Gettysburg...