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From: "Nikki" <>
Subject: July 4th
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:09:09 -0400


The following are the words which I have at the beginning of my America's
Civil War pages. I believe it fitting to invite all of you to visit my
pages over the Fourth of July and see what I have not only in the way of the
Civil War, but also for fun on my homepage - fireworks. Wishing you all a
safe and happy Fourth of July!
Nikki

"At 6:00 A.M. on the 4th of July in 1863, it rained in Gettysburg -- it
rained on many of the 27,000 wounded and dying Confederate and Union
soldiers. It rained on the thousands of dead yet to be buried. As the day
wore on, Lee's shattered army left Gettysburg and Maj. George Rogers Clark
Todd, 10th GA Infantry (surgeon in Semmes' Brigade) headed south, leaving
behind the battlefield his brother-in-law, Abraham Lincoln, would come to
consecrate just 4-1/2 months later. Vicksburg fell to the Union this day.
Gen. George Gordon Meade must have in some way felt this to be a bittersweet
victory as his sister, Charlotte, was a resident of Vicksburg, and married
to a Southerner, Alfred Ingraham. The Ingrahams, having gone with the
Confederacy, lost one son in an early engagement of the war, a soldier
son-in-law to disease, and another son at Chancellorsville. General Robert
E. Lee's sister, Anne, along with her husband, William Marshall, went with
the Union, and their son, Louis, served on the staff of Union General John
Pope. This truly was a war of family against family, brother against
brother.

While the Civil War is a remarkable piece of history to study, it brings us
all close to the pain and heartache of what war is truly about. Many lives
were lost at Gettysburg. Many lives were lost in the war. I would like to
list every single one, as each was our brother. To them all, both
Confederate and Union, I give my utmost respect for defending with their
lives what they believed in. Each and every one deserves to be remembered
for sacrifice and devotion to a cause thought just. May their souls be
blessed and may they rest in peace."



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