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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: [NEWGEN] Nothing But Glory Gained .. America's Civil War
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:24:29 -0700

Nothing But Glory Gained by Robert C. Cheeks
On a hot July afternoon, 12,000 Southern soldiers started across an airless
valley toward bristling enemy lines a mile away. For a moment, time stood
still. The fate of two nations hung in the balance. Then the shooting began.


Just before 3 o'clock on the morning of July 3, 1863, Robert E. Lee rose by
starlight, ate a spartan breakfast with his staff, and mounted his famous
gray horse, Traveller, for the ride up Seminary Ridge at Gettysburg. He went
in search of his "Old War Horse," Lieutenant General James Longstreet,
commander of I Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. After two days of fighting
in the summer-lush Pennsylvania countryside, the largest battle of the Civil
War still hung in the balance. With Longstreet's help, Lee intended to tip
the scales.


As Traveller carried the hope of the Confederacy eastward on his broad,
strong back, the pre-dawn stillness was shattered by the boom of cannon fire
Lee halted, looked to the northeast, and saw muzzle flashes dance across
the horizon. He had no way of knowing if the staff officer he had sent in
search of Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell had reached the II Corps commander with Lee
s instructions to renew the attack on the Confederate left, or if -- instead
-- the Federal Army was assaulting his lines.


To read the rest of the story [URL 'might' be 2-lines]
www.thehistorynet.com/acw/blglorygained/


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