"As night drew near, whispers of a great battle to be fought the next day grew louder, and we shuddered at the prospect, for battles had come mean to us, as they never had before, blood, wounds, and death
Above bloody lane 6,000 men were killed overall from both armies. The late afternoon attack against Lee's right flank brought Burnside's Ninth Corps within a hair's breadth of turning Lee's line and cutting off the Confederates' only escape route to the Potomac River.
Antietam War
Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia launched another Northern invasion. Pursued by the Army of Potomac under Maj. Gen. George Meade, the two commanders clashed at Gettysburg in south-central Pennsylvania.
Battle of Gettysburg
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, Appomattox Courthouse led to Confederate General E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
Duty. Duty is the sublimest word in the language; you can never do more than your duty; you shall never wish to do less
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