Final Report Of The Gettysburg Battle Field Commission Of New Jersey

In the aftermath of the Civil War, veterans and historians alike felt a growing urgency to preserve the memory of this pivotal conflict. In this sobering report, the Gettysburg Battlefield Commission of New Jersey offers a detailed account of the battle and its aftermath, all while calling for the preservation of the hallowed ground where so many gave their lives. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Final Report of the Gettysburg Battle Field Commission of New Jersey: Appointed and Acting Under Acts of April 20th, 1885, April 27th, 1886, and March 16th, 1887 The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on the first, second and third days of July, 1863, by General Meade, commanding the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps, and the 'cavalry Corps and Reserve Artillery Corps of the Army of the Potomac, on the Federal side, and General Lee, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, on the Confederate side. The battle was the culmination of General Lee's famous Campaign of Invasion. It resulted in the signal defeat of his army with great loss, and caused his immediate withdrawal from Pennsylvania and Upper Maryland, and ended his campaign in failure and disaster. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Report of the Gettysburg Battle-Field Commission of New Jersey: Constituted Under an Act of the Legislature, Approved April 27th, 1886; Dated December 7th, 1886 The Commissioners met at Jersey City, on the eighth day of June, and organized by the election of James N. Duffy, as Chairman, and William H. Corbin, as Secretary. Since that time numerous meetings of the Commission have been held at Newark, New York, Phila delphia and Gettysburg. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The report describes the process by which the location of monuments and markers were placed on the battlefield of Gettysburg to mark the positions and actions of New Jersey regiments. It also includes pictures of each monument and texts of the addresses given at the dedications of those monuments.