Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies--The Civil War by David Fisher

Author:David Fisher
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Jefferson Davis rejected the offer, pointing out, “But suppose, my dear friend, that I were to admit, with all their implications, the points which you present, where am I to find that new commander who is to possess the greater ability which you believe to be required? … To ask me to substitute you by someone in my judgment more fit to command, or who would possess more of the confidence of the army, or of the reflecting men of the country, is to demand an impossibility.”

Gettysburg would later be remembered as the most hallowed ground of the Civil War. But in its more immediate aftermath, both the North and South were stunned by the brutality. Even with the advent of telegraphy, it took weeks before accurate reports spread throughout the country; and for some weeks Southerners believed that Lee had won a great victory—with some newspapers even reporting that Lee’s army was in Washington. It would be several more months before the entire story was known.

And then President Lincoln decided to go to Gettysburg to honor the men who had sacrificed there.

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