Comments on: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – for American Civil War Enthusiasts http://www.twelveseven.org/gettysburg-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-for-american-civil-war-enthusiasts.html Travel the world with Twelve Seven.. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:40:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: BRENDAN LYNCH http://www.twelveseven.org/gettysburg-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-for-american-civil-war-enthusiasts.html#comment-292 BRENDAN LYNCH Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:47:58 +0000 http://www.twelveseven.org/2007/12/05/gettysburg-pennsylvania-%e2%80%93-for-american-civil-war-enthusiasts/#comment-292 AFTER VISITING VARIOUS CIVIL WAR SITES LAST YEAR i ENDED UP IN GETTYSBURG AND HAD A CONDUCTED TOUR. i WAS STRUCK BY THE HOPELESSNESS OF THE CONFEDERATE POSITION FORM THE START AND COULDENT UNDERSTAND WHY WHY THEY STARTED THIS VENTURE INTO GETTYSBURG SURELY GENERAL LEE MUST HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS THE LAST AND HOPELESS CHANCE. iT WAS SO SAD TO HEAR AND IMAGINE THOSE BRAVE SOLDIERS GOING TO THEIR END.tHE SEGRATION OF THE BODIES BY THE BURIAL DETAILS WAS ALSO VERY SAD BUT PERHAPS UNDERSTANDABLE. MY MOST ABIDING MEMORY WAS READING LINCOLNS SPEECH AND i THINK IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN AND INDEED THE SENTIMENTS IN THIS SPEECH COULD WELL BE QUOTED TODAY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. i HOPE TO RETURN AND COMPLETE MY VISITS TO MANY MORE SITES. iT IS A CREDIT TO SUCH A GREAT NATION THAT THEY LOOK ON THEIR WAR DEAD WITH SUCH REVERENCE. AFTER VISITING VARIOUS CIVIL WAR SITES LAST YEAR i ENDED UP IN GETTYSBURG AND HAD A CONDUCTED TOUR. i WAS STRUCK BY THE HOPELESSNESS OF THE CONFEDERATE POSITION FORM THE START AND COULDENT UNDERSTAND WHY WHY THEY STARTED THIS VENTURE INTO GETTYSBURG SURELY GENERAL LEE MUST HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS THE LAST AND HOPELESS CHANCE. iT WAS SO SAD TO HEAR AND IMAGINE THOSE BRAVE SOLDIERS GOING TO THEIR END.tHE SEGRATION OF THE BODIES BY THE BURIAL DETAILS WAS ALSO VERY SAD BUT PERHAPS UNDERSTANDABLE. MY MOST ABIDING MEMORY WAS READING LINCOLNS SPEECH AND i THINK IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN AND INDEED THE SENTIMENTS IN THIS SPEECH COULD WELL BE QUOTED TODAY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. i HOPE TO RETURN AND COMPLETE MY VISITS TO MANY MORE SITES. iT IS A CREDIT TO SUCH A GREAT NATION THAT THEY LOOK ON THEIR WAR DEAD WITH SUCH REVERENCE.

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