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The World Will Never See the Like - The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
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It was front-page news throughout the country - the largest
gathering of Union and Confederate veterans ever held. “[It] will
be talked about and written about as long as the American people
boast of the dauntless courage of Gettysburg,” declared a woman
who accompanied her father to the reunion. But as the years passed,
the memorable event was all but forgotten. John Hopkins’s The
World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 goes
a long way toward making sure the world will remember. The 1913
Gettysburg reunion is a story of 53,000 old comrades and former
foes reunited, and of the tension, even half a century later,
between competing narratives of reconciliation and remembrance. For
seven days the old soldiers lived under canvas in the stifling heat
on a 280-acre encampment run by the U.S. Army. They swapped
stories, debated still-simmering controversies about the battle,
and fed tall tales to gullible reporters. On July 3, the aging
survivors of Pickett’s Division and the Philadelphia Brigade
shook hands across the wall on Cemetery Ridge, in the reunion’s
climactic photo op. Some of the battle’s leading personalities
were in attendance including Union III Corps commander Dan Sickles,
who at 92 was still eager to explain to anyone who would listen the
indispensable role he had played in the Union victory. Also present
was Helen Dortch Longstreet, the widow of Confederate Lt. Gen.
James Longstreet, who devoted her life and considerable energies to
defending the reputation of her general. Both wrote articles from
the reunion that were syndicated in newspapers across the country.
There was even a cameo appearance by a young and as yet unknown
cavalry officer named George S. Patton Jr. Hopkins fills his
marvelous account with detail from the letters, diaries, and
published accounts of Union and Confederate veterans, the extensive
archival records of the reunion’s organizers, and the daily
stories filed by the scores of reporters who covered it.The World
Will Never See the Like offers the first full story of this
extraordinary event’s genesis and planning, the obstacles
overcome on the way to making it a reality, its place in the larger
narrative of sectional reunion and reconciliation, and the
individual stories of the veterans who attended. Every reader
interested in Gettysburg will find this a welcome addition to their
library.
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Imprint: |
Savas Beatie
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
John L. Hopkins
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61121-684-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-61121-684-2 |
Barcode: |
9781611216844 |
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