The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-04
NO. 12@BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
(F>rom The Chatham Record. Wednes-
day, June %. 1910 =

Z Next Saturday, Sunday and Monday
are the 4sth anniversary of the Bat
tie of Gettysburg. which was the most
noted battle Of the war and in which
more men were killed and wounded
than in any other. 1t has often been
called the decisive battle of the war, hut
this is doubtful because the war was
continued for nearly two years longer
and many important battles fought
before the surrender of Lee on the 9th
Of April. 1865. Although the Confed-
crates were not successful in their as
Sault on the afternoon of the third
day, yet on the two previous days they
had been successful and il the third
days assault bad been made as order
ed by Gen. Lee IL would no doubt have
been a great, if not decisive, victory
for the C~Onfederates.
This battle was fought farther north
than any other battle during the war
and gave some of the Northern people
some idea of the horrors Of war, al
though the conduct OF the Confederate
army was in striking contrast to that
of the Federal army when in tho
South. Private property was respected
and non-combatants We're not modest
ed. This was in accordance with the
order OF Gen. Lee. issued on the 27th
OF June. 1868. at Chambersburg. Penn
s%ylvania, from which we copy the fol-
lowing extracts:
The commanding general earnest
~ exhorts the troops to abstain, with
scrUpulOuS care, from unnecessary ana
wantOn injury to private property. and
ne enjoinS upon all officers to arrest
and bring to summary punishment all
who shall in any way offend against
the orders on this subject.
The commanding general consid-
ers that no greater disgrace could be-
fall the army, and through it our
Who'll people, than the preparation
Of the barbarous outraSes upon the
innocent and d~efencc!ess and the van
ton destruction of private property
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that have marked the course Of the
enemy in our oWn country.
1T must he remembered that We
! make war only on armed men and that
We cannOt take vengeance for the
wrongs our people have suffered with
cut lowering ourselves in the eyes ~
all those whose abhorreuce has been
excited by the atrocities Of oar enc
my
Portions Of our army had advan"cd
as far north as York ana Carlisle. he
latter city only a few miles from Har-
/ risbIrg. the g pital Of Pennsylvania,
and there was nothing to prevent The
capture Of the city. when suddenly or
! dcrs were received on the 20th IF June
4 10 return 20 ttilN~5ui- N+Ft' taiF
( Federal army Was concentrating.
While our troops occupied he cities
Of York and Carlisle the citizens W"re
not molested 1t all eitEer ~ Their per-
sons or property. although thor an
preach was feared az if they had been
saNaCeS There MS intense excitement
and coneternatIun throughout ali 'h"
North when it was teamed IN I he
dreaded rebels" were in a few miles
of the capital 81 the aat Stat@ II
PENNSYLVANIA. and the government At
Washington seriously conteIn t'ft
the necessity of removing all n. ulh-
lie archives from III. .itV.
While history .a~ mad m"~" T.
! nous the third day fig4t Ut Get;r~-
burg thaa he .th.~ IN" davS ~
more men we've killed and wo1F"f /
on the first dat aa.l IL ''"afe}. AS
were entirely sue@cs~rii iF that 'ttNS
fioht. dri. .n- the - i.r.is t1r.,s3 3
GetiHshu~- aGG e..p.ar.w" 1..ast. q
prisoners II n. -:.as~ o. - itt
/ ocontfnr.,' $50 !.@s.t e..--'. J.