The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division The blow fell, and how it was met has become a matter of history. I need not dwell upon the fine quality of patriotism which sent men forth eager to offer their lives, and gave women the courage to remain at home and work, if necessity demanded, or follow the men into the thick of the con ict, in order to sustain and comfort them. 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."