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I am very much obliged by
your kind remembrance in sending me a
copy of the North American Review containing
your paper upon Gettysburg.
I had already read it with great interest
and pleasure, heightened by my
personal study and observation of the
battle field. It is certainly a very
vivid and glowing picture of a decisive
historical event and as the work of

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one of the principal actors it has enduring
value.