Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... EPILOGUE. CHIS granite shaft stands not as a memorial alone, but for a principle. It bears witness to the supremacy of discipline and education in the vocation of arms. It vindicates the professional soldier. It glorifies obedience, self-restraint, intelligence. It stands for duty, professional honor, responsibility, order, precision. In the polished integrity of its unbroken mass the primeval granite, upright and unswerving, points heavenward the path of patriotism and of honor. This is the only monument on the continent to the officers and soldiers of the Regular Army who fought in the War of the Rebellion, and in presenting it to the government of the great republic it has served so well, that army asks its fellowcitizens to bear in remembrance, together with the names of the leaders inscribed upon it--McPherson, Sedgwick, Reynolds, Mansfield, Lyon--those survivors who belong with them to history, officers of the Regular Army and sons also of that Military Academy where their memory is preserved and venerated. Army Commanders. Grant Hooker Pope Sherman Rosecrans Slocum Sheridan McClellan Canby, Meade Halleck Wright, G. Thomas Buell McDowell Schofield Ord Curtis, S. R. Howard Corps Commanders Parke, 9th. Gillmore, 10th. Williams, 1 2th. Davis, J. C, 14th. Smith, A. J., 16th. Foster, J. G., 18th. Franklin' Emory 19th. Grover McCook, 20th. Augur, 22d. Hartsuff, 23d. Gibbon, 24th. Weitzel, 25th. Stoneman Pleasonton Merritt Wilson, J. H Cavalry. This is the verdict of the greatest war of modern times, given also with equal emphasis in the case of our antagonists--tried in a hundred battles and justified by the results of a score of campaigns. No lesson in war was ever more inevitable, clearcut and decisive. After a desperate struggle of...
