Recollections of the Rebel Invasion

Download or read book Recollections of the Rebel Invasion written by Fannie J. Buehler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-18 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recollections of the Rebel Invasion: And One Woman's Experience During the Battle of Gettysburg is a book written by Fannie J. Buehler 33 years after the events took place. It retells her experience before, during, and after the great battle which was fought on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July, 1863, purposely for the sake of the next generation. EXCERPT FROM Recollections of the Rebel Invasion: And One Woman's Experience During the Battle of Gettysburg Thirty-three years have passed since the events, which I shall now relate, took place. Most of the actors in our late Civil War have passed into the "Shadowy Land." A few more years and not one of all the "great hosts" who then went up to battle; not one of "all the many" who participated in the events which I am about to relate, will be living to tell the story.We all have the experiences of our life time. I had mine before, during and after the great battle which was fought on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July, 1863, and of these I am now going to write.I do not do this for self gratification, but to please my children, my grand-children, possibly my great-grand-children, and many friends whom I dearly love. We all know, as the years go by, the story of this great battle, so often told in our days, will grow in interest, to those who may come after us, and that my experience may not die with me, I will endeavor to tell what I know, what I saw, and of the little help I was enabled to give to the wounded and dying in that momentous struggle.