Billy Yank and Johnny Reb met again, fifty years after the Union victory at Gettysburg:
“The conductor raised his baton and the strains of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ floated out upon the air. All of those gathered upon the dusky lawn – the Picketts, the Longstreets, the daughter of General A.P. Hill, the Meades, the long row of men in gray and gold – became silent, rose to their feet, and uncovered. That was Gettysburg fifty years afterward.”
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Civil War Veterans ReunionGETTYSBURG REUNION newspaper articleGETTYSBURG REUNION magazine articleprimary source article about 1913 GETTYSBURG REUNION1913 American Civil War ReunionRemembering Battle of Gettysburg 50 years afterward1913 Civil War Reunion eyewitness accountCivil War Reunion at Gettysburg 1913
Civil War Veterans ReunionGETTYSBURG REUNION newspaper articleGETTYSBURG REUNION magazine articleprimary source article about 1913 GETTYSBURG REUNION1913 American Civil War ReunionRemembering Battle of Gettysburg 50 years afterward1913 Civil War Reunion eyewitness accountCivil War Reunion at Gettysburg 1913
