Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483653931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Excerpt from Letters and Addresses: Contributed at a General Meeting of the Military Service Institution Held at Governor's Island, N. Y. H., February 25, 1886, in Memory of Winfield Scott Hancock Hancock was the impersonation of modesty and valor. Not vain Of his scars, but proud that bullets aimed at the heart of the Republic had been intercepted by his body. Newly-made graves are the garden-spots Of the purest and most exalted sentiments. A few of the flowers of thought and feeling that sprang from the grave Of General Hancock, gathered in the freshness of their bloom, are pressed between the cov ers of this Monograph, in the hope that they may preserve their hues and fragrance, keep his memory green, afford comfort to the bereaved, encouragement to men, and ex press in some degree the prevailing sentiment concerning one of the best soldiers and purest men that our country has produced. 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.
