An Admirable and Befitting Arrangement: The Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg
Posted by Jeffrey Anderson on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on An Admirable and Befitting Arrangement: The Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg After the battle, the fields looked and smelled like hell on earth. The bodies of the fallen had quickly begun to decompose. Where shallow graves had been dug, arms, legs, and heads were reported to have penetrated the surface. In some places, hogs rooted out corpses, devouring them. The immense, ghastly campaign at Gettysburg, fought July 1 through 3, 1863, was over. As General Robert E. Lee...read more