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" This was the only advantage obtained by the rebels to compensate them for the disasters of the day, and of this, as we shall see, they were soon deprived. Such was the result of the second act of this eventful drama — a day hard fought, and at one moment... "
Address of Hon. Edward Everett, at the Consecration of the National Cemetery ... - Page 52
by Edward Everett - 1864 - 87 pages
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Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the ..., Volume 1

Pennsylvania. Gettysburg battle-field commission - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1893 - 638 pages
...at one moment anxious, but, with the exception of the slight reverse just named, crowned with deadly earned but uniform success to our arms, auspicious...glorious termination of the final struggle, on these omens the night fell. In the course of the night General Geary returned to his position on the right...
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Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the ..., Volume 1

Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1893 - 636 pages
...moment anxious, but, with the exception of the slight reverse just named, crowned with deadly earne<l but uniform success to our arms, auspicious of a glorious termination of the final struggle, on these omens the night fell. In the course of the night General Geary returned to his position on the right...
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Civil War Papers: Read Before the Commandery of the State of ..., Volume 1

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Massachusetts - Massachusetts - 1900 - 350 pages
...hard day fought, at one moment anxious, crowned with dearly earned but uniform success to our army, auspicious of a glorious termination of the final struggle. On these good omens the night fell." These glowing words spoken by Mr. Everett in his Gettysburg oration, at the time of the dedication...
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Harper's Encyclopędia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based ...

United States - 1901 - 538 pages
...obtained by the rebels to compensate them for the disasters of the day, and of this, as we shall nee, they were soon deprived. Such was the result of the...earned but uniform success to our arms, auspicious of n glorious termination of the final stiuggle. On these good omens the night fell. In the course of...
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Campaigns in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1862-1863

Military Historical Society of Massachusetts - United States - 1903 - 522 pages
...of this eventful drama, a day hard fought, and at one moment anxious, but with the exception of the reverse just named, crowned with dearly earned but uniform success to our army, auspicious of a glorious termination of the final struggle. On these good omens the night fell."...
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Harper's Encyclopędia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1906, Volume 3

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1905 - 532 pages
...o'clock in the evening a desperate attempt was made by the enemy to storm the position of the 11th Corps on Cemetery Hill; but here, too, after a terrible...which he had hastened the day before to strengthen the 3d Corps. He immediately engaged the enemy, and, after a sharp and decisive action, drove them out...
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America

Garry Wills - Death - 1992 - 324 pages
...compensate them for the disasters of the day, and of this, as we shall see, they were soon deprived. 30. Such was the result of the second act of this eventful...final struggle. On these good omens the night fell. THIRD DAY (JULY 3) 31. In the course of the night, General Geary returned to his position on the right,...
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The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech that Nobody Knows

G. S. Boritt, Robert C Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute Gabor Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 433 pages
...this Titanic drama; a hard fought anxious day, & with the exception of the slight reverse just named, dearly earned but uniform success to our arms, auspicious...final struggle. On these good omens the night fell. £At dawn of the 3dJ General Geary returned to the position on the right; from which he had hastened...
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