Wednesday, July 3, 2024

July 3– From "The Battle of Gettysburg" (1898) by Frank Aretas HI askell

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July 3– From The Battle of Gettysburg (1898) by Frank Aretas Haskell

Summary: How do you summarize Gettysburg? A lot of men died, and the Union won, I guess.

Commentary: I had another selection for this book, "American Historical Documents" a week or so ago. I don't think that label really applies (maybe First Hand Accounts of History instead). If we didn't have AN ENTIRE VOLUME OF BURRRRNNNNSSSS Elliot could've put in a few more historical documents (maybe expanding it to the rest of the world) and then had a whole book of accounts also, rather than smooshing them awkwardly in one.

I don't have a ton to say about the particular entry. Decent enough writing. Reasonably significant topic. Solid 3 on the rating scale.

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