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Gettysburg: An Alternate History QUOTES

1 " In his deathbed delirium, Jackson had cried out, “Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action . . . Pass the infantry to the front.” These laurels were richly deserved, for Hill was inseparable from Jackson’s string of victories. He effected a system of command and discipline within his division which made it a model within the Army of Northern Virginia. His emphasis on speed led it to become known as the “Light Division,” despite its large size (six brigades). "

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2 " With a reputation as a hypochondriac, Hill genuinely suffered from prostatitis, a painful and debilitating infection of the prostate, that would flair up at moments of high stress. "

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3 " General Meade will commit no blunder in my front, and if I make one he will make haste to take advantage of it.”28 Since the morning of June 28th, when "

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4 " They had riled a hornet’s nest. In the next few hours the Sharpshooters, reinforced by more of their own men and the 3rd Maine, played havoc with the Confederates who had been massing to the rear of Pitzer’s Woods. They did not have it all their own way, though. Private Bailey George McClelen of the 10th Alabama was lying down with the rest of the regiment listening to the racket between our skirmishers and the enemy. The orders were to reserve our first shots until the enemy advanced close enough to make our shots effective. "

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5 " First Lieutenant Haskell of Gibbon’s staff remembered the exultation of that heady moment. “The Rebel cry has ceased, and the men of the Union begin to shout there, under the smoke, and their lines to advance. See the Rebels are breaking! They are in confusion in all our front!—The wave has rolled upon the rock, and the rock has smashed it. Let us shout too!”33 "

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6 " exigency "

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7 " wet-nursed "

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8 " Order Arms! "

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9 " barrel-chested general was like the proverbial boxer with an iron right punch and a granite jaw. "

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10 " deadweight. "

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11 " sergeant "

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12 " You die a sergeant "

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13 " gunpowder "

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