Drop a grain of California gold into the ground, and there it will lie unchanged until the end of time . . . drop a grain of our blessed gold wheat into the ground and lo a mystery.
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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.Edward Everett
In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction.
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Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee.
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God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.
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And now the momentous day, a day to be forever remembered in the annals of the country, arrived. Early in the morning on the 1st of July the conflict began.
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In this critical and anxious state of affairs General Hooker was relieved, and General Meade was summoned to the chief command of the army.
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