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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 54 (search)
A soldier's account of the Gettysburg campaign. Letter from George W. Beale (son of General R. L. T. Beale） four miles Northwest of Williamsport, Md. July 13th, 1863. Dearest mother,—My last letter to you was written in Loudoun county, and so hurriedly and under such circumstances as to render it very brief and unsatisfactory, I have no doubt. In that letter I informed you of the many trials and dangers we had passed through, and how the tender mercy of our indulgent Heavenly Parent had so wonderfully attended us, and how through it we had been spared in health and soundness. How few and trivial the sufferings and dangers I then referred to, compared with those through which we have since passed; and if such were possible, how more boundless and vast the compassionate love and care displayed towards us by Him who ordaineth all things! We, are yet alive and well! Surely our hearts should melt in gratitude to God, for the privilege of being able to say so. I am this m