Memorial of the Life of J. Johnston Pettigrew, Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army
The book Memorial of the Life of J. Johnston Pettigrew, Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army was written by author William Henry Trescot Here you can read free online of Memorial of the Life of J. Johnston Pettigrew, Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Memorial of the Life of J. Johnston Pettigrew, Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army a good or bad book?
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He was disappointed, naturally enough, but more so I think than the occasion warranted or what was due to his own character ought to have permitted. For that popular confidence which secures stability of power, requires time and long and per- sistent achievement. No gifts however brilliant, no purpose however pure, will obtain it without patience of spirit and tenacity of temper. This disappoint- ment, however, gave him the opportunity to carry out a purpose which he had long cherished. He had ...felt, early in life, a desire for military service, and when a student at Berlin had made an ineffec- tual effort to procure admission into the Prussian army. The Italian war, which excited his warmest sympathies, was now in progress, and he determined to apply for a staff appointment in the Sardinian 40 Memorial of army. The motive of his conduct I can best describe in his own words : "It was on the night of the 4th of July, 1859, that I crossed Mount Cenis on the way to Turin. Though the precise date was a matter of accident, its associa- tions were in happy unison with the object of the jour- ney and the sentiments which prompted me.
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