The Heart of a Soldier As Revealed in the Intimate Letters of Genl George E P
The Heart of a Soldier As Revealed in the Intimate Letters of Genl George E P
George E George Edward Pickett
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Headquarters, June, 1864. 143 PART FOUR In the Shadow of the End rHE long struggle between the states was now drawing to a close. The South, depleted in men and resources, awaited in grim despair the failure of its hopes. Gloom and disappointment settled down upon all, men and officers alike, but to General Pickett there came a gleam of happiness in the birth of his son. The event was one that was hailed with re joicing on both sides of the battle lines for the contending armies were but paces ...apart. Grant and his staff sent a birth day greeting to the "Little General" as the boy was dubbed immediately, and though the armies met again in conflict the incident served to lessen the feeling that had existed between them. A brief nine months later, Pickett wrote: "Peace is born. " XXX Upon Hearing of the Birth of the "Little General" GOD bless you, little Mother of our boy bless and keep you. Heaven in all its glory shine upon you; Eden s flowers bloom eternal for you. Almost with every breath since the message came, relieving my anxiety and telling me that my darling lived and that a little baby had been born to us, I have been a baby myself.
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