 | Duane P. Schultz - History - 2002 - 486 pages
...about the immense issues involved in the struggle. The enemy are on our soil; the whole country now looks anxiously to this army to deliver it from the presence of the foe. Our failure to do so will leave us no such welcome as the swelling of millions of hearts with pride... | |
 | Jane Langton - Fiction - 2003 - 348 pages
...and Otis knew the penalty for a fourth desertion. He was to be shot on sight. OTIS, WHERE WERE YOU? Corps and other commanders are authorized to order the instant death of any soldier who fails in his duty at this hour. — MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE he battle of Gettysburg has become... | |
 | Wayne Mahood - History - 2009 - 388 pages
...desperately and bravely than ever." As if this were not enough, Meade added an ominous final note: "Corps and other commanders are authorized to order the instant death of any soldier who fails in his duty at this hour."21 There was little immediate reaction from those who heard General Meade's... | |
 | Noah Andre Trudeau - History - 2010 - 722 pages
...ordered to be read to the troops. "The enemy are on our soil," it declared. "The whole country now looks anxiously to this army to deliver it from the presence of the foe." The message ended by advising that officers were "authorized to order the instant death of any soldier... | |
 | Stephen W. Sears - History - 2004 - 645 pages
...our success would give to every soldier of this army”), but he added a riveting closing sentence: “Corps and other commanders are authorized to order the instant death of any soldier who fails in his duty at this hour.” 29 While Meade with his address sought to imitate the morale-boosting... | |
 | Richard F. Miller - Education - 2005 - 572 pages
...country now looks anxiously to the army to deliver it from the presence of the foe"; and finally this: "Corps and other commanders are authorized to order the instant death of any soldier who fails in his duty at this hour." Shortly afterward the Second Corps was deployed facing west toward the Emmitsburg... | |
 | Susannah J. Ural, Susannah Ural Bruce - History - 2006 - 323 pages
...clarified that this would be a desperate fight, reminding his officers and men that "the whole country now looks anxiously to this army to deliver it from the presence of the foe." As if to clarify this point, Meade gave all commanders the authority "to order the instant death of... | |
 | United States - 1891 - 1284 pages
...believed that it will fight more desperately and bravely than ever if it is addressed in fitting terms. Corps and other commanders are authorized to order the instant death of any soldier who fails in his duty at this hour. By command of Major-General Meade: S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General.... | |
 | Oliver Willcox Norton - Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 - 1913 - 374 pages
...briefly the immense issues involved in this struggle. The enemy are on our soil. The whole country now looks anxiously to this army to deliver it from the presence of the foe. Our failure to do so will leave us no such welcome as the swelling of millions of hearts with pride... | |
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The enemy are on our soil; the whole country now looks anxiously to this army to deliver it from the presence of the foe ; our failure to do so will leave us no such welcome as the swelling of millions of hearts with pride and joy at our success would... 
