Excerpt from Memorial of the Life of Johnston Pettigrew: Brig. Gen. Of the Confederate States Army After these words were written how long and fierce was the contest; how hot, and wild, and wicked were the passions and ambitions of men who called them selves countrymen; how complete and unforeseen was the result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.