Excerpt from Fitchburg in the War of the Rebellion Many Histories of the Great Rebellion have been written; many others will be, and perhaps the best and truest record of the perilous times through which we, as a Nation, have just passed, will be written many years hence. These will be general in their character, and will not descend to the details of the part which states, cities, towns and communities had in the great contest. Our present purpose is to put upon record in a concise form our share as a Town in the great work of vindicating the Constitution, the establishing of universal freedom, and preserving unsullied the glorious flag of the Republic. Justice, alike to the living and the dead of the actors in the great drama, demands that their deeds shall be embalmed in the memories of posterity through all coming time. Gratitude to the living and precious memories of the dead prompt us to the wel come task before us. 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.