Excerpt from Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion: Addresses Delivered Before the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1883-1891 The purpose of the New York Commandery in printing this collection of personal reminiscences of its members, of the most mighty struggle of modern times, in which they were participants, is to preserve their valuable experiences and observations for the benefit of future generations, as well as for the information of readers of our day who cannot enjoy the privilege of listening to the delivery of the addresses a privilege confined to the comrades of the Commandery. For many years five meetings have been annually held at Delmonico's, at each of which a paper has been read, or an address delivered. The most important of these, beginning with an account of Gettysburg, a greater battle than Water loo, and concluding with a history of the Loyal Legion, by ex-president Hayes, are contained in this volume. The New York Commandery is not, of course, responsible for opinions expressed, or for facts stated in the various addresses included in this pioneer volume of the series, in which many a veteran of the Commandery has, like Gold smith's old soldier in the Deserted Village. 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.