Excerpt from The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as Gregg's and Subsequently as McGowan's Brigade IT is true that the war of secession is past it is true that the question, submitted to the stern arbitrament of arms, has been declared in characters of blood and fire against us; and, therefore, it is true that it becomes us not to en courage the ancient animosities of sections, but rather to strive to bind together and harmonize the two long-dis cordant elements, for destiny seems to have fixed that they shall dwell under one government. 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.