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[Extract of a letter from Major-General Humphreys, Chief of the
Corps of Engineers.]
"WASHINGTON, D. C., _Nov. 14, 1867_.
"GENERAL:--
"* * * The information which Mr. Bachelder has collected concerning the
Battle of Gettysburg, is extraordinary in amount and correctness. So far
as I am able to judge, there is no battle of any war respecting which so
many truthful accounts, so many exact details, have been collected and
compiled. From every source, from the private to the general commanding
the army, facts have been collected, and where discrepancies were found,
evidence was multiplied, and in this way errors have been dissipated.
Mr. Bachelder has peculiar qualifications for the task he has
undertaken, and has devoted four years to it. * * *
"A. A. HUMPHREYS,
"_Major-General_.
"GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
"_Sec. of War, ad interim._"
[Illustration: DEATH OF PRIVATE RIGGIN, GUIDON BEARER, RICKETTS' (PA)
BATTERY]
NOTE.--The wood-cuts interspersed through this circular have been
engraved to illustrate scenes in the Battle of Gettysburg, and with many
others will appear in the History of that Battle.
"THE LAST HOURS OF LINCOLN."