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« BY JACOB HOKE, ? -
Author of "The Great Invasion."

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"The Great Invasion," and What is Said About It.

Baltimore Sun.—" "The Great Invasion of 1863,' by Jacob Hoke. It gives
evidence of care, and as far as we can see, of substantial accuracy. Certainly
Mr. Hoke has been very industrious, and is creditably impartial from a North;
ern stand-point. The book is well fitted for an excellent, clear, and popular
account of the campaign of Lee. "
New York _Evening Post: — "There have been many volumes and maga
zine articles written about the Gettysburg campaign of the Civil War, but all
of these fall short -of giving any adequate idea of the invasion. From what
he saw at that time, and from a wide collection of documents and volumes on
the subject, the author has told, in great detail, the history of these move
ments. He has taken special care to have facts and dates exact. ' ' "
Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin: — " 'The Great Invasion,' is the title of
one of the most interesting historical works on the late war yet published.
This history is the only complete and detailed one yet given to the public
upon one of the greatest campaigns of our late Civil War. The book is an
octavo, printed on, first-class, highly finished paper, from clear, open type,
with fine maps and choice illustrations, and is handsomely bound."
Ledger and Transcript: — "So much has been written about the battle of
Gettysburg that it seems as if there were no room for another book of -the!
kind, except by the commanders of troops, able to give personal reminis--
cences. Yet this richness of Gettysburg histories has probably helped to in
cite the publication of Mr.,Hoke's full and complete history of the invasion.
The account of the battle of Gettysburg presents it from every point of view,
and as Mr. Hoke was a civilian, he distributes the glory of that great engage
ment as Lincoln would have distributed it — impartially to all who helped to
win the victory."
Baltimore Telegram: — " ' The Great Invasion,' by Jacob Hoke. The litera
ture of the late war seems exhaustless; indeed, the book market and many of
the newspapers are flooded with it. Much of it is pure fiction or romance,
and for historical knowledge is more or less worthless. A recent contribu
tion, however, to the records of the great conflict, of unusual importance, is
this work of Mr. Hoke's on 'The Great Invasion.' No work relating to this
period of the war, and especially to the battle of Gettysburg, yet written,
compares with Mr. Hoke's, in the fullness of its information, arrangement
of detail, and conscientious truthfulness. ' '
Washington, D. C, National Tribune:— " This splendid volume of six
hundred pages is the most complete and detailed history yet given to the pub
lic of one of the greatest of the campaigns of our late Civil War. It not only
gives the details of the three days of terrible battle at Gettysburg, but it
embraces a complete summary of events which transpired within the two
great opposing armies from the time of their departure from their encamp
ments upon the Rappahannock, in Virginia, until they stood face to face
upon the soil of Pennsylvania, and until they again, after the tremendous
ordeal at Gettysburg, recrossedthe Potomac and resumed their former posi
tions."

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF
GETTYSBURG,'

Visitors to Gettysburg should bear in mind that the field
of battle extends over about twenty-five square miles; and
"while events of thrilling interest occurred at every portion,
a few points only, which possess special interest, and from
which a general view of the whole may be had, can be visited
by those whose time is limited. To such as have but a day,
or part of a day, to spend in inspecting the field, the follow
ing directions will be of value.
In approaching Gettysburg from the north, you pass along
and through part of the battle-field of the first day. The
wooded elevation to your right, just before entering the sub
urbs of the town, is Oak Hill. The line of battle extended
from this ridge in a northeasterly direction for nearly a mile,
and southward along this hill and Seminary Kidge, which is
seen to your right, down below the Theological Seminary,
which, surmounted by a cupola, is seen in the distance. That
large white building to your left is Pennsylvania College.
This building fronts south, and from it, to the right, that part
of Seminary Ridge where the battle of the first day commenced,
is seen. The college was used as a hospital during and after
the battle, and from its cupola General Lee took observations.

*Copyright, 1887, by W. J. Shoey.

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THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.

The first street, or road, leading out of the town in a west
erly direction, and crossing Seminary Ridge, is the Chambers-
burg pike. By this road the principal part of the Confederate
Army came, and by it their great wagon train of wounded
retreated after the close of the three days of battle. Along
side this road, a short distance out, stands a stone house, in
which General Lee had his headquarters. The cut annexed
is a correct view of that place.

GENERAL LEE'S HEADQUARTERS.
The next road after this, which crosses Seminary Ridge in a
southwesterly direction, below the seminary, is the Fairfield
road. It crosses the South Mountain by Monterey Pass. Up
on this road the Confederate Army retreated after the battle.
Approaching the town, Culp's Hill is seen to your left, and
East Cemetery Hill, crowned by the " Stars and Stripes," rises
to view just beyond the town.

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 6
Arrived at Gettysburg, you will proceed first to East Ceme
tery Hill. This stands at the southern edge of the town, and
you reach it by going out Baltimore Street, or the Baltimore
pike. This " Mount of Salvation," with its breastworks yet re
maining, thrown up at the time and surmounted by cannon,
is the place where the patriot troops were rallied after their
disastrous retreat from the field west and north of the town, on
the first day. It was the center of the Federal position during
the engagements of the second and third days. And here, in
the evening of the second day, the most desperate hand to
hand fighting took place. The Louisiana Tigers charged up

east Cemetery hill, where the union forces were rallied.
this hill and captured the guns, but after a desperate and ter
rific fight, in which the butts of guns, cannon rammers, and
stones were used, these brave fighters were driven away. In

4 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
their retreat a battery stationed to your right, across that de
pression, swept through and through them with grape and can
ister. Hoke's brigade, of Early's division, made a similar dash
up this depression, but were also repulsed with great slaughter.
From this elevated position, you have an excellent view
of the scene of the first day's engagement. From Seminary
Ridge, about one mile to the west, and a half mile to the south
of the Theological Seminary, to about two miles to the north
and northeast, the line of battle extended. Over the fields
intervening the conflict raged; and when the Federals were
compelled to fall back, they retreated over these and through
the town to the hill upon which you stand.

CULP'S HILL, FROM EVERGREEN CEMETERY AND BALTIMORE PIKE.
Toward the east— but about half a mile — is Culp's Hill, a
view of which is given, as well as of some of the breast-works
occupied by the Federals. The marks of the bullets upon

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG, 5
the trees are yet visible. Upon this hill the Union line ter
minated. A short distance farther east is Spangler's Spring?
where, on the evening of the second day of the battle, John
son's division, in the absence of nearly the whole of the
Twelfth Corps, which was posted upon that part of the line
and had been sent to assist in repelling Longstreet's assault
upon the left, succeeded in obtaining an entrance, which, had
it been followed up, might have proved fatal to the Federals.
This position the Confederates held during the night, but were
driven out in the morning, after a fearful and desperate en
gagement of six hours' duration.

FEDERAL BREAST-WORKS UPON CULP'S HILL.
Returning from Culp's Hill, we enter the Soldiers' Nation
al Cemetery, and view the beautiful resting-place of the
heroic slain, a view of which we give.

THE SOLDIERS NATIONAL CEMETERY, AT GETTYSBURG

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 7
There are interred here three thousand five hundred and
fifty-five Union soldiers. They were from the following States :
Maine, 104 ; New Hampshire, 48 ; Vermont, 61 ; Massachusetts,
159; Rhode Island, 12; Connecticut, 22; New York, 866; New
Jersey, 78 ; Pennsylvania, 526 ; Delaware, 15 ; Maryland, 22 ;
West Virginia, 11; Ohio, 131; Indiana, 80; Illinois, 6; Mich
igan, 171 ; Wisconsin, 73 ; Minnesota, 52 ; United States Regu
lars, 138; unknown, 979. The unknown were either so ter-

GENERAL REYNOLDS' MONUMENT IN THE SOLDIERS' NATIONAL
CEMETERY, AT GETTYSBURG.
ribly mangled that they could not be recognized, or were slain
on the first day of the battle, and had lain in the sun and rain
until recognition was impossible.
Not all the gallant heroes who fell upon this historic field
were buried here. Many were taken away by their friends

THE SOLDIER'S MONUMENT

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. 9
and interred among their own kindred, and many others who
were wounded and taken to their homes, or to distant hos
pitals, and died there, were laid away to rest where they died.
" 'Tis holy ground —
This spot, where, in their graves,
Are placed our country's braves,
Who fell in freedom's holy cause,
Fighting for liberties and laws:
Let tears abound.
" Here where they fell,
Oft shall the widow's tears be shed;
Oft shall fond parents mourn their dead;
The orphan here shall kneel and weep,
And maidens where their lovers sleep,
Their woes to tell.
"Here let them rest:
And summer's heat and winter's cold
Shall glow and freeze above their mould —
A thousand years shall pass away —
A nation still shall mourn their clay,
Which now is blest."
Standing upon the spot where the platform was erected up
on which President Lincoln stood when he delivered his im
mortal dedicatory address, is the Soldiers' National Monu
ment. This is, perhaps, one of the most beautiful works of
art upon the continent. A view of it is given.
That bronzed statue upon the granite pedestal, near the
entrance, a view of which is given, is to the heroic, the gallant
Reynolds. Although the place where he fell is a mile distant,
and his body is buried at Lancaster, Penn., his statue was
placed here. It was but right that in the absence of himself,
that which represents him should be placed among his gallant
comiades. From the cemetery you have an excellent view of the Con
federate position of the second and third days. The view
here introduced is from the Soldiers' National Monument.

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VIEW FROM THE SOLDIERS'' NATIONAL MONUMENT, LOOKING WEST,

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.

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The stone wall marks the Union line on the second and third
days. Seminary Ridge is seen in the distance. The left of
Reynolds' corps occupied the part of this ridge which is seen
looking west, in the first day's engagement, and Hill's Confed
erate corps, facing east, on the second and third. The South
Mountain is seen in the distance. The extension of this ridge,
showing the Confederate line to its termination, opposite Big
Round Top, is shown on page 18. Upon that ridge their line
was formed, and all along it, clown to Round Top, and through
the town, and all around, to the northeast of it. — a distance from

WHERE GENERAL REYNOLDS FELL.
one extreme to the other of about four and a half miles, — a
line of bristling bayonets stood. And all along that ridge, as
well as upon elevated positions to the north, and northeast,
across the fields and beyond the town, their batteries were

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planted. These all in terrible concert opened upon the place
where you stand, and the ground all about you was torn and
ploughed with shot and shell, and almost every foot of it was
hallowed with patriot blood. From the cemetery, too, a view
can be had of the headquarters of General Meade, a cut of
which is given.

GENERAL MEADE S HEADQUARTERS.
Having satisfied your curiosity, or spent as much time as
you have at your disposal, in looking about this part of the
field, you will next proceed to the other end of the Federal
line. You can pass clown by the avenue laid out where the
Federal line lay, or by the Emmittsburg road to the Peach
Orchard, and thence to Round Top, or by rail. In passing
by either of the two latter, you go between the lines of the
two armies — Seminary Ridge on the right, and Cemetery

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Ridge on the left. The Emmittsburg road is the best route
to take in going, and the avenue along the Union line of bat
tle, in returning to the town. In passing down this road you
will see upon your left, upon the slope of Cemetery Hill, a
clump of trees, one of which is umbrella shaped. That was
the focus of Pickett's great charge. It was at that point he
directed his men to aim; and it was there that 1bo Federal
line was pierced. There, a little north of that tree, the Con
federate General Armistead was killed, and Hancock was
wounded. This place is called uthe bloody angle" for there
large numbers of both Confederates and Federals were killed
and many more wounded. It has also, by general consent,
been called " The Hi'jh Water Marl; of the Rebellion." There
it reached its highest — its supreme effort, and there it received
its death-wound. Near this, alongside the Emmittsburg road,
you will see a brick house, and bam. These are Codori's, so
frequently spoken of in history of this battle. These build
ings mark about the centre of Pickett's assaulting column.
In and behind that grove, about a half mile to your right,
this column was formed, and it passed over the ground about
you. The guns from Little Round Top and East Cemetery
Hill ploughed through and through them from right to left,
and from left to right, covering the ground with the slain.
At the Peach Orchard, where Sickles' line bent around to the
southeast, you will turn into the lane and following it some
distance, turn to your right and follow the avenue along the
Federal line to Round Top. The tablets and monuments all
along the Emmittsburg road, the lane, and this avenue, are
truly magnificent, and will well repay a visit. Following
this route you will pass to the rear of the Devil's Den. Dis
mount there and inspect that wonderful freak of nature.
Pass up between Little and Big Round Top and, leaving your
carriage, ascend to the summit of the former. This place is
reached from the east by a gradual slope. That is Round Top
Park, and there you would have landed had you come by rail.

T141 HIGH WATER MARK OF THE REBELLION, THE POINT AT WHICH THE REBELLION RECEIVED ITS DEATH-WOUND,

LITTLE ROUND TOP, ETC. 15
This ground is historic ; over it the Union forces moved to
charge the enemy. Little Round top was the key to the
field, and to seize and to hold it the Confederates made the
most determined and desperate efforts, but were met and
driven back by the brave Union defenders. This hill was
baptized with patriot blood. That monument which stands
out so conspicuously marks the spot where the brave General
Strong Vincent fell. But a few feet to its rear General Weed
fell by a bullet from a Confederate sharp-shooter from the
" Devil's Den," and Lieutenant Hazlett, in the act of catching
him in his arms, also fell, pierced by a bullet from the same
place. Near by, too, fell the young, the lamented Colonel
O'Rourke, while bravely leading his regiment against the foe.
There to your left,, where the ground begins to slope towards
the depression, between Little and Big Round Tops, the heroic
Chamberlain threw his hardy sons of Maine into the form of
the letter U to meet the foe, who pressed upon him from every
side. And down through the depression, between these two>
hills, the Pennsylvania Reserves made their desperate charge,
driving the enemy before them, and this "Hill of Salvation" was
saved to the Union. And when the Federals, by main force,.
succeeded in planting their cannon upon its rock-crowned brow,
it became a Gibraltar, and victory was assured to the cause of
Freedom. Does it not seem that God planted that rock-covered
and rock-crowned hill just at that place, with its bold, pre
cipitous, and almost inaccessible side to the enemy, and its
comparatively gentle elevation to the Federals, for the express
purpose of saving the American Union ?
But let us sit down now, and with the aid of this beautiful
illustration, take a more extended view of. the field. This
view, as its title indicates, gives you a northeastern outlook. But
in order that you may have a correct understanding of the
situation, you will bear in mind that the Federal line was in
the shape of a fish-hook. The heel of that hook rested upon
the hill where you are now sitting, its curve upon East Ceme
tery Hill, — the high ground which is seen about three miles

VIEW FROM LITTLE ROUND TOP — LOOKING NORTH AND NORTHEAST.

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off to the right,— and its point upon Gulp's Hill, which lies
further to the right, or about a half mile southeast of Ceme
tery Hill. Culp's Hill cannot be seen in this picture. The
Federal line, then, on the second and third days of the battle,
extended from Round Top, and in front of it, up across the
ground between you and that elevation in the extreme right,
and then curving in an easterly, and then in a southeasterly
direction, ended upon Culp's Hill — the whole about three
and a half miles in length. Seminary Ridge, upon which the
Confederate line lay, up as far as where the Chambersburg
pike crosses it, is faintly seen in the distance. This view em
braces the whole field, from the Federal left to the center, and
all the ground within view was fought over.
But we introduce another view from this same hill, looking
west and northwest.
This view presents the theater of the greatest events in
human history. Within an area scarcely a mile square, and
directly in front of you (the corps mark on the monument
marks its eastern side, or the side fronting you), amidst those
fields, and woods, and rocks, and stones, fifty thousand armed
men, like two mighty wrestlers, struggled and fought for four
hours for the mastery, strewing the ground with their slain.
But let me particularize. The ridge, or high ground, you see
in the distance, and which extends from one end of the pict
ure to the other, is Seminary Ridge, along which the Confeder
ate line lay during the battles of the second and third days.
Codori's house and barn are off there to the right of that grove,
to the northwest. The Emmittsburg road, which leaves the
town close by the western base of East Cemetery Hill, or near
the curve of the fish-hook, passes by that house and barn.
That lane, or narrow road, which is seen running westward
close by the northern base of Little Round Top, intersects the
Err.mittsburg road, a short distance beyond that grove in your
front. In the left hand angle where these roads meet is the
Peach Orchard. General Sickles' line, in the afternoon of the

VIEW FROM LITTLE ROUND TOP — LOOKING WEST AND NORTHWEST.

THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.

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second day, extended along the Emmittsburg road some dis
tance south of Codori's to the Peach Orchard, where it formed
an angle and passed down in a southeasterly direction through
and across the woods and fields to your front to the Devil's

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THE WHEAT FIELD, OR THE SCENE OF THE WHIRLPOOL
OF THE BATTLE.
Den, which is about six hundred yards in a southwestern di
rection from where you are. Against this line General Long-
street threw his disciplined and brave fighters, and upon the
angle at the Peach Orchard the fire of sixty cannon was con
centrated, until after some of the most desperate fighting that

20 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
ever occurred upon this continent, the brave boys in blue
were compelled to fall back step by step, covering the ground
with the slain of the two armies. At the same time Hood's
Texans outflanked Sickles' left by the Devil's Den, and made
desperate efforts to capture this hill. Division after division.
from the Second and Fifth Corps were sent to assist in driving
back the enemy, and at length the hill was secure. In that en
closed field a little to your right, and across the lane from that
house, is the Wheat Field. There occurred what is called the
Whirlpool of the Battle. Regiments from three corps and from
eight to ten brigades here fought promiscuously. The Con
federate lines were also in confusion. The scene, as the men
advanced and then fell back, and fought in a circle and
through and about each other, resembled a huge whirlpool, and
suggested the title given to the battle at this place. Hundreds
on each side here fell, and the ground was drenched with.
human gore. It may be said of this Wheat Field and the Peach
Orchard, that upon no other two places of equal extent upon.
the American continent, — -excepting, probably, the Bloody
Angle at Spottsylvania, — were so many human lives lost,
and so much human blood shed. I annex a view of this
historic place.
This view is from the west, and shows the bloody lane, the
Zook monument, and Little Round Top beyond the Wheat
Field. While the exultant enemy were pressing our troops,
Ayers' ' division of Regulars charged down into the abyss be
fore you, and across the rocky space into those woods, but were
driven back with the loss of half their number. An officer who
participated in the charge says that such was the confusion,
the fire and smoke, the cries and shouts of the contending
forces, that it seemed like "going down into hell." The space
in front of you, where this great struggle occurred, is called
"The Valley of Death," a view of which we give. It also af
fords a fine view of both Little and Big Round Tops.
In the terrific struggle for the possession of Round Top, the

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22 THE BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
Confederates came up the ravine, between Big and Little
Round Top, a short distance to the left, and attacked the
Federals in flank and rear. At this juncture, when the result
of the struggle seemed to be so nearly decided in favor of the
Confederates, the Pennsylvania Reserves, under the gallant
Crawford, charged, and with tremendous cheers dashed upon
the foe, and drove them at the point of the bayonet down the
slope, over the "Valley of Death," and across a stone fence which
ran parallel with the eastern line of the Wheat Field. This
point the gallant Pennsylvanians held to the close of the bat
tle of the following day, when after the repulse of Pickett's
assault, they made another charge and regained the ground
lost by Sickles the day before. Big Round Top, just south of
you, had been occupied by Confederate sharp-shooters, and in
the evening after Longstreet's repulse, a detachment of Penn
sylvania Reserves drove them away and took possession of the
hill and held it until the final repulse of the enemy. Its ab
rupt, precipitous, and rocky sides prevented artillery from being
taken to its summit ; hence it was of but comparatively little
value, and little effort was made for its possession. All along
that lane which runs westward by the Wheat Field, and among
those rocks and boulders south of it, are monuments and tab
lets, which mark the places where noble and heroic men fell.
Among them is that monument in the Wheat Field to General
Zook; the magnificent monument to Colonel Ellis, of the One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York, surmounted by his
statue in marble, a little to the left and just beyond the Devil's
Den ; and that humble stone tablet, which is seen across the
"Valley of Death," marks the place where Colonel Frederick
Taylor, of the Bucktails, met his fate. All about Trostle's, to
the right of the Wheat Field, the battle raged with terrible
fury, and the ground was covered with the slain. The Devil's
Den, that wonderful freak of nature, and the home of Con
federate sharp-shooters, by whose deadly aim so many promi
nent officers fell, is seen about six hundred yards in front, and

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a little to the left. Visitors should, if possible, visit the places
named, all of which, except the Peach Orchard, which is about
a mile distant, are within easy reach.
Before dismissing this picture, there is one more view which
is of special importance. Turn your eyes now to the grove
which stands upon Seminary Ridge, directly west of Codori's
which is seen away off to your right, alongside the Emmitts-

ENTRANCE TO THE DEVIL'S DEN.
burg road (the grove is toward the top of the picture), and
you have the place where Pickett's great assaulting column
formed, and from which they came. The ground from that
ridge to the Federal line, past Codori's, was the scene of their
great charge, and the artillery planted upon this hill decimated
their ranks as it ploughed through and through them.
Big Round Top, as already stated, was not of so much im
portance, and comparatively little fighting was done for its

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possession. If able to do a little climbing, by all means go to
the top of this hill. Stone steps wind up to its summit, upon
which stands an observatory, from which you will have a view
•of sublimity and grandeur, as well as of historic interest, which
has few equals anywhere. Upon a clear day, and without the
aid of a glass, Hanover and Littlestown to the east, Taney-
town to the south, and Emmittsburg to the southwest, can be
seen. Even the hills below Frederick, bordering on the Poto
mac, are visible. With the aid of a glass, the view is, of course,
more extensive and satisfactory. In the fields to the east,
sheltered by these hills, part of the immense wagon-train of
the army was parked. The greater part was left in the neigh
borhood of Westminster. Upon that elevated ground west of
you the Confederate right rested, and in the ravine which
intervenes, Kilpatrick made his famous dash upon the Con
federates while Pickett's charge was in progress. In this charge
the gallant Farnsworth, promoted to the command of a bri
gade but the Sunday before, fell. Visitors, if they have gone
to Round Top by either the railroad, or the Emmittsburg pike,
should return to the town by the avenue, which runs along
the Federal line. Tablets and monuments of exquisite design,
and some of them executed at great expense, are found all
along this avenue. These mark the places where distinguished
men fell, as well as where the various corps, divisions, brigades,
and regiments fought. The different States whose sons fought
upon this field, are vying with one another in erecting these
memorials. They are to be seen standing everywhere — all
over the field of strife. These, with the hundreds which will
yet be erected, in connection with the sacred associations of the
place, will make the Battle-field of Gettysburg a place of the
greatest interest upon the American continent during all the
ages to come.

" The Great Invasion," and What is Said About It.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette:— ¦" A new and interesting book on Gettys
burg has just appeared. It is full of valuable material, and is especially
satisfactory in describing the situation in the section of Pennsylvania occu
pied by Lee, from his arrival to his departure. It has a particular as well
as general merit as an historical war book."
Ohio Slate Journal: — ' ' ' The Great Invasion, ' by Jacob Hoke, is probably
the most complete history yet given to the public, upon one of the greatest
of the campaigns of the Civil War. The author was an eye-witness of what
he relates, and has spent years in collecting from official records the fund of
information he imparts. Mr. Hoke has not only made this the work of his
life, but he is a man of such ability and experience as to be fully equal to the
great task. For years he has been a valuable contributor to periodicals, and
is the author of different works of merit and interest. ' '
Colonel A. K. McClure, Philadelphia Daily Times: — " In the great quantity
of war literature that now floods the book market, there is much that is not
worthy of preservation as important to the future historian of our late Civil
War; but there are occasional works which furnish invaluable contributions
to the true history of the great events of the war. One of these is a large
and neatly printed and illustrated volume, of over six hundred pages, en
titled, 'The Great Invasion,' written and compiled by Jacob Hoke, and giving
the only Complete, and certainly the most accurate history of General Lee's
invasion of 1863, and the decisive battle of Gettysburg. With his full data,
aided by a tenacious and accurate memory, and enlarged and fortified by all
the voluminous events developed by the best of writers on the Gettysburg
campaign, Mr. Hoke has combined in one compact volume, the most impar
tial, full, and entertaining history of Lee's invasion of 1863, and the great
battle of Gettysburg, that has ever been given to the public, -and it is an in
dispensable book in every library that pretends to instruct the new genera
tion in regard to the most sanguinary and decisive battle of the war."
"Central Branch, , \
"National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1
"General M. R. Patrick, Governor. j
"National Military Home, January 21, 1887. J
"W. J.'Shuey, Dayton, Ohio:
," My Dear Sir:. I am very greatly obKged to you for the-beautiful volume
placed in my hands this day, with the compliments of the publisher. It is
the only continuous history of the Pennsylvania invasion of which I have
any knowledge, and, as I have before said to you, it is written conscien
tiously, and, so far as facts and details are concerned, far more truthfully than
any work I have yet seen, relating to the great struggle. No civilian, nor
any other person not acquainted with the 'inside of things,' Could judge cor
rectly of some things about which he has passed opinions; but, in this free
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the data necessary to form a correct conclusion. This work has less of these
'opinions' than almost any of (the writings I have seen in connection with
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"The Great Invasion," and V.
From General Hoke, of th*- ' onfederate Army.

J. Hoke, Esq., Chambersburg , Pennsylvat
Dear Sir: — I have been absent from*
hence the delay in answering your favor
Early not long since, and I told hiin about
would write at once for a copy. I have los •
Southern officers, who participated in the t
speak highly of it. I was wounded at Chani
when the battle of Gettysburg was fought-*
consider that your book is one of great -
should be without it. Yours trulj

I /> eigh, North Carolina.

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I have had time in the last few days
vasion." It is a valuable work, and one it
future historian of our war, among the mem-. \
and comparison of statements concerning tb
I am very sincerely, •

rng.-for over two weeks, and
the. 31st ult. I met General
"-ur.book, and he said that he
_ j my book to a number of our
Je of Gettysburg, and they all
jrsville, and was not on duty-
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acj*, and one that no library
< R. F. Hoke.
Jmversity of Virginia.
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