Excerpt from The Gettysburg Knapsack: A Souvenir of Useful Information for Veterans, Patriots, Tourists, and the Great Army of Generous Youth, in Whose Souls the Stirring Reminiscences of the Battle of Gettysburg Find a PlaceThe National Cemetery was dedicated November 19, 1863. The oration was delivered by Edward Everett, and an address by Pres ident Lincoln.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.