Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Announcement Of News From Gettysburg
by Abraham Lincoln
WASHINGTON,
July 4, 10.30 A.M.
The President announces to the country that news from the Army of the
Potomac, up to 10 P.M. of the 3d, is such as to cover that army with
the highest honor, to promise a great success to the cause of the
Union, and to claim the condolence of all for the many gallant
fallen; and that for this he especially desires that on this day He
whose will, not ours, should ever be done be everywhere remembered
and reverenced with profoundest gratitude.
