THE CIVILWAR 1863 
A Nation touched with Fire 
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate— we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. 
Abraham Lincoln 
But then,’tis past, the years are gone, 
I’ll not call up their shadowy forms; 
I’ll say to them, “Lost years, sleep on! 
Sleep on! nor heed life’s pelting storms.” 
“Lorena” 
Lyrics by Henry Webster 
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines...of the army of Northern Virginia swept down upon us. They came halfway down this slope, wavered, began to fire, then to scatter and then to run, and how our men did yell, “Come on, Johnny, come on.” 
Rufus R. Domes, 6th Wisconsin 
...what armies and how much of war I have seen... what thousands of marching troops, what fields of slain, what prisons, what hospitals, what ruins, what cities in ashes, what hunger and nakedness, what orphanage, what widowhood, what wrongs and what vengeance. 
Clara Barton 
Dogs howled through the streets at night, cats screamed forth their hideous cries, and an army of rats, seeking food, would scamper around your very feet. William Tunnard, 3rd Louisiana 
USPS® Issues The Civil War: 1863 Forever® Stamp Souvenir Sheet: 
Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg. 
On Sale Nationwide: May 23, 2013.