Union Soldier in Battle

Ribbon of Honor

I saw enough to sicken the heart. . . . The scenes which I witnessed were enough to overthrow all imaginations concerning the glory of war; but, dreadful as they were, I hope and believe that I would be willing to suffer the worst, . . . rather than prove a traitor to the trust which our country reposes in all her sons.—J. Spangler Kieffer, Pennsylvania Militia

With its relentless ...