The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction (Neiberg, WH) writing the two regiments were posted

the two regiments were posted for a time in the vicinity of Washington

and lost almost half of their number at the horrific Battle of Fredericksburg during the assault on the Confederate lines

while assessing the condition of his victorious but heavily damaged army

Thomas Kane

they were stated in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and were the hope of Reconstruction

The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction (Neiberg, WH) writing the two regiments were postedby Michael S. Neiberg Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. At the time, observers read the treaty through competing lenses: a desire for peace after five years