‘The music commenced’— Gettysburg turns tide for Union army

I posted this last year, but it deserved repeating . . .

Polishing Your Prose

One hundred and fifty-two years ago today, “the music commenced” at Gettysburg. The quoted phrase comes from Private Oney F. Sweet, who made reference to the artillery barrages that signaled the beginning of battle.

Confederate General Lee had marched his army from Virginia into Pennsylvania, and the Union forces made a counter move to cut him off. They collided at the small town of Gettysburg.

Sweet and his comrade...