On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
When the end came his sole reward was to feel that the Union had been saved, and the flag which had been rent in sunder once more made whole.
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Roosevelt describes the profound satisfaction felt by Civil War soldiers, whose only reward was the knowledge that they had preserved the Union and restored the nation's integrity.
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