Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Mark the Positions of the Pennsylvania Commands Engaged in the Battle, Volume 1E. K. Meyers, state printer, 1893 - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
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... Captain John Taylor , Second Reserves , the Honorable President of the Pennsylva- nia Reserve Association , Ex - Governor Andrew G. Curtin , and the Secretary of the Association , Sergt . James McCormick . Governor James A. Beaver , in ...
... Captain John Taylor , Second Reserves , the Honorable President of the Pennsylva- nia Reserve Association , Ex - Governor Andrew G. Curtin , and the Secretary of the Association , Sergt . James McCormick . Governor James A. Beaver , in ...
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... CAPTAIN JOSEPH G. Rosengarten . ENNSYLVANIA DAY marks the completion of the official relations of the State of Pennsylvania with the battle - field of Gettysburg . Every position occupied by Pennsylvania soldiers through the scenes and ...
... CAPTAIN JOSEPH G. Rosengarten . ENNSYLVANIA DAY marks the completion of the official relations of the State of Pennsylvania with the battle - field of Gettysburg . Every position occupied by Pennsylvania soldiers through the scenes and ...
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... Captain George W. H. Stouch , Third Regiment , U. S. Infantry , now stationed at Fort Shaw , Montana Territory , who , at Gettys- burg , was Sergeant - Major of the Eleventh U. S. Infantry , writes to the committee : " On the 2d of July ...
... Captain George W. H. Stouch , Third Regiment , U. S. Infantry , now stationed at Fort Shaw , Montana Territory , who , at Gettys- burg , was Sergeant - Major of the Eleventh U. S. Infantry , writes to the committee : " On the 2d of July ...
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... Captain R. T. Auchmuty , Assistant Adjutant - General . Captain Louis Livingston , Additional Aide - de - Camp . Lieutenant Richard P. Henderson , Aide - de - Camp . Lieutenant William Harding , Ordnance Officer . Captain Philip L. Fox ...
... Captain R. T. Auchmuty , Assistant Adjutant - General . Captain Louis Livingston , Additional Aide - de - Camp . Lieutenant Richard P. Henderson , Aide - de - Camp . Lieutenant William Harding , Ordnance Officer . Captain Philip L. Fox ...
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... Captain Hartley Howard , Acting Assistant Inspector - General . Lieutenant John L. Wright , Acting Assistant Adjutant - General . Lieutenant Charles K. Chamberlain , Aide - de - Camp . Lieutenant William H. H. Kern , Aide - de - Camp ...
... Captain Hartley Howard , Acting Assistant Inspector - General . Lieutenant John L. Wright , Acting Assistant Adjutant - General . Lieutenant Charles K. Chamberlain , Aide - de - Camp . Lieutenant William H. H. Kern , Aide - de - Camp ...
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advance afternoon Army Corps arrived artillery attack Battery battle of Gettysburg battle-field Big Round Top brave Brig camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry Division Cemetery Hill Cemetery Ridge charge Colonel command Company comrades Confederate Creek crossed Culp's Hill DEDICATION Devil's Den duty Eleventh Corps Emmitsburg enemy enemy's engaged Enlisted field Fifth Corps fight fire flag flank force fought Fredericksburg front gallant Gregg's ground guns halted Hancock honor hundred John July June killed Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Little Round Top loss Meade memory ment miles monument morning moved mustered night o'clock officers ordered patriotism Pennsylvania Reserves Pennsylvania Volunteers picket Pickett's Pickett's charge position Potomac Rappahannock rear rebel Regiment Infantry Reynolds Ridge river road Second Brigade Second Corps side Sixth Corps skirmishers soldier Station Taneytown Third Brigade Third Corps to-day troops Twelfth Corps Union army victory Virginia Warrenton woods wounded York
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Page iii - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 407 - It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Page 200 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 315 - As a soldier, in obeying this order, an order totally unexpected and unsolicited, I have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest.
Page 434 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 237 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
Page 424 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 382 - ... sheeted fire and flame, I saw and led the hosts of New York as they charged in contest upon a foreign soil, for the honor of your flag ; so again, if Providence shall will it, this feeble hand shall draw a sword never yet dishonored, .not to fight for distant honor in a foreign land, but to fight for country, for home, for law, for Government, for Constitution, for right, for freedom, for humanity, and in the hope that the banner of my country may advance, and wheresoever that banner waves, there...
Page 407 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to...
Page 382 - ... wellnigh worn out in the battle and toil of life, may pledge himself on such an occasion and in such an audience, let me say, as my last word, that...