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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... Artillery . Battery F , First Artillery . Battery G , First Artillery . Battery C , Independent Artillery . Battery E , Independent Artillery . Battery F , Independent Artillery . Battery H , Third Heavy Artillery . GETTYSBURG ...
... Artillery . Battery F , First Artillery . Battery G , First Artillery . Battery C , Independent Artillery . Battery E , Independent Artillery . Battery F , Independent Artillery . Battery H , Third Heavy Artillery . GETTYSBURG ...
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... artillery were driven in and through Gettysburg . In point of fact there was no accident , no surprise , no easy victory . Buford went by Reynolds ' order to find the enemy , and his report on the 30th showed where Lee's forces were ...
... artillery were driven in and through Gettysburg . In point of fact there was no accident , no surprise , no easy victory . Buford went by Reynolds ' order to find the enemy , and his report on the 30th showed where Lee's forces were ...
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... artillery engaged on the first day , the record is one of pre - eminent service . Tidball's Horse Battery , under ... Artillery , Stevens ' Fifth Maine , Reynolds ' L , First New York , Stewart's B , Fourth United States , and of the ...
... artillery engaged on the first day , the record is one of pre - eminent service . Tidball's Horse Battery , under ... Artillery , Stevens ' Fifth Maine , Reynolds ' L , First New York , Stewart's B , Fourth United States , and of the ...
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... this field embraces 26,628 men ; in detail , sixty - eight regiments of infantry , eight regiments of cavalry , and five batteries of artillery . 1 The killed and mortally wounded are 67 officers , Pennsylvania at Gettysburg . 41.
... this field embraces 26,628 men ; in detail , sixty - eight regiments of infantry , eight regiments of cavalry , and five batteries of artillery . 1 The killed and mortally wounded are 67 officers , Pennsylvania at Gettysburg . 41.
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... artillery which he had put so far to the front , before I could support it . General Sickles expressed regret that he should have occupied a position which did not meet with my ap- proval , and he very promptly said that he would ...
... artillery which he had put so far to the front , before I could support it . General Sickles expressed regret that he should have occupied a position which did not meet with my ap- proval , and he very promptly said that he would ...
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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...