. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Troops engaged on first day, ... ,000 1,5803,570 8, Total 69,C-90 15,298 20,448 Total, both armies 152,000 32,985 10,403 43,388 Union troops engaged en first day:First Corps * . 8,2006,5002,500 3,483 1,178 161 2,190 15 5,
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Troops engaged on first day, ... ,000 1,5803,570 8, Total 69,C-90 15,298 20,448 Total, both armies 152,000 32,985 10,403 43,388 Union troops engaged en first day:First Corps * . 8,2006,5002,500 3,483 1,178 161 2,190 15 5,673 2,855 176 Eleventh Corps t Bufords Cavalry, t Total 7,200 4,822 3,882 •Excluding Stannards Brigade. J tExcluding Steinwehrs Division. -None of which were engaged on first day. iExcluding Sixth Regiment U. S. Cavalry.) Taking the aggregate loss of both armies as a basis, the ratio of loss, asbetween their several parts, shows as follows:— Ratio. Whole loss, both armies, of number engaged= Army of the Potomac Army of Northern Virginia, Union side, first day, Rebel side, first day, Union army, first day: Ratio. First Corps, of number engaged= Eleventh Corps Bufords Cavalry, Iennsi/lvania at Gettysbury. 483 DEDICATION OF MONUMENT 90^« REGIMENT INFANTRY Skptember 3, 1888ADDRESS OF BREVET-COLONEL A. J. SELLERS COMRADES, ladies and gentlemen:—Gettysburg! If ever there beconsecrated ground, then you can well say, naught is more hallowedexcept the path of the Savior of the world wended, as he ascendedthe rugged heights of Calvary. As he died for the salvation of men,so our comrades died to make men free. Gettysburg, so often quoted as the high water-mark of the rebellion,was truly the turning point in the war for tiie preservation of the magnitude of the conflict, and its far-reaching consequences, give itrank among the worlds greatest battles. As the y
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