Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George GMeade, Major General Winfield SHancock, Major General John FReynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 731 tured white granite in our memorial we to-day dedicate, it may be a symbolof that which is tiuest to manhood, even as it was the crest of our nobledivision, and the ever gallant, ever dauntless and ever invincible One hun-dred and forty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer
Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George GMeade, Major General Winfield SHancock, Major General John FReynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 731 tured white granite in our memorial we to-day dedicate, it may be a symbolof that which is tiuest to manhood, even as it was the crest of our nobledivision, and the ever gallant, ever dauntless and ever invincible One hun-dred and forty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry. DEDICATION OF MONUMENT 148™ REGIMENT INFANTRY* September 11, 1SS9 ADDRESS OF MAJOR R. H. FORSTER COMRADES and friends:—I approach the duty assigned to me in theceremonies of this Pennsylvania Day with great diffidence, and witha deep sense of distrust in my ability to do justice to the merits ofmy gallant comrades of the One hundred and forty-eighth PennsylvaniaRegiment, or to the demands of this interesting occasion. I regard it,indeed, no trifling task to properly, clearly and concisely tell the story ofthe honorable part borne by the One hundred and forty-eighth in the mo-mentous and thrilling events that here transpired twenty-six years ago—events which render th
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