. 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 . can now be found out-side the State museum at the capitol, and to see one of them floating onthis battle-field will scarcely fall to your lot again. When the Seventy-third left the State in 1861 to join the Army of thePotomac, the first State flag carried by its color-sergeant was given to usby the
. 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 . can now be found out-side the State museum at the capitol, and to see one of them floating onthis battle-field will scarcely fall to your lot again. When the Seventy-third left the State in 1861 to join the Army of thePotomac, the first State flag carried by its color-sergeant was given to usby the representative of the Commonwealth. At the second battle ofBull Run, where our brave commander. Colonel Koltes, gave his life forhis country, the flag Avas so torn and riddled with shot and shell that itwas unlit for further service, and was sent to the capitol for safe-keeping. The second flag given to us by the great War Governor, Andrew , was carried upon this field during the engagement, but at thebattle of Missionary Ridge it was reduced to the same state as its prede-cessor by the hard usage it received while carried at the head of ourcolumn. The one before you was the third and last State flag carried by theregiment, and was presented to us at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, on. JULIUS BIEN a CO. NEW YORK Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 425 behalf ol! the hulies of Philadelphia, who bade us protect it with ourlives and brini; it home with us in honor and victory. We pledged ourselvesto do so. Here it is! And now, my friends, after hearing from the orator of thisoccasion of the gallant deeds performed by this regiment, I ask you, Havewe kept our vow? Here waves the flag, unsullied by defeat, havinginvariably led us to victory. But hark! The old flag speaks for itself: You have carried me from Chattanooga to Rocky-face Kidge, to Rc-saca, New Hope Church, Pine Knob, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach TreeCreek and to Atlanta in victory. Yon have carried me from Atlanta tothe sea in v
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