. 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 . ause, my comrades, you well know that heretofore, by your valoron many bloody fields, you had proven your wilhngness to do and diefor our dear Union. Now, when your soil was desecrated with the treadof this traitorous band, your paternal patriotic blood was so inflamed thatyou could give a double li
. 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 . ause, my comrades, you well know that heretofore, by your valoron many bloody fields, you had proven your wilhngness to do and diefor our dear Union. Now, when your soil was desecrated with the treadof this traitorous band, your paternal patriotic blood was so inflamed thatyou could give a double life to free your State from the despoiler. So,as his army moved northward, you were moved along on parallel linesbetween him and the capital at Washington; and late in June you crossedthe Potomac at Leesbui-g and marched through Maryland, My Maryland,with banners flying and with cheerful step to music of our band, throughhistoric old Frederick City. There Fighting Joe Hooker left us, butwe cheerfully followed the faithful Meade, asking no questions; our causewas just the same whoever was put in command of us; we had no timefor ca\illing or fault-finding. You remember the dusty hot march through Littlestown, with the ripe,tempting cherries overhead, that you had no time to gather; some of the. us BIEN a CO- NEW YORK Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 307 boys said they were sour. You luul only time to grasp a cup of cold water,or a piece of bread or pie that the villagers (God bless them) handed outthe gateway to you as you hastened on into old Pennsylvania, with wordsof cheer from our friends, and the songs of the children, as we marchedto their tune of Marching along, we are marching along, for God andour country we are marching along. You went into camp beyond thetown. Next day was the 80th of June, and you were hastily drawn up inline to be mustered so as to have the pay-rolls sent on. You were thenordered to support the cavalry in their brush with the rebel cavalry atHanover. Brigh
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