. The "Dutchess county regiment [electronic resource] (150th regiment of New York state volunteer infantry) in the Civil War . or three long years we had been as brothers on theweary march, the battlefield and camp, sometimes divid-ing our last hardtack, caring for the dead and dying, orsharing a blanket as we lay sleeping on the cold drank from the same canteen! We were received with loving embraces by father. 168 THE DUTCHESS COUNTY REGIMENT. mother, brother, sister, or wife and children, and listenedto the heartfelt thanksgiving of grateful ones for oursafe return. But there were
. The "Dutchess county regiment [electronic resource] (150th regiment of New York state volunteer infantry) in the Civil War . or three long years we had been as brothers on theweary march, the battlefield and camp, sometimes divid-ing our last hardtack, caring for the dead and dying, orsharing a blanket as we lay sleeping on the cold drank from the same canteen! We were received with loving embraces by father. 168 THE DUTCHESS COUNTY REGIMENT. mother, brother, sister, or wife and children, and listenedto the heartfelt thanksgiving of grateful ones for oursafe return. But there were other welcomes too, in sadvoices, from those whose tearful eyes told us that theirdear ones had not returned to receive this welcome, butwere left in that vast bivouac of the dead which held somany of our number. To these bereaved ones the greater deference! Wehad endured the hardships, it is true, but we had beenpermitted to safely return. Wars most awful tragedieswere in the homes, rather than on the battlefields. With trembling voice the last Good-bye is spoken,and we separate and disappear in the walks of civil MONUMENT AT GETTYSBURG. CHAPTER XVI. THE MONUMENT AND ITS DEDICATION. By Stephen G. Cook. How the Money was Raised—Description of the Monument—Ceremonies and Addressesat its Dedication—Speakers of the Day—Others Present—Evening Campfire. In 1887 the Legislature of the State of New Yorkappropriated $1,500 to each of the regiments and bat-teries from that state which were engaged at the battleof Gettysburg, for the purpose of erecting a monumenton that historic battlefield. Many of the members thought this sum insufficientto erect a suitable monument for the Dutchess CountyRegiment, and especially was this the opinion of ColonelA. B. Smith, who wanted the monument to represent a Tower of Strength, and largely through his endeavors$3,000 more were added to the states $1,500. Themonument cost $4,400 and the marker near the TrostleHouse cost $100. It is a
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