. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . release of the batteryfrom the charge of mutiny. The battery was then ordered to Baltimore, and the battalion (only threecompanies having been recruited), was consolidated with the command ofColonel Joseph Roberts, forming the Third Regiment Pennsylvania HeavyArtillery. On the 6th day of May, 1863, the battery was mounted as light artillerj,and all its subsequent .service was either as artillery, or as
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . release of the batteryfrom the charge of mutiny. The battery was then ordered to Baltimore, and the battalion (only threecompanies having been recruited), was consolidated with the command ofColonel Joseph Roberts, forming the Third Regiment Pennsylvania HeavyArtillery. On the 6th day of May, 1863, the battery was mounted as light artillerj,and all its subsequent .service was either as artillery, or as cavalry, if occasionrequired. The battery, in connection with the First Delaware Cavalry, was stationedat the Monocacy river railroad bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio railroadwhen General Lee made his advance into Pennsylvania. When the rebel advancecrossed the Potomac the guard received orders to fall back to the Relay packing up in the afternoon, preparatory to an early start in the morn-ing, a man selling paper and envelope packages was in and around the camp,selling his wares. Nothing was thought of it, as we were visited almost dailyby itinerant peddlers of tliis />HOTO. BY W. M. TIPTON. GETTVSBURG. HE F. GUT6KUNST CO., Pennsylvania at Gettysbunj. 901 At 2 oclock next morning Tve started for the Eelay House, accompanied bya company of cavalry, belonging to a Maryland regiment. We went into parkal)Out 6 p. m. with the cavalry on picket. About 11 p. m. the guards broughtin a rebel prisoner, who represented himself as a deserter from Stuarts cav-alry, on his way home to Ellicotts Mills. From information he gave us welearned that we were nearly surrounded by Stuarts men, and that our capturewas determined upon. During the day, while we were marching east, we had passed an infantrycommand going in the opposite direction, and we, accompanied by the cavalry,made a dash for their camp, which was some few miles off. Reaching theircamp we went into battery, t
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