. 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 .. . 6 Total 17,727 22,990 Army of Sorthern Virginia:Troops onsrased on first day 7,001 S,297 1,5803,570 5,150 8,58111,867 20,448 Total 69,0OC152,000 15,29832,985 3,483 1,178 161 10,408 43,388 Union tiocps engaged on first day: 8,2006,5002,500 7,300
. 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 .. . 6 Total 17,727 22,990 Army of Sorthern Virginia:Troops onsrased on first day 7,001 S,297 1,5803,570 5,150 8,58111,867 20,448 Total 69,0OC152,000 15,29832,985 3,483 1,178 161 10,408 43,388 Union tiocps engaged on first day: 8,2006,5002,500 7,300 2,190 15 5,673 2,855176 Eleronth Corps, t Total, 4,822 3,8S? 8,704 •Explnnins Stannards Stoinwohrs Sixth Regiment U. S I-Nono of ■nliich were engaged on first J Taking the aggregate loss of both armies as a basis, the ratio of loss, asbetween their several parts, shows as follows:— Ratio. Whole loss, both armies, of number engaged— Army of the Potomac, Army of Northern Virginia, Union side, first day, Rebel side, first , . Union army, first day: Ratio. First Corps, of number engaged=^ Eleventh Corps, Bufords Cavalry, Pennsylvania at Gcttysbanj. -189 DEDICATION OF MONUMENT 90^H REGIMENT INFANTRY* September 3, 1888ADDRESi^OF BREVET-COLONEL A. J. SELLERS COMRADES, ladies and gentlemen:—Gettysburg! If ever there be con-secrated ground, then you can well say, naught is more hallowed ex-cept the path the Savior of tlie world wended, as he ascended therugged heights of Calvary. As he died for the salvation of men, so our com-rades died to make men free. Gettysburg, so often quoted as the high water-mark of the rebellion,was truly the turning point in the war for the preservation of the magnitude of the conflict, and its far-reaching consequences, give itrank among the worlds greatest battles. As
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