. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . e Eighty-sec-ond Pennsylvania VolunteersAssociation. A letter from theSixty-fifth New York was veryexpressive of thanks, endingwith God bless the oldTwenty-third. The next in or-der was a handsomely framedgroup of the One-hundred-and-twenty-second New Yorksurvivors, who were present atGettysburg, accompanied withan elaborate engrossed framedlettter of resolutions. Then followed the presentation of testimonials to Com-rades Wm. H. Bantom, Gott. Staiger, Cranmer Willia
. History of the twenty third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birney's Zouaves; three months & three years service, Civil War . e Eighty-sec-ond Pennsylvania VolunteersAssociation. A letter from theSixty-fifth New York was veryexpressive of thanks, endingwith God bless the oldTwenty-third. The next in or-der was a handsomely framedgroup of the One-hundred-and-twenty-second New Yorksurvivors, who were present atGettysburg, accompanied withan elaborate engrossed framedlettter of resolutions. Then followed the presentation of testimonials to Com-rades Wm. H. Bantom, Gott. Staiger, Cranmer Williams, of the Commissary Department, and CaptainJas. M. Craig, of Allegheny City, who worked hard to makethe Reunion a success. The gifts were gold badges, in cir-cular form, embracing the Sixth Corps mark, red enamel incentre, with the words 23d P. V. on the top scroll and 63—Gettysburg—88 on the lower, with their names on the re-verse side. Colonel John F. Glenn, the President of their As-sociation, was then presented with a gold Sixth Corps badge,in two colors, red and blue, representing the two divisions. ADEN B. MICKLE,Co. H. 370 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT which the regiment had served in, and having in the centre adiamond of the first water, flanked with the words 23d ; on the reverse side was inscribed: From the boys of the23d P. v., to Col. Jno. F. Glenn. The presentation speecheswere made by Secretary Wray and were feelingly respondedto by the recipients. At the close of the meeting all hands,upon the invitation of Comrade Bantom, adjourned to hishome and were handsomely entertained. While the Sixth Corps at Gettysburg were on the reserve,they were close up to the front line in support. We found theGreek cross scattered pretty well around the line ; out at theextreme right and left, the left centre, to right of Little RoundTop, Gulps Hill and Cemetery Hill; all under fire, ready togo in as opportunity offered. Meades headquarters we found t
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