The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh : History of the regiment ; the battle of Shiloh . packer and Staff, to-gether with many survivors of the two regiments, left Phila-delphia on a special train for Washington, D. C. Joinedthere by many men from other parts of the State, they took aspecial train on the Southern Railway for Chattanooga. Thisspecial was run under the personal supervision of Mr. CharlesL. Hopkins, the Philadelphia Passenger Agent of the South-ern Railway, and had the right of way over all other chosen route was through the far-famed Land of theSky, Asheville, No
The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh : History of the regiment ; the battle of Shiloh . packer and Staff, to-gether with many survivors of the two regiments, left Phila-delphia on a special train for Washington, D. C. Joinedthere by many men from other parts of the State, they took aspecial train on the Southern Railway for Chattanooga. Thisspecial was run under the personal supervision of Mr. CharlesL. Hopkins, the Philadelphia Passenger Agent of the South-ern Railway, and had the right of way over all other chosen route was through the far-famed Land of theSky, Asheville, North Carolina, and down the valley of theFrench Broad river. The men were all very much pleasedwith the first-class accommodations furnished and by constant attention to their comfort. None re-gretted the selection of a route which furnished them someof the most beautiful mountain scenery in the United States. The special arrived at Chattanooga on Sunday evening, No-vember 8, 1903, somewhat ahead of the scheduled time. TheSeventy-thirds monument was dedicated the following morn-. Shiloh National Park. 33 ing. Then followed, until the evening of the next day, varioussight-seeing excursions over historic points near Chattanooga,such as Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob andLookout Mountain. These two days on their old familiarfighting grounds were a great treat to the men of the Sev-enty-seventh, adding very much to their enjoyment of thetrip. On the evening of the tenth, the Governor and Staff, to-gether with the survivors of the Seventy-seventh left Chat-tanooga, on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail-way for Johnsonville, on the Tennessee river. There they em-barked on the steamer Clyde, of the St. Louis and TennesseeRiver Packet Company, for Pittsburg Landing, at which placethey arrived about five oclock on Thursday morning, Novem-ber 12, 1903. There being no adequate hotel accommodations at Pitts-burg Landing for a large party, the Clyde was held
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