. Book of the Royal blue . and most cherishedmemorial that could be erected would bethe large boulder over and around whichthe slain had played when they were butschool boys, and so it was taken from theschool-house door and brought to Gettys-burg, where it now stands, a beautifulmemorial to their patriotism and commander of this regiment was adirect descendent of Paul Revere and waskilled on the third day during PickettsCharge. On Gulps Hill stands a large, naturalboulder, about four or five feet square,marking the location of the 14th BrooklynInfantry during the engagement. This
. Book of the Royal blue . and most cherishedmemorial that could be erected would bethe large boulder over and around whichthe slain had played when they were butschool boys, and so it was taken from theschool-house door and brought to Gettys-burg, where it now stands, a beautifulmemorial to their patriotism and commander of this regiment was adirect descendent of Paul Revere and waskilled on the third day during PickettsCharge. On Gulps Hill stands a large, naturalboulder, about four or five feet square,marking the location of the 14th BrooklynInfantry during the engagement. This rockwas a miniature fortress to this afterwards the survivors rememberingthis friendly boulder, located it and utilizedit as a lasting monument to the memoryof those who fell almost within its side of the boulder was chiseled smoothand an appropriate inscription placedthereon, and thus it stands to-day a monu-ment reared by nature and making one ofthe oddest and most effective monumentson the SOTH MASSACHUSETTS INKANTKV. ODD MONUMENTS ON THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. 11
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