. Two days of war, a Gettysburg narrative, and other excursions . ugh not in the immediateranks of the regiment after Yorktown andWilliamsburg, yet, until I fell a prisoner atManassas, I was daily and nightly at the reg-iments side with its orders. Even after-wards, when I was serving at division, orcorps, or army headquarters, the center of thearmy to me was always where the SecondEire Zouaves could be found. !Never shall I forget my sensations whenit was suddenly given to me to conduct youinto this vortex of the Peach Orchard. But now your wish is mine that everysoul of that 324 who followed
. Two days of war, a Gettysburg narrative, and other excursions . ugh not in the immediateranks of the regiment after Yorktown andWilliamsburg, yet, until I fell a prisoner atManassas, I was daily and nightly at the reg-iments side with its orders. Even after-wards, when I was serving at division, orcorps, or army headquarters, the center of thearmy to me was always where the SecondEire Zouaves could be found. !Never shall I forget my sensations whenit was suddenly given to me to conduct youinto this vortex of the Peach Orchard. But now your wish is mine that everysoul of that 324 who followed me to this spotshall from the other world, and from thispresence, send a recognition and a blessingto this memorial of their lives. To the living let me voice the sentimentthat no nation can long suivive that does notpreserve an honorable regard for its a grateful country cherish the spirit andthe purpose of the citizen soldiers who volun-teered for death if need be at Gettysburg. THE NEW YORK F^ ^ ^^ LIBRARY. A8T0R, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. a. THE EXCELSIOR BRIGADE, ITS MONUMENT AT UPON ITS DEDICATION. The foregoing page shows the monumenterected in commemoration of the Brigade(Second Brigade, Second Division ThirdCorps) known as the Excelsior Brigade. In the volumes issued hy the State of ISTewYork (1900) entitled New York at Gettys-burg are also reported from pages 572 to597 of Volume II., the proceedings upon lay-ing the corner stone, July 2, 1888, and uponthe dedication, July 2, 1893, of this Monu-ment erected by the State of New York, onthe battlefield of Gettysburg, to the ExcelsiorBrigade. This organization comprised the Seven-tieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth. Regiments NewYork Volunteers. 139 140 ^ GETTYSBURG NARRATIVE, The inscriptions on this monument are as follows: (Inscriptions.) Sickles Excelsior Brigade, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 3d Corps. Col. W. R. Brewster commanding. Position July
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