. 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 .. . g of the great rebellion,and before the white flag appeared upon the field of Appomattox CourtHouse, where final defeat overtook the enemy and triumphant and lastingvictory crowned our arms, preserving the Government and the Union,thus vindicating the violated and cherished laws and principles emb
. 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 .. . g of the great rebellion,and before the white flag appeared upon the field of Appomattox CourtHouse, where final defeat overtook the enemy and triumphant and lastingvictory crowned our arms, preserving the Government and the Union,thus vindicating the violated and cherished laws and principles embodiedin the Republic, and in all its beauty and glory, from the Atlantic to thePacific, from the lakes to the gulf, from the Aroostook to the Rio Grande, Tlio old flag flies ami rules again. DEDICATION OF MONUMENT IO9TH REGBTENT INFANTRY* September 11, 1880 ADDRESS OF MAJOR MOSES VEALE UPON the first call of the President for three months troops, HenryJ. Stainrook answered the call and served as captain for the fullterm in the Twenty-second Regiment, and immediately upon his re-turn to Philadelphia, offered his services for three years or during the v/ar. *Organize(l at Pliiladelpliia fiom ilarcli to May, 1862, to serve tliree years. It was con-solidated with the 111th Penna., March 31, Pennsylvania at Gctfyshurg. 569 His services were accepted, he was commissioned as colonel, and au-thorized to raise the One hundred and ninth Regiment Pennsylvania In-fantry Volunteers—Curtin Light Guards—so called in honor of the patrioticand gallant War Governor of Pennsylvania. December 20, 1861, the regiment was mustered into the United Statesservice, and from then imtil May 9, 1862, was drilled and disciplined forthe field, and on this date received marching orders, arriving in WashingtonMay 10, 1862. From this date until May 24, 1862, continued drillingand discipline was maintained; and when the ofiicer detailed by the WarDepartment to inspect the troops encamped around Washing
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