. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . urrender at Appomattox. Your presence as anorganization was felt in the grand old Second Corps, and in no campaign, onno march and in no battle in which you were engaged, whether upon the line or line of battle in the midst of the fray, can it ever be said that youever shrank from the full performance of your duty. My comrades, at all times and under all circumstances the old One hundredand
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . urrender at Appomattox. Your presence as anorganization was felt in the grand old Second Corps, and in no campaign, onno march and in no battle in which you were engaged, whether upon the line or line of battle in the midst of the fray, can it ever be said that youever shrank from the full performance of your duty. My comrades, at all times and under all circumstances the old One hundredand forty-fifth had the respect and confidence of those in command, for wellthey knew you would never fail them in the hour of trial and danger. The record of our regiment is a proud one and this monument will tell thestory to generations yet unborn. The question will be asked—how came thisbrigade here ? Then shall the historian tell of Brookes headlong chargethrough the wheat-field, driving everything before him and of his gaining thisspot far in advance of the position of anj other command on the field, and thatthe One hundred and tbrty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers led the brigade. Our. HOTO Br W. H. TirrON, GETTYSBURG. PRINT: THE F. GUTEKUNST CO., PHflA. Pennsylvania at Geifj/shurr/ 701 death roll proves that our lot was not cast in soft places in the rear l)nt testifieswith emphasis to your presence on many a hard-contested field. My comrades, let us thank that merciful Providence which led so many ofus through danger with our lives, dangers in which four hundred and thirty-two of our comrades who marched and fought with us, were left behind. Let us pray him that our beloved country with its glorious free institutionsand form of government maj- be purified and made stronger by the toils, suf-fering and sacrifices of the Union soldier and that our country may ever be .safefrom another unholy rebellion. Let us also be thankful that after a lapse ofmore than twenty-six years s
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