. The Nineteenth Illinois; a memoir of a regiment of volunteer infantry famous in the Civil War of fifty years ago for its drill, bravery, and distinguished services . or the sound of Hookers guns, off by Rossville. Nearthem stood our Company G, then known as Bridges Battery,ready at the word of command to fire the signal guns thatput the veterans of Stone River and Chickamauga in motionfor the assault. How gallantly the Army of the Cumber-land performed its part history tells. Before the sun wentdown on that day, thirty-four years ago, the Ridge, fromRossville to the Tennessee river, was ours
. The Nineteenth Illinois; a memoir of a regiment of volunteer infantry famous in the Civil War of fifty years ago for its drill, bravery, and distinguished services . or the sound of Hookers guns, off by Rossville. Nearthem stood our Company G, then known as Bridges Battery,ready at the word of command to fire the signal guns thatput the veterans of Stone River and Chickamauga in motionfor the assault. How gallantly the Army of the Cumber-land performed its part history tells. Before the sun wentdown on that day, thirty-four years ago, the Ridge, fromRossville to the Tennessee river, was ours. But at whata cost! The thousands of marble headstones in the NationalCemetery yonder show how many brave hearts joined their «h:? 32 C3 ^ 3 o r« o ^,^ ^ ^ t^cr w 3 I ^ ^« g « » P o J^ rr,„ ... H^y c j;^,^^ O O • £ 3 ^^ o C5 _p ^.CD ^ H 5^3P-g- S -. ^o- p WP ^ -SO cs P ^ P <^ D P CD SPCO -I ,<? CD Qj~ :■-:-^ „.P cc P 2 o ~ d o ET LS-g-P P S-3 3?r^^-S- iR c5 !-•< ,3 ;-••:« ^g S k!-^ 3. The Nineteenth Illinois 301 comrades on the other shore in this aiid the surroundingbattlefield. I will leave to others present to tell of thatgrand charge, how those dear old flags led us up these ruggedheights to final victory, and how the gallant Army of theCumberland emerged from the woods and advanced as if onparade against the batteries crowning the Ridge. The bronzetablets on our monument teU how well the Nineteenthdid its dut3^ on that day. It was a glorious victory, and welldoes our brave dead deserve this mark of our never failiagadmiration of their gallant deeds. And now, comrades, with uncovered heads we willdrape this monumental stone with the old flags, and thisshall be our formal dedication. President Young then requested Major E. E. Betts,Topographical Engineer of the Chattanooga Military ParkSystem, to accept the monument on behalf of the NationalPark Commissioners, and transferred to him a deed to theground on which it stands. Major Bet
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