. 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 . Pennsylvania ai Gett//shurg. 903 DEDICATIOX OF MONUMENT 21^^ REGIMENT CAVALRY October 5, 1893 ADDRESS OF THAD. M. MAHON WE have gathered here to-day to dedicate a luonument erected over thegrave of a private soldier ; a youug man who. in the time of ourcountrys greatest peril, in the hour when the darkest shadows hadgathered over our fair republic, gave his services and life to hiscountry. Here upon th
. 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 . Pennsylvania ai Gett//shurg. 903 DEDICATIOX OF MONUMENT 21^^ REGIMENT CAVALRY October 5, 1893 ADDRESS OF THAD. M. MAHON WE have gathered here to-day to dedicate a luonument erected over thegrave of a private soldier ; a youug man who. in the time of ourcountrys greatest peril, in the hour when the darkest shadows hadgathered over our fair republic, gave his services and life to hiscountry. Here upon this spot on the 26th of June, 1863, Sergeant George was shot. He enlisted on the 20th day of June, 1863, and was musteredinto the United States service on the 23d of June, 1863, in Company B, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was born and spent his short life in Adamscounty, State of Pennsylvania, in 1840, within a few miles from this place. Atthe very inception of the great battle here at Gettysburg, on the advanced lineof cavalry videttes, he was the first man shot and killed in the great struggle,which for three days and nights made the ground on which we now stand .shakea
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