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 . (1) ALFRED B. BEERS, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEFAND SPEAKER, VETERANS DAY, JULY 1ST, 1913. (2) AMERICUS WHEEDON,WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNIOR ViC E-C O M M A N D E R-l N-C H I E F. (3) COLA D. , BUFFALO, NEW YORK, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. M) WM. , INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, PAST


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 . (1) ALFRED B. BEERS, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEFAND SPEAKER, VETERANS DAY, JULY 1ST, 1913. (2) AMERICUS WHEEDON,WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNIOR ViC E-C O M M A N D E R-l N-C H I E F. (3) COLA D. , BUFFALO, NEW YORK, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. M) WM. , INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, PAST SENIOR V I C E-C O M M A N D E R-l N-CHIEF. (5) REV. GEORGE , LAWRENCE, MASS., CHAPLAIN-IN-CHIEF. GENERAL OFFICERS, UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. (1) GEN. BENNETT H. YOUNG, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, LIEUT. GEN., COM-MANDING UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND SPEAKER, VETERANS DAY,JULY 1ST, 1913. 12) COL. W. B. WOODY, ROCKDALE, TEXAS. I3» CAPT. JOHNH. LEATHERS, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. (4) COL. LEMUEL M. PARK. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 103 and who, when victory crowned their efforts, formed a great Republic,based on religious and political freedom and the right of our peopleto self-government. For nearly a century these builders of a Nation, who won ourliberties, and their children and their childrens children lived inpeace and unity. Then came the clash of arms between two sectionsof these people of the same race and nation, and recourse was takento the arbitrament of war, to determine whether the Union formedby their forefathers should be severed or should endure. This con-flict, waged by men of the same race, of the same bravery and en-durance, was a long and sanguinary one, extending over a periodof more than four years, during whi


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