Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George GMeade, Major General Winfield SHancock, Major General John FReynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . its own expense, the stone whichnow serves for the pedestal of the bronze figure of a private of the regi-ment, which was paid for by the appi-opriation from the State, and wasplaced in position with appropriate ceremonies. It marks the position thereKimciit occupied on the eventful day of the 2d of July, 1
Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George GMeade, Major General Winfield SHancock, Major General John FReynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . its own expense, the stone whichnow serves for the pedestal of the bronze figure of a private of the regi-ment, which was paid for by the appi-opriation from the State, and wasplaced in position with appropriate ceremonies. It marks the position thereKimciit occupied on the eventful day of the 2d of July, 1863, and is inmemory of the brave dead; to whom, and to the no less brave survivors,this narrative is dedicated, as an humble tribute by the writer, upon whomno greater honor fell, or iu the future, can fall than that in the great battleof GcttyHburg, and for the greater portion of the time afterwards untilthe cloHe of the war, he commanded this brave and splendid regiment ofIMiihidelphiiinH. On H>ich an occnsiun as this when surveying tliis field of the battle ofGettyHburg, now nIlidded with the niiiny monuments erected by the sur-vivorH of !ilnn)Ht every engaged in the battle, the eye looksfor and Ih diHapitointed not to see a fitting memorial to him, under whose. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 619 magnificent leadership, the glorious victory was won and the defeat, finallyaccomplished at Appomattox, was begun, George G. Meade, the victoriouscommander of the Army of the Potomac. Little as his memory in thehearts of his comrades needs it, he deserves at the hands of his country-men a monument worthy of his military skill, his bravery, and his pa-triotism and commensurate in its beauty, and durability with the import-ant service he rendered. By General Meades selection it was givento the One hundred and fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers tobe nearer to, and more intimately connected with him, than was any otherregiment of the army, and thus had better opp
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