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Title: 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 ..
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission Pennsylvania. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Commission Nicholson, John P. (John Page), b. 1842, ed Beitler, Lewis Eugene, 1863- ed Roy, Paul L
Subjects: Pennsylvania. Militia Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Gettysburg Reunion, 1913 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Pennsylvania Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
Publisher: (Harrisburg, W.S. Ray, State Printer)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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on. Now, when your soil was desecrated with the treadof this traitorous band, your paternal partiotic blood was so inflamed thatyou could give a double life to free your State from the despoiler. So,as liis army nrnved northward, you were moved along on parallel linesbetween him and the capital at Washington; and late in June you crossedthe Potomac at Leesburg and marched through Maryland, My Maryland,with banners flying and with cheerful step to music of our band, throughhistoric old Frederick City. There Fighting Joe Hooker left us, butwe cheerfully followed the faithful Meade, asking no questions; our causewas just the same whoever was put in command of us; we had no timefor cavilling or fault-finding. •Organized at Harrisburc October 31, 1S61, to serve three years. On the expiration of itsterm of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out and theorganization comi)osed of veterans and recruits retained in service until July 16, 1865,when it was mustered out.
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Pennsylvania at Oettyshiinf. 30!) You remombcr the dusty hot niarrh through Littlostowu, with the lipo,toinptiny; choiiics overhead, that you liad uo time to gather; some of theboys said they were sour. You had only time to grasp a cup of cold waiter,or a piece of bread or pie that the villagers (God bless them) handed outthe gateway to you as you hastened on into old Pennsylvania, with wordsof cheer from our friends, and the songs of the children, as we marchedto their tune of Marching along, we are marching along, for God andour country we are marching along. You went into camp beyond thetown. Next day was the 30th of June, and you were hastily drawn up inline to be mustered so as to have the pay-rolls sent on. You were thenordered to support the cavalry in their brush with the rebel cavalry atHanover. Bright and early next morning, after a hasty breakfast ofcoffee, crackers and pork, we took up our march in the direction of Gettys-burg; infantry in the fields, artillery and wagons

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